2025 Share with Wildlife Projects

 

Category Title
Education Ecological immersion: Teaching high school students through lesser prairie- chicken habitat improvement research (CEHMM)
Education New Mexico wildlife conservation teacher training: Engineering design in action (Asombro Institute for Science Education)
Habitat Foraging habitat restoration and eDNA surveys for nectar bats on the Double E Wildlife Management Area (Bat Conservation International)
Wildlife Rehabilitation Aquatic bird and mammal enclosure (New Mexico Wildlife Center, Española)
Wildlife Rehabilitation Assessment of black-tailed prairie dog distribution and presence in New Mexico (Wildlands Network)
Research Development of Arkansas River shiner genomic tools (UNM)
Research Filling in key knowledge gaps in the ecology of grassland birds that winter in New Mexico (Bird Conservancy of the Rockies)
Research Using environmental DNA (eDNA) to test ecological models on boreal toad habitat suitability (ASU)
Research Using eDNA to survey for imperiled reptiles in New Mexico (ENMU)

Highlighted Report

The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ (WAFWA) Western Monarch and Insect Pollinator Working Group has released a five-year update to the Western Monarch Butterfly Conservation Plan. The western population of the monarch butterfly breeds west of the Rocky Mountains and migrates to wooded groves along the California coast to overwinter. This plan is intended to guide coordinated, ecosystem-based conservation strategies to support a viable western monarch butterfly population over the next 50 years. The 2025 update, released in the spring of 2026, refines habitat and population targets, incorporates emerging science, and identifies voluntary conservation actions aimed at stabilizing and recovering the western monarch population. The plan also includes a working definition of western monarch breeding habitat and a refined definition of overwintering habitat.

WAFWA Western Monarch Butterfly Conservation Plan 2025 Update

Reports

pdf - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ: “Using eDNA to test ecological models on boreal toad habitat suitability” interim report – June 2025
pdf - Asombro Institute for Science Education, Las Cruces: “NM Wildlife Conservation Teacher Training: Engineering Design in Action” interim report – June 2025
pdf - Bat Conservation International, Austin, TX: Foraging habitat restoration and eDNA surveys for nectar bats on the Double E WMA interim report – June 2025
pdf - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, Fort Collins, CO: “Filling in key knowledge gaps in the ecology of grassland birds that winter in NM” final report – August 2025
pdf - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, Fort Collins, CO: “Filling in key knowledge gaps in the ecology of grassland birds that winter in NM” interim report – June 2025
pdf - Bosque School, Albuquerque: “Porcupine’s Perch” final report – January 2025
pdf - CEHMM, Carlsbad, NM: “Ecological Immersion: Teaching High School Students Through Lesser Prairie-Chicken Habitat Improvement Research” interim report – June 2025
pdf - Desert Willow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Carlsbad – January 2025
pdf - Desert Willow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Carlsbad – June 2025
pdf - Eastern New Mexico University, Portales: Using environmental DNA (eDNA) to survey for imperiled snakes in New Mexico, Year 1 final report – December 2025
pdf - Eastern New Mexico University, Portales: Using environmental DNA (eDNA) to survey for imperiled snakes in New Mexico, Year 1 interim report – June 2025
pdf - Herpetological Conservation, LLC: Northern leopard frog surveys final report – May 2025
pdf - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces: “Inferring Brown-Capped Rosy-Finch demography and breeding distribution trends from long-term wintering data in New Mexico” final report – June 2025
pdf - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces: “Post-wildfire habitat use by the Peñasco Least Chipmunk, 2022-2024” final report – June 2025
pdf - New Mexico Wildlife Center, Española – February 2025
pdf - New Mexico Wildlife Center, Española – June 2025
pdf - U.S. Forest Service: Terrestrial and Aquatic Climate Refugia final report – June 2025
pdf - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque: Arkansas River shiner GT-seq interim report, Year 1 – June 2025
pdf - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque: Peppered chub GT-seq final report – June 2025
pdf - Wildlands Network, Salt Lake City, UT: Assessment of black-tailed prairie dog distribution and presence in New Mexico interim report – June 2025
pdf - Wildlands Network, Salt Lake City, UT: Assessment of black-tailed prairie dog distribution and presence in New Mexico, Year 1 final report – December 2025

pdf - Asombro Institute for Science Education, Las Cruces: “Wildlife Wonders at the Park” final report – October 2024
pdf - Asombro Institute for Science Education, Las Cruces: “Wildlife Wonders at the Park” interim report – June 2024
pdf - Bat Conservation International / Colorado State University: Nectar bats in New Mexico final report – April 2024
pdf - Bosque School, Albuquerque: “Porcupine’s Perch” interim report – June 2024
pdf - Desert Willow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Carlsbad – January 2024
pdf - Desert Willow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Carlsbad – June 2024
pdf - Herpetological Conservation, LLC: Northern leopard frog surveys interim report – March 2024
pdf - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces: Peñasco least chipmunk interim report – July 2024
pdf - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces: Rosy-finches interim report #2, Year 2 – December 2024
pdf - New Mexico Wildlife Center, Española – January 2024
pdf - New Mexico Wildlife Center, Española – June 2024
pdf - U.S. Forest Service: Climate refugia Year 1 final report – May 2024
pdf - U.S. Forest Service: Climate refugia Year 2 interim report (summary) – September 2024
pdf - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque: Peppered chub GT-seq interim report – June 2024
pdf - University of Rhode Island: Sacramento Mountain salamander final project report – September 2024

pdf - An eDNA-based survey of the distributions of Rio Grande Sucker and Rio Grande Chub in the Upper Rio Grande, Rio Chama, and Mimbres basins – Final report, 2022
pdf - Assessing the effects of forest management and wildfire on populations of New Mexico’s endemic salamanders – Final report, 2022
pdf - Connecting students to wildlife and habitats in New Mexico and Wildlife rehabilitation – New Mexico Wildlife Center
pdf - Desert Willow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
pdf - Engaging future conservation leaders: Audubon’s Outdoor Field Science Program – Audubon Southwest
pdf - Environmental Education Association of NM, Albuquerque: “Fire Ecology Learning Lab” final report – November 2022
pdf - Identifying habitat usage by New Mexico populations of Rio Grande chub and Rio Grande sucker and its effect on presence and relative abundance of both species – American Southwest Ichthyological Researchers, LLC
pdf - New Mexico Wildlife Wonders: A 2nd grade lesson module -- Asombro Institute for Science Education
pdf - Pecos pupfish genomics Final Report, 2022
pdf - Pinyon jay surveys in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico – Final report, 2022
pdf - Population genomics of Pecos pupfish – Stephen J. Amish
pdf - Post-wildfire habitat use by the Peñasco least chipmunk – Jennifer Frey
pdf - Snake country survival guide – Advocates for Snake Preservation
pdf - The Bosque Education Guide and New Mexico STEM Ready Science Standards – Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center
pdf - Wildlife-and-wildland-fire-interactions-in-the-southwest---Environmental-Education-Association-of-New-Mexico

pdf - American mink Vison vison habitat and population survey in northern NM-_-Marty Peale
pdf - AneDNA -based survey of the distributions of Rio Grande sucker and Rio Grande chub in the upper Rio Grande and Rio Chama basins-Tommy Franklin_Public
pdf - Assessing the effects of forest management and wildfire on populations of New Mexicos endemic salamanders-_-Nancy Karraker
pdf - Connecting students to wildlife and habitats in New Mexico and Wildlife rehabilitation-_-New Mexico Wildlife Center
pdf - Engaging future conservation leaders-_-Audubons Outoor Field Science Program-_-Audubon Southwest
pdf - Pinyon jay surveys in the Gila National Forest-_-Kristine Johnson
pdf - Seasonal abundance population structure and diet of long_nosed bats in southwestern New Mexico in relation to contemporaneous food availability-_-Kathryn Stoner
pdf - Status and distribution of terrestrial snails in southwest New Mexico-_-Eric Wallace
pdf - The Bosque Education Guide and New Mexico STEM Ready Science Standards-_-Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center
pdf - Wildlife Rescue Inc of New Mexico

pdf - Aquatic habitat connectivity assessment for the Santa Fe National Forest-_-Defenders of Wildlife
pdf - Become a riparian habitat steward-_-creating the next generation of land water and wildlife protectors-_-River Source Inc
pdf - Conservation genomic assessment of western peripheral populations of the least shrew Cryptotis parva-_-Andrew Hope
pdf - Engaging future conservation leaders-_-Audubons Outdoor Field Science Program-_-Audubon New Mexico
pdf - Full_season productivity and habitat associations of gray vireos-_-Silas Fischer
pdf - Life history and activity budget of the Penasco least chipmunk Neotamias minimus atristriatus-_-Fiona McKibben
pdf - NM wildlife data jam-K_8 students collecting analyzing and communicating data-_-Asombro Institute for Science Education
pdf - Population status and genetics of two Bells vireo subspecies in New Mexico-_-Andy Johnson
pdf - SMNHC educating ecosystem explorers and fieldwork-_-Sandia Mountain Natural History Center
pdf - Status and distribution of terrestrial snails in southwest New Mexico-_-Eric Wallace
pdf - Status and limiting factors for the Arizona montane vole in New Mexico-_-Jennifer Frey
pdf - Status assessment of the Arizona black rattlesnake Crotalus cerberus in New Mexico-_-Bruce Christman
pdf - The Bosque Education Guide and New Mexico STEM Ready Science Standards-_-Friends of the Valle de Oro NWR
pdf - Wildlife rehabilitation and Connecting students to wildlife and habitats in New Mexico-_-New Mexico Wildlife Center
pdf - Wildlife Rescue Inc of New Mexico

pdf - BEMP Fauna Floodplains and Fieldwork-_-Alex Levine_2
pdf - Bendires Thrasher Nest Survival and Juvenile Survival in Relation to Land Management in New Mexico-_-Martha Desmond_2
pdf - Connecting Students to Wildlife and Habitats in New Mexico and Wildlife Rehabilitation-_-New Mexico Wildlife Center
pdf - Creating the next generation of riparian habitat stewards-_-River Source
pdf - Desert Willow Wildlife Rehabilitation-_-Samantha Uhrig
pdf - Distribution and Habitat Selection by the Penasco Least Chipmunk Neotamias minimus atristriatus-_-Fiona McKibben and Jennifer Frey
pdf - Establishing Viable Imperiled Springsnail Refuge Populations at the Albuquerque BioPark Conservation Facility NM-_-Dustin Long and Kathy Lang
pdf - Evaluation of the risk of novel pathogen transmission via riparian restoration on the Mimbres River of southwestern NM-_-Brad Johnson and Jason Fritzler
pdf - Full_season productivity and habitat associations for gray vireos-_-Silas-Fischer
pdf - Genetic Status_Assessment of Chihuahua Chub in the Mimbres Basin-_-Megan Osborne
pdf - Status assessment of the Arizona black rattlesnake in New Mexico-_-Bruce Christman
pdf - Wildlife Rescue Inc of New Mexico-_-Penny Elliston

pdf - Bendires thrasher Toxostoma bendirei nest survival and juvenile condition and survival in relation to land management in New Mexico-_-Martha Desmond
pdf - Connecting students to wildlife and habitats in New Mexico and Wildlife rehabilitation-_-New Mexico Wildlife Center
pdf - Demographic and genetic status of a reintroduced river otter population in north central New Mexico-_-John Cox
pdf - Desert Willow Wildlife Rehabilitation-_-Samantha Uhrig
pdf - Distribution abundance and habitat selection by the Penasco least chipmunk Tamias minimus atristriatus revealed by N mixture models-_-Jennifer Frey
pdf - Early detection of Pd in New Mexico-_-Jenny Hathaway
pdf - Science interns-_-increasing students knowledge of NM wildlife-_-Asombro Institute
pdf - Surveys for western river cooter Pseudemys gorzugi in the Pecos River drainage and its tributaries-_-Ivana Mali
pdf - Wildlife Rescue Incorporated of New Mexico-_-Penny Elliston

pdf - Assuring return of healthy native wildlife to wild-_-Wildlife Rescue Inc of New Mexico
pdf - Building water literacy through playa and river festivals in New Mexico-_-Ogallala Commons
pdf - Connecting youth in headwaters communities with watershed science and stewardship-_-Truchas Chapter Trout Unlimited
pdf - eDNA detection of invaders and fish species of greatest conservation need in lower Pecos River system-_-Matthew Barnes
pdf - Evaluation of the distribution and conservation status of the Gila monster Heloderma suspectum in southwest New Mexico-_-Tom Giermakowski
pdf - Manzano Mountains raptor migration and wildlife education project-_-HawkWatch International
pdf - Phase-II-_-Demography of western river cooter Pseudemys gorzugi population within the Black River drainage-_-Ivana Mali
pdf - Population size estimation of breeding red_faced and Graces warblers in pine woodlands of New Mexico-_-Envirological Services
pdf - White_tailed ptarmigan and alpine willow distribution in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains New Mexico-_-Don Wolfe
pdf - Wildlife education and rehabilitation-_-New Mexico Wildlife Center

pdf - Development of environmental eDNA markers for detection of Rio Grande chub Gila pandora and Rio Grande sucker Catostomus plebeius in New Mexico streams
pdf - Investigating natural defenses in New Mexico bats
pdf - Keith Geluso, PhD / University of Nebraska at Kearney: “Mammals of the Active Floodplains and Surrounding Areas along the Gila and Mimbres Rivers, New Mexico: Final Report” – August 2016
pdf - Population Genetics of a Plethodontid Salamander Endemic to New Mexico-_-Sacramento Mountain Salamander
pdf - Population Size Estimation of Breeding Red_faced and Graces warblers in Pine Woodlands of New Mexico-_-Envirological Services
pdf - Survey for the Penasco least chipmunk Tamias minimus atristriatus-_-Jennifer Frey
pdf - Survey of western river cooter Pseudemys gorzugi in New Mexico within the Black River Drainage-_-Ivana Mali
pdf - Threats and trends of Anaxyrus microscaphus in the Gila region 2016
pdf - Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation-_-New Mexico Wildlife Center

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