Today, President-elect Joe Biden announced U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland as his nomination to fill the crucial role of Secretary of the Department of Interior, making
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Category: Breaking News
Conservation, outdoor groups call on legislature to grant Outdoor Recreation Division budget request
New Mexico Wild and dozens of other conservation and outdoor recreation nonprofit organizations have submitted a letter urging the Senate Finance and House Appropriations and
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Senate Appropriations Committee removes Chaco protections from DOI bill
By Kendra Chamberlain New Mexico Political Report | November 12, 2020 The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee removed language from a FY2021 budget bill for the
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New Mexico Wild Statement on Removal of Chaco Protection Language from Senate Appropriations Bill
Appropriations legislation introduced by Senate Republicans today to fund the United States Department of the Interior for fiscal year 2021 conspicuously excludes rider language intended
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New Mexico Wild statement on Pecos watershed protection legislation
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (September 18, 2020) – New Mexico Wild Executive Director Mark Allison today released the following statement in support of new legislation – The
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Bills to protect Gila River, establish Cerro de la Olla Wilderness take important step forward
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 16, 2020) – Two pieces of conservation legislation championed by New Mexico Wild today were heard in a key United States Senate
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Conservation groups sue federal agency over proposed dolomite mine in Deming
By Algernon D’Ammassa | Las Cruces Sun-News September 11, 2020 DEMING – Five conservation groups will ask a federal court to set aside the Bureau of
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Great American Outdoors Act signed into law
Legislation to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund has been signed into law. The legislation, known as Great American Outdoors Act, would also
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New Mexico Gila River diversion project nixed by Interstate Streams Commission
By Algernon D’Ammassa Las Cruces Sun-News | June 19, 2020 ALBUQUERQUE — A long-running, controversial proposal for a diversion project on the Gila River was effectively
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Get back out there: New Mexico trails to hike as COVID-19 restrictions lifted
Adrian Hedden | Carlsbad Current-Argus May 22, 2020 As New Mexico begins easing travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders implemented to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, hikers
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