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New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Karl Moffatt, (505) 476-8007 Public contact: (888) 248-6866 karl.moffatt@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, AUG. 14: GAME COMMISSION TO MEET AUG. 27 IN SANTA FE SANTA FE – The New Mexico Game Commission will meet Aug. 27 in Santa Fe to consider numerous matters, including discussion of a new statewide fisheries management plan. The meeting will be from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, at the Santa Fe Community College Jemez Rooms, 6401 Richards Ave., Santa Fe. Other agenda items include: Discussion of the development of a new easement to provide continued sportsmen access to State Trust Lands for the 2016-2017 hunting seasons. Final department proposals to the Bear and Cougar Rule based on public comment, harvest data, population status and other management needs. United States Fish and Wildlife Service appeal of the department’s denial of its request to release [...]

The agenda for the Aug. 27 State Game Commission meeting was updated Aug. 4. The full agenda, detailed agenda-item briefings and other information are available on the Department of Game and Fish website. Details of proposed rules and opportunities to comment about them also are available on the website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Karl Moffatt, (505) 476-8007 Public contact: (888) 248-6866 karl.moffatt@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JUNE 10, 2015: GAME COMMISSION TO MEET AT NEW LOCATION IN TAOS TAOS – The location of the New Mexico Game Commission’s June 13 meeting in Taos has been changed to a larger venue to better accommodate the public. The meeting will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at the Kachina Lodge, 413 Paseo del Pueblo Norte in Taos. The meeting previously was scheduled to be at the Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux St., in Taos. The commission will consider numerous matters during the meeting including a discussion of management plans for hunting, fishing and trapping on the Valles Caldera National Preserve following its recent transfer to the National Park Service. The full agenda, detailed agenda-item briefings and other information are available on the [...]

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Karl Moffatt, (505) 476-8007 Public contact: (888) 248-6866 karl.moffatt@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JUNE 4: GAME COMMISSION TO MEET SATURDAY, JUNE 13, IN TAOS TAOS – The New Mexico Game Commission will meet June 13 in Taos to consider numerous matters, including a discussion of management plans for hunting, fishing and trapping on the Valles Caldera National Preserve following its recent transfer to the National Park Service. The meeting will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2015, at the UNM Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux St., Taos. The full agenda, detailed agenda-item briefings and other information are available on the Department of Game and Fish website. Details of proposed rules and opportunities to comment about them also are available on the website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us. Other agenda items include: A proposal to develop procedures for the public and licensed [...]

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Karl Moffatt, (505) 476-8007 Public contact: (888) 248-6866 karl.moffatt@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, APRIL 29, 2015: GAME COMMISSION TO MEET MAY 7 IN FARMINGTON Commissioners will tour All Vets Memorial, Farmington and Jackson lakes May 6, public invited FARMINGTON – The New Mexico Game Commission will meet May 7 in Farmington to consider numerous matters, including proposed changes to bear, cougar and waterfowl hunting rules. The meeting will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, May 7, 2015, at the Farmington Civic Center, 200 West Arrington St., in Farmington. The day before the meeting, the public is invited to join commissioners as they tour the All Vets Memorial on the Animas River, Farmington Lake and the Jackson Lake Wildlife Area. For more details, see the constituency tour agenda at www.wildlife.state.nm.us. The full agenda, detailed agenda-item briefings and other information are available [...]