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New wildlife license plate features a big buck

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Public contact: Information Center (888) 248-6866 Media contact: Karl Moffatt, (505) 476-8007 karl.moffatt@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 11, 2016: New wildlife license plate features a big buck big buck license plate SANTA FE – A new Share with Wildlife program license plate available to the public features a big mule deer sporting an impressive set of antlers. “Hunters and wildlife enthusiasts will love this new license plate,” said Ginny Seamster, program coordinator for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. “And it’s all for a good cause, conserving wildlife.” Since 1981 the Share with Wildlife program has funded wildlife research, habitat enhancement, education and rehabilitation projects around the state. Many of those projects benefit nongame species in need of conservation. The program is reliant upon donations, including the purchase of a special license plate from the state Motor Vehicle Division [...]

Information Center open extra hours to take hunting license applications

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Public contact: Information Center (888) 248-6866 Media contact: Karl Moffatt, (505) 476-8007 karl.moffatt@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 10, 2016: Information Center open extra hours to take hunting license applications SANTA FE – Department of Game and Fish employees will be working extended hours and Saturdays this month to help hunters apply for big-game hunting licenses. Information center hours will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. MDT Saturdays from March 12 through March 22. The information center will close at 4:30 p.m. MDT March 23. Online applications must be completed by 5 p.m. MDT that day. Rules and information about applying for 2016-2017 hunting licenses is available online at www.wildlife.state.nm.us. Printed editions of Hunting Rules & Information booklets are available at department area offices and license vendors. For more information or help applying for licenses, [...]

Game and fish biologist featured in New Mexico Women of STEM calendar

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Public contact: Information Center (888)-248-6866 Media contact: Karl Moffatt, (505) 476-8007 karl.moffatt@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Feb. 26, 2016: Game and fish biologist featured in New Mexico Women of STEM calendar SANTA FE –New Mexico Department of Game and Fish trout biologist Jill Wick is one of 17 New Mexico women featured on a calendar distributed statewide to encourage girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. About 3,000 of the 16-month calendars recently were delivered to middle and high school math and science teachers for display in classrooms around the state. Wick is featured in the month of May. Wick, 36, is the department’s Gila trout biologist. She credits her dad for instilling in her a love of nature and wildlife by taking her hiking, camping and fishing while growing up in Two Rivers, Wis. She later discovered she [...]

Special Hunter Education Camp offered at Camp Washington Ranch near Carlsbad

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Public contact: Information Center (888) 248-6866 Media contact: Jennifer Morgan (505) 222-4722 Jennifer.morgan@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Feb. 24, 2016: Special Hunter Education Camp offered at Camp Washington Ranch near Carlsbad CARLSBAD – The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is offering a special hunter education camp where youths can receive hands-on training and earn their hunter education certification. The camp is open to youths ages 11 to 18 who are accompanied by a responsible adult. It will be conducted the weekend of March 18 - 20 at historic Camp Washington Ranch near Carlsbad. Lodging and meals are free and all equipment is provided. Participants must complete and return the registration form available at www.wildlife.state.nm.us/education/hunter-education/ by 5 p.m., Feb 26, to be eligible. Slots will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. The department is hosting the camp in partnership with the New Mexico [...]

Game Commission to meet Feb. 26 in Albuquerque

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, FEB. 22, 2016: Game Commission to meet Feb. 26 in Albuquerque SANTA FE - The New Mexico Game Commission will have a special meeting Friday, Feb. 26, in Albuquerque to hear a request by the Turner Endangered Species Fund to import five Mexican Wolves and temporarily hold them at its Ladder Ranch facility in southern New Mexico. The meeting will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the Albuquerque Marriott, Acoma Room, 2101 Louisiana Blvd. The Turner Endangered Species Fund, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Mexican Government wish to hold the wolves at the Ladder Ranch before they are exported to a facility in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, for eventual release into the wild in Mexico. The temporary stay at the Ladder Ranch would allow the wolves [...]

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