New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

One of the largest general fund appropriations in the department’s history, the recommendation from the Legislative Finance Committee – which would be spread across three years – would bring aid for “species of greatest conservation need” with dwindling or threatened populations.

A package of bills will look to drastically change how the department is funded and regulated in the upcoming 60-day session in January.

KUNM Call In Show 8/18 8a: In New Mexico there has always been tension between humans and the wild animals who share our state, so how should we manage…

UPDATE 1/14 11:31 am:New Mexico game commissioners in a unanimous vote today [Thursday] denied a ranch’s appeal for a permit to house and breed Mexican…

New Mexico Game and Fish officials are trying to stop two species of non-native mussels from spreading into local waters by revising the Aquatic Species…

UPDATED 8/28: The state Game Commission has voted unanimously to approve the expansion of cougar and bear hunting in New Mexico.The vote came Thursday…