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State’s biggest archery tourney Saturday in Rio Rancho

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Lance Cherry, (505) 476-8003; cell: (505) 321-8162 Public contact: (888) 248-6866 lance.cherry@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, FEB. 26, 2015: STATE'S BIGGEST ARCHERY TOURNEY SATURDAY IN RIO RANCHO RIO RANCHO – More than 800 young archers will compete Saturday in New Mexico’s fourth annual National Archery in the Schools State Tournament in Rio Rancho. Shooting will start at 8:45 a.m. and conclude at 5:45 p.m. at the Santa Ana Star Center. Approximately 100 public schools across New Mexico participate in the National Archery in the Schools Program. Schools receive free training for instructors, and the Department of Game and Fish provides 50 percent of the funding for each school to purchase archery equipment. It costs about $3,000 to outfit a school or organization with bows, targets, backstops and other equipment to get a program started. Many schools incorporate the program into existing physical [...]

Feb 26, 2015|

Wildlife Society honors Department wildlife disease specialist

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Lance Cherry, (505) 476-8003 Public contact: (888) 248-6866 lance.cherry@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, FEB. 10, 2015: WILDLIFE SOCIETY HONORS DEPARTMENT WILDLIFE DISEASE SPECIALIST SANTA FE – Dr. Kerry Mower, 20-year wildlife disease specialist for the Department of Game and Fish, recently was presented with the 2015 Wildlife Professional Award by the New Mexico chapter of The Wildlife Society. The award is given annually to a wildlife professional for outstanding contributions in their field related to wildlife in New Mexico. As the Department’s wildlife disease specialist, Mower is widely recognized as the go-to guy for wildlife disease issues throughout New Mexico and across the west. His efforts have greatly improved the department’s disease-monitoring of chronic wasting and other diseases. He also leads the department’s efforts to improve techniques involved in wildlife captures and restraint procedures used in projects such as trapping and relocation [...]

Feb 10, 2015|

Eight Clovis men convicted of unlawful hunting

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Clint Henson, (505) 445-2311 Public contact: (888) 248-6866 clint.henson@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, FEB. 10, 2015: EIGHT CLOVIS MEN CONVICTED OF UNLAWFUL HUNTING RATON – Eight Clovis men will pay penalties and fines totaling $7,189 after pleading guilty to numerous poaching and other charges, including killing a deer and turkey out of season and hunting without licenses. Department of Game and Fish officers caught the men hunting on the Elliott Barker Wildlife Area north of Cimarron on Nov. 10, 2014, when the area was closed to hunting. The men appeared before Raton Magistrate Warren Walton on Feb. 4 and pleaded guilty to 13 of an original 34 charges, which included unlawful hunting and unlawful killing and illegal possession of a deer and turkey. Penalties included fines, court costs, civil penalties and donations to Operation Game Thief. A hunter who had been scouting [...]

Feb 10, 2015|

Outdoor Adventure show this weekend in Albuquerque

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Lance Cherry, (505) 476-8003 Public contact: (888) 248-6866 lance.cherry@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, FEB. 9, 2015: OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SHOW THIS WEEKEND IN ALBUQUERQUE ALBUQUERQUE – Hunters, anglers and other outdoor adventurers are invited to join the Department of Game and Fish this weekend in Albuquerque at Expo New Mexico, where visitors will find information about upcoming hunting, fishing and trapping opportunities, all-terrain vehicle riding, the latest gear and more. The New Mexico Outdoor Adventure Show, formerly the Bob Gerding Show, will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Manuel Lujan Building at Expo New Mexico. Admission is free for licensed New Mexico hunters, anglers and trappers, and for anyone age 17 or younger. Nonlicensed adults will pay $3 at the door. Don’t forget to bring your license. The Department will be at [...]

Feb 9, 2015|

Department capture-relocation projects help pronghorns, landowners

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Lance Cherry, (505) 476-8003 Public contact: (888) 248-6866 lance.cherry@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JAN. 22, 2015: DEPARTMENT CAPTURE-RELOCATION PROJECTS HELP PRONGHORNS, LANDOWNERS SANTA FE  - About 125 pronghorns have new homes and landowners in northeastern New Mexico have fewer threats to their crops following a successful capture-relocation operation by the Department of Game and Fish. The pronghorns captured Jan. 12-15 on the UU-Bar Ranch near Cimarron were released on U.S. Bureau of Land Management properties northwest of Roswell and east of Truth or Consequences. Fifteen pronghorn does also were released near Fort Stanton, where graduate students will monitor them and their fawns. The operation was the fifth of its kind since 2009, when the department resumed pronghorn trapping after an 11-year hiatus. Before that, traps were fairly common as the agency continued its efforts to relocate pronghorns and build the statewide population. Using [...]

Jan 22, 2015|

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