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NMWF AT WORK

Depredation reform dead for 2010

New Mexico will have to endure at least another year of the wasteful slaughter of our big game after a legislative committee killed an effort to reform the state depredation law.

Supreme Court to Land Office: Not so fast

The state Supreme Court has temporarily halted the controversial Whites Peak land trades. The news came about 24 hours after the Attorney General’s Office late Monday petitioned the court to strike…

White Peak law enforcement issues a red herring

Public Lands Commissioner Patrick Lyons has said repeatedly that resolving trespass and poaching issues is the prime objective for the proposed land trades in the White Peak area. But law enforcement reports…

Land Commissioner still missing point on Whites Peak trade

Hundreds of New Mexico sportsmen have written to State Land Commissioner Patrick Lyons opposing a proposed land trade that the State Land Office has spent the last 2-1/2 years working up behind…

Lyons’ response to sportsmen on Whites Peak land trades

[This is a copy of the letter Public Lands Commissioner Patrick Lyons sent to many of the sportsmen who had written him earlier regarding their opposition to the proposed Whites Peak land…

NMWF, Zia Pueblo team up to rejuvenate spring

Volunteers from NMWF and Zia Pueblo met again in October to continue their restoration work on ancient springs on pueblo land north of Albuquerque. The effort is aimed at counteracting the effects…

Consensus developing around San Juan River concerns

The San Juan River in northwest New Mexico amazes most first-time anglers with its trophy-size trout and scenic beauty. But some veteran San Juan fly-fishermen have been ringing alarm bells about their…

Valles Caldera at a crossroads

Valles Caldera National Preserve was created as part of our National Forest system in 2000 with overwhelming public support in New Mexico. However, in order to appease anti-public lands sentiments in Congress…