Tag Archives: endangered

April, 2017

  • 13 April

    Restoration of Gila trout

    Laurence D'Alessandro, coldwater fisheries biologist, displays a Gila trout during a recent survey conducted at Willow Creek in the Gila National Forest. Cover: NMDGF photo by Jill Wick, New Mexico Wildlife magazine Spring 2017 Vol60, Num1, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.

    Restoration of Gila trout opens door for anglers It’s been five years since two massive wildfires roared through the Gila Wilderness and surrounding national forest, destroying years of painstaking native trout restoration work. “I was interviewing for this job while everything was burning up,” said Jill Wick, Gila trout biologist …

March, 2016

  • 1 March

    Warm weather fears

    While smaller centipedes generally can’t penetrate human skin, the bite from a large centipede can be dangerous to small children and cause pain, swelling and fever for an adult. New Mexico Wildlife magazine, NMDGF

    Everyone’s heard of the famed “lions and tigers and bears, oh my” line in the movie The Wizard of Oz as they walked gingerly down the Yellow Brick Road. But what about “spiders and scorpions and snakes?” Could the movie have had it all wrong? Well, not to diminish the …

November, 2003

  • 14 November

    A century of wildlife management, part 7

    Planting trout in the Rio Grande Gorge. Photo: John G. Whitcomb. New Mexico Wildlife Magazine, Vol-49, Num-2 Summer 2004. (Making Tracks: A Century of Wildlife Management. (History of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish).

    New Mexico Wildlife (Summer 2004, Vol 49 Num 2) Making Tracks: A Century of Wildlife Management, Part 7 of 9 Of fish and men: state waters are stocked with natives, exotics, and politics By John Crenshaw Former Public Affairs chief, New Mexico Wildlife editor, and game warden, retired in 1997. …

  • 14 November

    A century of wildlife management, part 8

    Navajo Dam created the excellent, and accessible, fishing on the Quality Waters of the San Juan River. Photo: NMDGF. New Mexico Wildlife magazine, Vol-49, Num-3 Fall 2004. (Making Tracks: A Century of Wildlife Management. (History of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish).

    New Mexico Wildlife (Fall 2004, Vol 49 Num 3) Making Tracks: A Century of Wildlife Management, Part 8 of 9 Flowing through controversy: reservoirs offered mixed blessings for fish and fishermen By John Crenshaw Former Public Affairs chief, New Mexico Wildlife editor, and game warden, retired in 1997. Mixed blessings for …