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Over 100 years ago, the New Mexico State Legislature passed a bill which created the NM State Game Commission. In 1917 the NMWF founder Aldo Leopold, said the purpose of the commission was to “Get the game department out of politics.” On May 28, 2019, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed seven exceptionally qualified people to serve on the game commission. As of this date [Jan. 21,...

Enjoy this conversation wherein Ray Trejo, Adrian Angulo, Jesse Deubel and most importantly New Mexico Wildlife Federation board member Joshua Carney discuss the 2021 NMWF annual meeting. If you didn't make it to the meeting, stay tuned for details about our 2022 gathering. In this episode we discuss the confusion of assigning nationality to migratory waterfowl, Josh's unique ability to replicate...

The Recovering America's Wildlife Act [RAWA] is a crucial tool moving through Congress which will help state wildlife agencies around the country do more to support species of greatest conservation need. Every species on the planet has a purpose and a role to play in the health of our diverse ecosystems. Maintaining and promoting maximum biodiversity on the landscape is critical for robust species...

President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Oct. 8 to restore protections to two national monuments in the American Southwest. The New Mexico Wildlife Federation refers to one of those monuments, Bears Ears in southeastern Utah, as "The Hunter's Monument." Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante comprise over 3.2 million acres of breathtaking public land. I...

Hunting and firearms are two words that are often paired together. For many hunters, guns are the tools of their trade. It's no surprise that most hunters are staunch supporters of Second Amendment rights. The Second Amendment though, was not drafted with hunters in mind. Hunting and our right to bear arms are two very different issues with separate histories. Ray Trejo and Jesse Deubel of the New...

Adrian Angulo makes his debut on Ahí Va as he joins Jesse Deubel to discuss our National Wildlife Refuge system with Kara Matsumoto and Brad Brooks both from The Wilderness Society. Other topics discussed include: a belt buckle that sharpens knives, broadheads and fishing hooks, Brad's upcoming sabbatical, Kara's future as a hunter, Adrian's first elk hunt, Idaho's new state record grayling and th...

On this episode we sit down with Sgt. Tyson Sanders from New Mexico Game and Fish, Dennis Callaway Chief Operations Officer and Glenn Plunkett Chief Training Officer from Founder’s Ranch. We discuss a day-in-the life of a game warden, poaching, fish pedicures and bear rescues. Dennis and Glenn talk about the new acquisition of Founder’s Ranch, mounted archery, knife and axe throwing, ADA compliant...

The New Mexico Wildlife Federation is proud to introduce the man, the myth, the legend, the Godfather of Conservation Mr. Shane Mahoney. On this episode we sit down with Shane Mahoney all the way from Newfoundland, Canada, Jesse Debeul Executive Director for the NMWF who was on his way to a turkey hunt and Kami Elsisie the Communications and Education Outreach Coordinator for NMWF. We talked with...

Kami sits down with Executive Director and avid conservationist Jesse Deubel from the New Mexico Wildlife Federation, Dog handler and Hawking extraordinaire Tyler Slyden and Co-Founder of the North American Non-Lead Partnership and Conservation Director for the Peregrine Fund Chris Parish. We talk about the importance of choosing non-lead, hawking with a Goshawk named Hashbrown, new hunters, women...

NMWF and Artemis partnered to host the 1st Annual All Women's quail hunt in the Boot Hill region of New Mexico. Six women with varying degrees of hunting experience ranging from having never shot a gun to solo hunts, had the opportunity of a life time to hunt Montezuma quail. Joined by dog handlers from New Mexico to as far away as Montana, approximately 20 plus dogs in camp of varying breeds and...