Deanna Archuleta, a lobbyist for ExxonMobil, has joined the New Mexico Game Commission, taking a seat that until now was reserved for environmentalists.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed oil industry executive and former Interior Department official Deanna Archuleta to the state Game Commis.
The appointment of a lobbyist from ExxonMobil to the New Mexico Game Commission has raised alarm among conservationists and progressive groups in the state