New Mexico Wildlife magazine Conserving New Mexico's Wildlife for Future Generations
Anglers in New Mexico are very fortunate to have such diverse fishing opportunities, especially when it comes to trout. With five different trout species all within a few hours of each other, catching part or all of them can be quite the challenge. In January 2020, the Department of Game …
July, 2020
April, 2020
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13 April
Rainbow Trout on the Grill
Trout cooks quickly and is easy to season depending on your taste. You can use a whole trout that has been gutted and cleaned or just the filets. For this recipe I will be using filets. Grill time depends on how large your fish is. In this recipe, you will …
February, 2020
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14 February
Out of Range: Javelina are making appearances in some of the most unlikely places
Collared peccary, better known as javelina, have been a part of southern New Mexico’s landscape since before biologists such as Stokely Ligon and Vernon Bailey started discovering things about them in the early 1900s. The name javelina is derived from jabalina which, in Spanish, means “wild sow.” These medium-sized omnivorous …
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14 February
Ice fishing in New Mexico
Family fun with or without the sun Although sometimes the weather isn’t the most hospitable for ice fishing when the temperature drops to freezing and the wind picks up, with the right planning, preparation and gear, a day of ice fishing can be quite rewarding and fun for the whole …
December, 2019
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23 December
Meet Chuck Schultz, Regional Habitat Biologist
If it has to do with habitat and wildlife in the northwest part of the state, you can bet that Chuck Schultz, regional habitat biologist, will be involved. He has been in this line of work for over 27 years and has worked on habitat and with wildlife as a …
October, 2019
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28 October
Four Additional Black-Footed Ferrets Released at Wagon Mound Ranch
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish released four additional black-footed ferrets at a ranch in Wagon Mound late September in an effort to augment a small population reintroduced at the site a year earlier. The ferrets were transported to the site from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s …
September, 2019
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27 September
Hone your Big Game Hunting skills by Hunting Small Game
When it comes to staying sharp and proficient at big game hunting, most hunters spend their time practicing at the range. However, one way to stay sharp, sighted in and put some extra meat in the freezer is hunting small game. Small game can be anything from a squirrel to …
July, 2019
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24 July
Catching kokanee
Kokanee salmon are not native to New Mexico. A land-locked sockeye salmon, they thrive in some of the deeper and colder plankton-producing lakes in our state such as Heron, El Vado, Navajo, Abiquiu and Eagle Nest Lakes. Kokanee mature between three to five years old and achieve sizes of three …
June, 2019
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13 June
Turn tips into cash by calling Operation Game Thief
Operation Game Thief (OGT), a New Mexico Department of Game and Fish program, offers rewards to citizens who turn in poachers. The OGT program is a Crime Stoppers program for wildlife that began here in New Mexico in 1977. In fact, the program was modeled after the first Crime Stoppers …
April, 2019
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18 April
Putting Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout in the Rito de Los Frijoles after the Las Conchas Fire
On June 26, 2011, at approximately 1:00 pm, a tree fell on a power line causing one of the largest and most devastating fires in New Mexico’s history. On the first day alone, the fire burned 43,000 acres a rate of about an acre per second. By August 3, almost …