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
President's Message, Welcome to the New Year. Considering the weather forecasts for the year, it looks like the streams and lakes will be full. We fly fishers can probably expect because of spring runoff conditions that most streams from mid-May to early June will be high, turbid and hard to fish. The best time to fish these stream will be before the heavy runoff starts. The peak of the stone fly hatch and the willow fly hatch will take place just as the stream flows start to recede. Mark February 6th on your calendars because that is when the annual ... Read More
January 15, 2016
We're still working out the details, so check back on the conclave page a little later ... Read More
January 5, 2016