NMT has reserved 20 slots for a day of fishing at Cow Creek Ranch on June 1st. Ten of the slots have been reserved for the Board of Directors and Board Program Directors. The balance of the slots will be filled by lottery and are only open to New Mexico Trout members. To participate in the lottery contact Jerry Burton at jera10@aol.com before the next general meeting on May 10th. At the meeting we will draw the names of the winners. Jerry will contact all the winners by either email or phone with details about the outing, where and when to meet ... Read More
May 1, 2016
New Mexico Trout honored several businesses that have committed their time and resources for many years in support of New Mexico Trout. At the January meeting, Chuck Domenici of Charlie's Sporting Goods was presented with a plaque recognizing their support. At the 2016 Conclave in February, Van Beacham of The Solitary Angler, and Bob Widgren of Custom Flyrod Crafters were presented with plaques acknowledging their dedicated support to New Mexico Trout. Many thanks to these and other dedicated individuals and businesses for the work of our club ... Read More
March 4, 2016
The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has provided funding to help protect some of New Mexico's special places through the acquisition of land and conservation easements to protect national parks, wildlife refuges, forests, trails, and BLM sites, support for local and state park needs, protection of critical wildlife habitat, watersheds and recreational access, and conservation of working farms, ranches and forestlands that enhance local economies. The LWCF is funded at no cost to the taxpayers from a portion of the revenues from offshore oil and gas drilling. Congressional authorization for the LWCF lapsed at the end of September due ... Read More
March 4, 2016
Due to the response to the special women's program at this year's conclave, New Mexico Trout is pleased to announce the formation of New Mexico Trout's Women's group. The women's group will form and run under the bylaws of New Mexico Trout thus being able to take advantage of the existing Board of Director's and its support. The only requirement will be that at least one person from the group fill an at large Board of Director's position in the club ... Read More
March 4, 2016
In January 2016, the Santa Fe National Forest issued Environmental Analysis for the New Mexico Jumping Mouse Critical Habitat Protection Project. The closure addresses the endangered species listing for the NM Meadow Jumping Mouse (NMMJM). This closure applies to all uses – grazing, fishing, hunting, hiking, camping, birdwatching. New Mexico Trout's analysis of the plan is summarized below:
- The NMMJM is endangered because cattle grazing in riparian areas has destroyed its habitat.
- Recreational uses – such as angling, birdwatching and nature photography – have not caused this habitat loss.
- The is no scientific justification for locking out non-consumptive recreational users.
February 5, 2016
The Gila River is New Mexico's last free flowing river, let's keep it that way! Here is a video of Dutch Salmon from the New Mexico Wildlife Federation ... Read More
February 1, 2016
From the January 2016 newsletter New Mexico is on the verge of an invasion of nonnative plant and animal species that threaten the health and quality of our waters. Although New Mexico is only one of 6 states in the Continental US with no evidence of infestation, Zebra and Quagga Mussels have been found in lakes and streams of all our neighboring states, most recently the Quagga mussel has been found in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam at Lee's Ferry. We all will need to play our part in helping to avoid their spread. If you visit any ... Read More
January 15, 2016
Michael Maes Membership Chair from the January 2016 newsletter NM Trout's annual membership is based on the calendar year, January 1st thru December 31st. It's time to take a few minutes and fill out your annual renewal. There are three ways you can complete this: on-line, by mail or in person at our monthly meetings. If you would like to complete the renewal on-line, you can pay with a credit card or if you have a Pay-Pal account, you can transfer funds to the NMT Pay-Pal account. The link is at: Membership Renewal. You can send in your membership form ... Read More
January 15, 2016