March 2022 | New Mexico Wild

Haaland touts Indigenous, conservation work in first year as interior secretary

March 17, 2022

By Scott Wyland – Santa Fe New Mexican Mar 16, 2022 This Editorial is property of the Santa Fe New Mexican. The original version is available here. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Wednesday gave a glowing assessment of her first year in office, touting unprecedented actions by her agency to help Indigenous people and the … Haaland touts Indigenous, conservation work in first year as interior secretary

Conservation Groups Oppose Air Force Proposal for Low-level Supersonic Airspace Over Southern Arizona and Southwest New Mexico

March 9, 2022

Thirty-four organizations in New Mexico and Arizona submitted comments to the Air Force on Friday expressing their serious concerns with its proposal to authorize low-level fighter jet maneuvers as low as 100 feet above ground level (AGL) and supersonic flights as low as 5,000 feet AGL in southern Arizona and southwest New Mexico. Federal public … Conservation Groups Oppose Air Force Proposal for Low-level Supersonic Airspace Over Southern Arizona and Southwest New Mexico

Chaco Canyon Region

March 7, 2022

By Emma Yoder – Young Adult Volunteer NM Wild This past Friday, I made the long drive from Albuquerque to Farmington. For the last few weeks, New Mexico Wild has been collecting comments in support of the recent federal administrative withdrawal proposed by President Biden and Secretary Haaland. If this proposal is approved, federal lands … Chaco Canyon Region

New Mexico Wild: Gov. Should Reconsider Appointment of DC-Based Oil & Gas Lobbyist to State Game Commission

March 1, 2022

New Commissioner Should Recuse Herself from Decisions Affecting Oil and Gas Industry & Wildlife Management SANTA FE, N.M. (March 1, 2022) – Today Mark Allison, Executive Director of New Mexico Wild, released the following statement about Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s appointment of Deanna Archuleta, an ExxonMobil lobbyist, to the New Mexico Game Commission. “New Mexico … New Mexico Wild: Gov. Should Reconsider Appointment of DC-Based Oil & Gas Lobbyist to State Game Commission

New Mexico Wild celebrates ruling upholding constitutional right to stream access

March 1, 2022

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (March 1, 2022) – New Mexico Wild released the following statement today in response to the New Mexico Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the constitutional right of all New Mexicans to access and recreate on our state’s rivers and streams. Chief Justice Michael Vigil announced the unanimous decision of the Court that the … New Mexico Wild celebrates ruling upholding constitutional right to stream access

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