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Migratory game bird rule topic of public meeting
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Public contact, Information Center: 888-248-6866 Media contact, Darren Vaughan: 505-476-8027 darren.vaughan@dgf.nm.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, APRIL 13, 2023 Migratory game bird rule topic of public meeting ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish has scheduled a public meeting to discuss proposed revisions to the Migratory Game Bird Rule (19.31.6 NMAC). Members of the public are invited to attend this hybrid public meeting to learn about proposed revisions and provide comments: April 26, 2023, Albuquerque, 6:30 p.m. Attend in person at 7816 Alamo Rd, NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico Register in advance to attend virtually The proposed revisions were opened for consideration at the Jan. 27, 2023, State Game Commission meeting. Proposed revisions can be found at: https://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/commission/proposals-under-consideration/. In addition to the meeting above, comments on the proposed revisions can be provided by mail: New Mexico Department of Game and Fish; Attn: Migratory [...]
Project Highlight: Surveying for a Bird in Decline
Following is a selected project highlight from the Share with Wildlife mission to assist all New Mexico wildlife in need, no matter what species. Project Highlight: Surveying for a Bird in Decline Pinyon jays in ponderosa pine tree. (Christina Selby) Is the Gila National Forest (NF) an area in New Mexico where the Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) is thriving? What sort of environmental conditions are associated with observations of Pinyon Jays? These are some of the questions that Dr. Kristine Johnson and others working in partnership with Lynn and John Wickersham of Animas Biological Studies are trying to answer with the support of the Share with Wildlife program. Answers will come from the team’s extensive surveys of large, 25km2 survey blocks throughout the Gila NF in southwestern New Mexico. These blocks approximate the size of a Pinyon Jay breeding season home range, or area used by [...]
**CANCELED** Game Commission to meet Jan. 12
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Public contact, Information Center: 888-248-6866 Media contact, Darren Vaughan: 505-476-8027 darren.vaughan@dgf.nm.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JAN. 6, 2023: **CANCELED** Game Commission to meet Jan. 12 The New Mexico State Game Commission will hold a meeting at 9 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 12, at State Records and Archives in Santa Fe. The full agenda, location address, attendee information and additional information are available on the Department of Game and Fish website. If you are interested in participating and providing comments, but cannot attend the meeting in person, you are encouraged to pre-register to attend the meeting on the Zoom Webinar platform. More information, including how to join the meeting by phone, will be available on the Department's website. In addition, there will be a live webcast on the Department’s website. Webcast participants can listen to the meeting using a desktop computer or mobile devices such as smartphones and [...]
Teaching Students How Wildlife Researchers Study Wildlife
Following is a selected project highlight from the Share with Wildlife mission to assist all New Mexico wildlife in need, no matter what species. Teaching Students How Wildlife Researchers Study Wildlife Asombro educator goes over habitat associations of different animals. (Ginny Seamster) How do scientists gather data on different animals? What are some species found in the region of New Mexico we live in? What about animals that live in nearby mountainous areas? These are some of the questions around which educators with the Asombro Institute for Science Education have developed a new environmental education module (i.e., multiple lessons) and that Asombro will be working with second grade students in southern New Mexico to answer. The module includes three lessons. Two focus on surveying the students’ schoolyards to determine which species of wildlife are present based on direct detections and animal sign and determining what would [...]