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New Mexico Wildlife — Summer 2014 edition

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Vol. 58, No. 1 — Summer 2014

bears

Dying for our food

“We say it over and over every year, and I imagine we’ll be saying it 10 years from now: A fed bear is a dead bear,” says Rick Winslow, bear and cougar biologist for the Department of Game and Fish. “Once black bears associate humans with food, they are ruined forever.”

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fish guts

ABCDs of fish guts

Trout dissection is a fun learning experience and can be done in a classroom with Department of Game and Fish educators.

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Sandoval takes helm
of Game Department

Alexa Sandoval

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.

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butte

Fishing the drought

Two 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 . . .


Gorge

The lure of the Gorge

New 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 … 


turkeys

Gould’s turkeys

get new home

Sixty-seven wild turkeys have new places to roost in southern New Mexico following successful trapping and transplant operations.

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deer

Nuisance Silver City deer

trapped, transplanted

Residents’ 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 …


hawk

Cooper’s hawks thriving in Albuquerque

The 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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