The grey wolf was once nearly hunted to extinction in the U.S. until the federal government put it on the endangered species list in 1974. 20 years later, it was successfully reintroduced to Idaho and Yellowstone. As pack numbers grew, the gray wolf was taken off the list. But more than 50 wildlife groups are worried it may face endangerment again from expanded hunting. William Brangham reports.
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The reintroduction of the gray wolf in America is considered one of the great conservation victories of recent decades.
But now more than 50 wildlife groups are asking the federal government to put the wolves back on the endangered species list.
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Credit NMFO Commentary: Community leaders and nonprofit organizations are applauding New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for signing House Bill 200 into law today. The legislation,which was co-sponsored by Reps. Matthew McQueen and Nathan Small and Senate President Pro Tempore Mimi Stewart and Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill, ends the proposed Gila diversion project and fast-tracks the spending of the remaining approximately $80 million in the NM Unit Fund for priority water projects, creating long-term water security and jobs in southwest New Mexico (Catron, Grant, Hidalgo and Luna Counties).
“House Bill 200 is a fiscal responsibility bill. It will create jobs, stimulate the economy, and improve lives,”
Posted February 2nd, 2021 for WildEarth Guardians SANTA FE, N.M. Today , the Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety Act, (also known as “Roxy’s Law”) passed the Senate Conservation Committee by a vote of 7 to 2. Sponsored by Senator Roberto “Bobby” Gonzales (D-Ranchos de Taos), Senator Brenda McKenna (D-Corrales), Representative Chris Chandler (D-Los Alamos), and Representative Matthew McQueen (D-Galisteo), Senate Bill 32 would prohibit traps, snares, and poisons on public lands with a few important exemptions including the protection of human health and safety, scientific research, ecosystem management by professionals, and the protection of sovereign tribal religious practices. The vote demonstrated bipartisan legislative support for a bill that is supported by the majority of New Mexicans, from hunters and nature enthusiasts to dog walkers and park visitors. Senate Bill 32 would spare enormous numbers of New Mexican wildlife from being killed on public
Conservation, Outdoor Groups Call On New Mexico Legislature To Grant Outdoor Recreation Division Budget
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ALBUQUERQUE 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 Finance Committees to support the New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division’s (ORD) special appropriations request of $1.025 million for the Outdoor Equity Fund and $3.22 million for the Great New Mexico Trails Package. ORD has made the appropriations requests as emergency responses to the current public health and economic crises.
“The funds requested by the Outdoor Recreation Division would make New Mexico’s outdoor spaces more accessible and equitable and would help create jobs in an economy that has been hindered by a sustained global pandemic,” said Brittany Fallon, Policy Director at New Mexico Wild. “The legislators we are addressing have the ability to make a signifi