Vol. 58, No. 1 — Summer 2014 |
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Alexa Sandoval, who began her 20-year career with the Department of Game and Fish as a game warden in Clayton, was named department director by the State Game Commission at its April 3 meeting in Albuquerque. As the second woman director in the department’s 101-year history, she will be responsible for managing a state wildlife agency with more than 300 employees and an annual budget of more than $38 million. Read more … |
Fishing the droughtTwo of the driest years on record and a disappointing winter snowpack have left New Mexico’s reservoir levels extremely low. According to the Natural Resources Conservation Services, most of the state’s reservoirs are at or below 23 percent of capacity. So what does this mean to our fish populations? Read more . . . The lure of the GorgeNew Mexico’s Rio Grande Gorge and its tumbling river is an intimidating and stingy place for many anglers. But those who’ve managed to overcome this maddening river’s mysterious ways say the fishing can reach mystical proportions. Read more … |
Gould’s turkeysget new homeSixty-seven wild turkeys have new places to roost in southern New Mexico following successful trapping and transplant operations. Read more … |
Nuisance Silver City deertrapped, transplantedResidents’ complaints about deer and reports of deer killed on the roads prompted the Department of Game and Fish to trap and move 185 deer from the Silver City area the past two years. Read more … |
Cooper’s hawks thriving in AlbuquerqueThe phones usually start ringing in early June. “Hello, I’d like to report a big bird that’s dive-bombing our children when we go to play in the park.” Read more … |
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