Month: June 2023

New Mexico Wild Celebrates BLM Decision To Halt Aerial Spraying of Toxic Insecticides Over Rio Chama Watershed Media Contact: Bjorn Fredrickson, New Mexico Wild, bjorn@nmwild.org, (206) 372-5608 Taos, NM (June 29, 2023)– Today, New Mexico Wild and thousands of our members celebrate and thank Pamela Mathis, BLM Taos Field Office Manager, for her decision to … New Mexico Wild Celebrates BLM Decision To Halt Aerial Spraying of Toxic Insecticides Over Rio Chama Watershed

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has initiated the Resource Management Planning Process for the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (OMDP). The Resource Management Plan (RMP) that will result from this effort will guide the management and protection of the unique resources within OMDP for likely several decades to come. Due to the critical importance … Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Planning Process Underway

By Ralph Vigil, Northern Organizer with New Mexico Wild The fight to protect the Pecos from mining interests is in full swing. The Stop Tererro Mine Coalition has been working around the clock to save the Upper Pecos Watershed from the devastating effects of mining, which the area has already experienced in the past.  The … The Fight To Protect the Pecos From Mining Is Far From Over

By Ernie Atencio Editor’s note: On May 25, New Mexico Wild joined together with our partners and the community of Northern New Mexico in Taos to celebrate the 10th anniversary of one of our state’s hardest-won conservation victories: The Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. The celebration brought together community members, local leaders, and current … New Mexico Wild Presents the Inaugural Esther Garcia Conservation Champion Award to John Olivas

On June 14th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released the news that Asha, the young female Mexican gray wolf tracked traversing the New Mexico landscape heading north in search of a mate in winter 2022 until her capture on private land near Taos by the USFWS, has been released back into the wilds … Asha, the lone wolf in northern New Mexico, moved back to Arizona

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2023 Contact: Keegan King, Native Land Institute, keegan@native-lands.org, 505-910-0712 Paul Reed, Archaeology Southwest, preed@archaeologysouthwest.org, 505-486-4107 Sally Paez, New Mexico Wild, sally@nmwild.org, 505-350-0664 Ellen Montgomery, Environment America, emontgomery@environmentamerica.org, 720-583-4024 Emily Wolf, National Parks Conservation Association, ewolf@npca.org, 505-423-3550 Michael Casaus, The Wilderness Society, michael_casaus@tws.org, 505-417-5288 New Mexico Communities and Environmental Groups Applaud … New Mexico Communities and Environmental Groups Applaud Biden Administration for Protecting Lands Surrounding Chaco Canyon From Oil and Gas Drilling, Await Permanent and Broader Protections for Landscape