River Source partnered with NM Wild and Far Flung Adventures to take a group of northern NM youth down the Wild & Scenic section of the Rio Chama to learn about environmental health and participate in the stewardship of the river.
By Martha Pskowski, El Paso Times It’s been a long and lonely road for Mr. Goodbar. But the Mexican gray wolf’s GPS collar shows he has recently been traveling alongside a single female wolf. After nearly being eradicated in the wild, Mexican gray wolves were reintroduced to the Southwest in the 1990s. But the population … Lone wolf no more: Mr. Goodbar now traveling with single female near Gila forest
By Carol Romero-Wirth and Renee Villarreal PUBLISHED FRIDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 2022 Standing atop La Bajada, looking to the north and west, the vast, undulating plateau stretches out toward the horizon before dipping down toward the Rio Grande at Buckman Canyon. Within the wild, free-range area known as Caja del Rio, are 104,000 acres loosely overseen … City of Santa Fe supports protecting the Caja
BY THERESA DAVIS / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER What a difference the rain makes. At the end of July, the Rio Grande ran dry in Albuquerque for the first time in nearly 40 years. Now, the river has been revived throughout much of the city. Jason Casuga, chief engineer and CEO for the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy … Rain revives Rio Grande flows
Contact: Mark Allison, mark@nmwild.org Albuquerque, NM (August 10, 2020)– The United States Forest Service (USFS) missed the mark when issuing revised Land Management Plans in the Carson, Cibola, and Santa Fe National Forests. The new Land Management Plans will take effect in August and will likely guide forest management for the next 20 years. The previous forest plans desperately needed … Carson, Cibola, and Santa Fe National Forests Miss Critical Opportunity to Prioritize Conservation in Updated Land Management Plans
Science proves time and again how wolves are essential to healthy ecosystems. Yet fear or fiction often still drives policy. New Mexico counties have recently declared “emergencies” over 286 critically endangered Mexican gray wolves that have never harmed a human. The real threat isn’t wolves, but outdated misinformation overriding facts about the species.
