147 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A key state commission that guides New Mexico’s wildlife agency and oversees a multimillion-dollar budget that includes conservation, hunting and fishing programs won’t be able to conduct any business until the governor fills at least one of four outstanding vacancies.
98 Views  No Mexican gray wolf has traveled as far north and east since the wolf was reintroduced in 1998 The New Mexico Department Game and Fish captured a female Mexican gray wolf they said had never been there before. The wolf known as Asha was captured in northern New Mexico.
125 Views  MORA COUNTY, N.M. — The Mora County Sheriff’s Office closed a stretch of New Mexico Highway 434, just north of Mora, due to a fire reported Tuesday afternoon.
105 Views  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two years after New Mexico saw migratory birds literally falling from the sky, New Mexico State University and Los Alamos National Laboratory have announced plans to establish a research program on bird die-off.
266 Views  Thanks to a tip from a local resident and the efforts of multiple law enforcement agencies, three individuals have been convicted on a total of 20 charges related to the illegal killing of elk on the Cross D Ranch near Mayhill, New Mexico.
259 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Water and Fish managers are preparing for possible drying of the Rio Grande in the Albuquerque area. The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and the Bureau of Reclamation are working to support the endangered Rio Grande Silvery Minnow as they prepare for the river potentially drying.
418 Views  NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A company in charge of wind farms in eight states including New Mexico is forced to pay up for the deaths of dozens of eagles. Nextera Energy pleaded guilty in federal court to criminal charges for violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
527 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It is now illegal to use wildlife traps, snares and poison on public lands across New Mexico under a ban that took effect Friday. New Mexico joined a handful of Western states that have limited trapping on public lands.
241 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – PNM will be removing a power line in the South Valley to better protect wildlife in the area. The line along the boundary of the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge in the South Valley is unused right now.
243 Views  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A student at Bosque School in Albuquerque is being credited for discovering a species of rodent never found in Bernalillo County. Dylan Jenkins found the Hispid Cotton Rat on the school’s campus in August.
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