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: Press Releases
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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New Study Finds Wild Gila and San Francisco Rivers Greatly Contribute to Local Economy
**New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Press Release** SANTA FE, N.M. – Water related outdoor recreation in New Mexico’s Gila River and San Francisco River watersheds stimulates
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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 House bill to establish Cerro de la Olla Wilderness
New Mexico Wild Executive Director Mark Allison today released the following statement in support of new legislation to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness
Read MoreGroups Criticize Secretary Bernhardt’s Plan to Open the Greater Chaco Landscape to More Drilling
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Despite calls from Pueblo and Navajo leaders, the New Mexico delegation, conservation groups and countless others to extend the period for public
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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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New StoryMap Highlights Proposed Protections in Wild Gila River Bill
Link to StoryMap: http://wildgilariver.org/wild-and-scenic-storymap/ The Wild Gila River Coalition has released a StoryMap to help visually explore some of the river segments that would be
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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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