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Options to revise the controversial A-PLUS regulations have been posted, and now is the time for New Mexico hunters to demand change in the way antelope hunting opportunity is allocated.Click here to read more on the options and to speak out on the need for change.
The summer issue of the Outdoor Reporter is on the streets. It’s packed with stories about fishing, antelope and desert bighorn sheep, and also contains candidates’ answers to a sportsmen’s questionnaire. Pick up a copy at a sporting goods store near you or click here to download a copy.
Valles Caldera National Preserve could soon be more accessible to the average New Mexico family after Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall introduced legislation to transfer management of the preserve to the National Park Service. Hunting and fishing will continue under the measure and access would get easier than has been since the area was purchased in 2000. For more on the bill, click here.
Permanent protection of hunting, fishing and other traditional uses in northern New Mexico got a step closer to reality when Reps. Ben Ray Lujan and Martin Heinrich introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to establish El Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area. Their bill, H.R. 5334, matches similar legislation in the Senate introduced by Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall. For more on El Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area, click here.
Keeping up to date on hot topics is just one of many reasons to join New Mexico Wildlife Federation. Joining also gives you a chance to win sportsman-oriented raffles, like a Remington 12-gauge shotgun. To enter, you can join NMWF or sign up for our Sportsman’s Alert. A donation is not required, but we would put it to good use keeping sportsmen informed on issues affecting hunting and fishing opportunity and conservation in the state.
TOP PRIORITY
No excuses - More antelope opportunity needed
The Department of Game and Fish has released its analysis of Option 3 - allocating most antelope licenses into the Big Game Draw, subject to the state’s 78 percent quota for residents. But rather than explain how a straight draw (Option 3) could work, the analysis makes the case for failure. (Click here to read more.)
There is no reason, however, that…
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North American Model of Wildlife Conservation
The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is widely regarded as the best in the world. It was envisioned in the late 1800s by North American sportsmen as a new way to manage fish and game, reserving wildlife for the noncommercial use of individuals and managed in a way that ensures wildlife populations are sustained forever. The Arizona Game and Fish Department developed a concise…
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Welcome to the NM Conservation Calendar
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NEWS
Speak up for a change in antelope hunting opportunity
In early August the Department of Game and Fish released three options for revising the A-PLUS program, which has given certain landowners about 70 percent of antelope hunting opportunity to sell, use or throw away. Options 1 and 2 would continue A-PLUS with little or no change. Thousands of sportsmen are supporting Option 3, which would put most licenses in the Big Game Draw. Landowners…
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