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Dying for our food<\/h2>\n

\u201cWe say it over and over every year, and I imagine we\u2019ll be saying it 10 years from now: A fed bear is a dead bear,\u201d says Rick Winslow, bear and cougar biologist for the Department of Game and Fish. \u201cOnce black bears associate humans with food, they are ruined forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ABCDs of fish guts<\/h2>\n

Trout dissection is a fun learning experience and can be done in a classroom with Department of Game and Fish educators.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

As the second woman director in the department\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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Fishing the drought<\/h1>\n

Two of the driest years on record and a disappointing winter snowpack have left New Mexico\u2019s reservoir levels extremely low. According to the Natural Resources Conservation Services, most of the state\u2019s reservoirs are at or below 23 percent of capacity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The lure of the Gorge<\/h1>\n

New Mexico\u2019s Rio Grande Gorge and its tumbling river is an intimidating and stingy place for many anglers.\u00a0But those who\u2019ve managed to overcome this maddening river\u2019s mysterious ways say the fishing can reach mystical proportions. Read more …\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Gould’s turkeys<\/h3>\n

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Sixty-seven wild turkeys have new places to roost in southern New Mexico following successful trapping and transplant operations.<\/p>\n

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Residents\u2019 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 …<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Cooper’s hawks thriving in Albuquerque<\/h3>\n

The phones usually start ringing in early June.<\/p>\n

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Vol. 58, No. 1 — Summer 2014 <\/p>\n

Dying for our food <\/p>\n

\u201cWe say it over and over every year, and I imagine we\u2019ll be saying it 10 years from now: A fed bear is a dead bear,\u201d says Rick Winslow, bear and cougar biologist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[409,634],"tags":[764,762,765,722,763,417,761],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nm-game-fish","tag-alexa-sandoval","tag-black-bears","tag-coopers-hawks","tag-director","tag-goulds-turkeys","tag-new-mexico-department-of-game-and-fish","tag-new-mexico-wildlife","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew Mexico Wildlife - 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