Category: Breaking News

June 14, 2023

Asha, wandering Mexican wolf captured near Taos last winter, returned to wild

For immediate release: June 14, 2023 MEDIA CONTACTS: Cyndi Tuell, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 272-2454; cyndi@westernwatersheds.org Emily Renn, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, (928) 202-1325; emily@gcwolfrecovery.org Michael

June 2, 2023

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

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,

May 31, 2023

Action Alert: Comment on the Future of the Valles Caldera National Preserve

The Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP) is one of the country’s greatest public lands heirlooms. Its cultural, ecological, hydrological, and geological attributes are incomparable, and

May 3, 2023

New Mexicans Applaud the Introduction of Legislation to Protect Public Lands Surrounding Chaco Canyon from Oil and Gas Drilling

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 3, 2023 Contact: Abby Grehlinger, abby@team-arc.com, (856) 340-6656 New Mexicans Applaud the Introduction of Legislation to Protect Public Lands Surrounding Chaco

April 20, 2023

Government Agents Kill Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf Father, Threatening Pack’s Survival

For Immediate Release: April 17, 2023 MEDIA CONTACTS: Maggie Howell, Wolf Conservation Center, (914) 763-2373; maggie@nywolf.org Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith,

March 30, 2023

New Mexicans Applaud New “Public Lands Rule” that Could Protect Local Lands

Policy will Rebalance BLM’s Focus on Recreation, Conservation, and Climate Impacts Contacts: Bjorn Fredrickson, New Mexico Wild, bjorn@nmwild.org, (206) 372-5608 Keegan King, Native Land Institute,

March 23, 2023

Governor Lujan Grisham’s Signing of Landmark Conservation and Wildlife Protection Bills is Celebrated by New Mexico Wild

Governor Lujan Grisham’s Signing of Landmark Conservation and Wildlife Protection Bills is Celebrated by New Mexico Wild Contacts: Mark Allison, mark@nmwild.org, 505-239-0906 Santa Fe, New Mexico

March 17, 2023

New Mexico Wild Celebrates Reintroduction of Legislation to Protect the Gila, San Francisco rivers as Wild and Scenic

Contacts: Mark Allison, mark@nmwild.org, 505-239-0906 Silver City, New Mexico (March 15, 2023) – Today, New Mexico Wild and our thousands of members across the state are celebrating

March 4, 2023

Heinrich, Leger Fernández Lead N.M. Delegation To Introduce Bill To Designate Cerro De La Olla Wilderness

New Mexico Wild is celebrating the reintroduction of legislation to establish the approximately 13,000-acre Cerro de la Olla Wilderness within the Rio Grande del

February 28, 2023

Conservation Groups Celebrate Record Mexican Gray Wolf Population But Caution Against Using Numbers Alone To Measure Recovery

For immediate release: February 28, 2023 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 395-6177; csmith@wildearthguardians.org Michelle Lute,