By Brian Vallo, Governor of the Pueblo of Acoma Santa Fe New Mexican | September 28, 2021 For generations, the Pueblo of Acoma, along with other pueblos and tribes, lived on lands that currently are part of the public domain. What are now world-famous national parks and monuments — Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, Bears Ears … Tribes deserve input on managing public lands
By Scott Wyland | Santa Fe New Mexican September 26, 2021 With a warming climate affecting everything from New Mexico’s growing seasons to wildfire threats to water supplies, some state leaders, policy experts and environmentalists will meet next month to discuss possible solutions. Dubbed the New Mexico Climate Summit, the conference slated for Oct. 25-26 at … New Mexico leaders, conservationists to pursue ‘actionable ideas’ at climate conference
Isa was the first person awarded the Nancy Morton Wilderness Internship By Isa Nellos During my season with New Mexico Wild, I learned a great variety of things it would be hard to name them all. Among them, however, are the value of Wilderness designations, land-and-user relationships, training as a wilderness ranger, and cooking in … Reflections on my summer at New Mexico Wild
By Kat Jacaruso | Las Cruces Sun-News September 19, 2021 On a hot, stagnant day in May 2016, our team set off on a trip that had been two years in the making. The 16- day expedition would string us along the last free flowing watershed in New Mexico, the Gila River. Our packrafts — inflatable … Gila River remains a wild and free powerful resource
By Glen Rosales | Albuquerque Journal September 5, 2021 CAJA DEL RIO – Atop this plateau – stretching from La Cienega across the Rio Grande to Buckman Canyon and from La Bajada escarpment to the outskirts of Santa Fe itself – a culturally rich and sensitive site has become the bull’s-eye pitting a proposed federal government … A cultural crossroads and history book of the land
