It is the mission of the New Mexico Game Commission “To conserve, regulate, propagate and protect the wildlife and fish within the state of New Mexico using a flexible management system that ensures sustainable use for public food supply, recreation and safety; and to provide for off-highway motor vehicle recreation that recognizes cultural, historic, and resource values while ensuring public safety.”

Yet in the last five years, the seven-member Commission appointed by New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez has made decisions that are pushing the critically endangered Mexican Gray Wolf closer to extinction and has put a bull’s-eye on bears and cougars like never before. Read more via the Santa Fe New Mexican.

Should the Governor have the power to trump the science of saving a species? What say you? 

For those in New Mexico, please consider standing for wolves with our friends from MexicanWolves.org at a rally during the next Commission meeting on August 27th. Lobos need our voices during this crucial time for Mexican gray wolf recovery. More information here.