Democracy for New Mexico

Urge Legislators to Fund Rio Grande Trail

Rio Grande Cowboy, Photo Credit: Bill Manns

From Environment New Mexico:
Although still in the planning stages, the Rio Grande Trail will provide hundreds of miles of new trail to hikers, bikers and joggers. Trail-related recreation is the most popular outdoor activity in the state with 41 percent of New Mexicans participating in some form of trail activity every year. This has translated into significant economic gain for the state—the outdoor recreation retail sales account for 4.6 percent of gross state product according to Blazing a Trail: The Benefits of a Rio Grande Trail in New Mexico, a new report released last week by Environment New Mexico. The report highlights the need for trail funding from the New Mexico Legislature which convenes in session this week.

Owing to the popularity of trails, the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, State Parks Division has set in motion an ambitious plan to construct a multi-use trail alongside the Rio Grande state-wide.

“In addition to fulfilling the public’s desire for more trails, the Rio Grande Trail will have positive impacts on New Mexico’s economy, environment, health and recreational opportunities,” said Environment New Mexico Associate, Randall Coleman.

Bosque del Apache on Rio Grande south of Socorro, NM
Photo Credit: Lawrence Blank

State Parks is overseeing development of the trail from Belen to Sunland Park where they are already developing river trail in five state parks along the southern stretch of the Rio Grande. State Parks is undergoing a corridor study to identify and evaluate potential trail locations and constraints. Several stakeholder meetings, public workshops and surveys will be conducted to achieve community input in the planning process.

Environment New Mexico’s new report highlights the benefits a Rio Grande trail will provide for New Mexico in terms of the economy, conservation, health and recreation:

Trails are becoming increasingly popular nationwide and many are becoming destinations in and of themselves. The Rio Grande Trail has the ability to tap into this fervor, contributing to the state’s tourism sector and the $3.8 billion outdoor recreation industry.

The trail will provide avenues for historical and environmental educational opportunities—increasing awareness of New Mexican heritage and the problems facing the Rio Grande.

Improvement in public access to the Rio Grande will increase the connection New Mexicans have to the river and cultivate greater river stewardship.

Trails provide a number of different outlets for increasing one’s fitness. Creating or enhancing places for physical activity such as trails can lead to a 25.6 percent increase in the percentage of people exercising on three or more days per week.

It is estimated that New Mexico spends $324 million annually on direct adult medical costs that can be attributed to obesity. By curbing the obesity rate, New Mexico stands to save millions in healthcare costs.

The 2004 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan identified trails as the top recreation priority for the public in New Mexico.

“The Rio Grande Trail has the ability to preserve the Rio Grande and the Bosque by increasing public awareness and connection to the river while at the same time improving recreational opportunities and the health of New Mexico residents,” said Coleman.

The trail has already generated popular support in the New Mexico Legislature. In 2006 the Legislature appropriated $4 million for State Parks to begin planning and development of the trail, and in 2007 a joint House and Senate Memorial (HJM49/SJM44) was passed in support of completing the Rio Grande Trail.

“Despite all this support, there’s one catch. The major obstacle to trail development has been the lack of funding. Funding is scheduled to run dry this summer, following the completion of the planning study. More funding must be allocated if the Rio Grande Trail is to be realized,” said Coleman.

“During the 2008 legislative session, Governor Richardson and New Mexico’s legislators have a terrific opportunity to support trail funding and give New Mexico the benefits of a visionary river trail,” concluded Coleman.

Take Action
Environment New Mexico makes it easy to contact your legislators and the Governor, and write a letter to the editor about this issue:

• Email your legislators
• Email Governor Richardson
• Send a letter to the editor

All photos from Environment New Mexico's Rio Grande River collection on Flickr, where you can see full-sized versions of these and other photos, and you're encouraged to upload your own pics of scenic views along the Rio Grande.

If You Missed It: Video of 2008 NM State of the State

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ACLU Files Federal Suit Over Shielding of Protestors at Bush Visit to Los Ranchos NM

Albuquerque police car and mounted unit block road to Bush event  in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque on 8/27/07 (Photo by Terry Riley)

From the ACLU:
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of New Mexico filed a lawsuit in federal court today on behalf of several New Mexico residents and advocacy organizations who were made to stand more than 150 yards away from the site of a fundraiser being attended by the president as they peacefully protested the views of the administration, while a group of people expressing support for President Bush were allowed to stand only a few feet from the fundraiser site.

“People who disagree with the president have as much a right to be heard as those who wish to praise him," said Catherine Crump, staff attorney with the ACLU. “The unequal treatment of the ACLU’s clients violates their constitutional right to free speech.”

On August 27, 2007, President Bush was in New Mexico to attend a fundraiser for Senator Pete Domenici at the home of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque Mayor Larry Abraham. In anticipation of the presidential motorcade, several individuals, including the ACLU’s clients, gathered along the street leading to the mayor’s house holding signs expressing their disapproval of the Iraq War.

According to the ACLU’s lawsuit, law enforcement officials forced the peaceful protestors to stand 150 yards away from the motorcade route, on the opposite end of the street from where the president would arrive, where they were blocked from the president’s view by a wall of parked police cars and officers on horseback. A group of people holding a banner reading “God Bless George Bush! We Pray for You!” was allowed to stand only a few feet from the fundraiser site, in plain view of the motorcade.

Demonstrators line up at last summer's protest in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque in the North Valley (Photo by Terry Riley)

“Law enforcement officers gave Bush supporters front row seats and made those who disagreed with the president stand behind a wall of cars and horses,” said Peter Simonson, ACLU of New Mexico Executive Director. “Officials went to great lengths to shield the president from viewing the people who disagreed with him, which just isn’t how a free society should operate.”

The New Mexico lawsuit comes in the midst of an ongoing challenge by the ACLU to a White House policy that unlawfully excludes individuals perceived to be critical of the administration from public events where President Bush is present. The policy is laid out in the official Presidential Advance Manual, which includes a section called “Preparing for Demonstrators.” In that section, the manual directs members of the presidential advance team working at the site of a presidential appearance to “work with the Secret Service and have them ask the local police department to designate a protest area where demonstrators can be placed, preferably not in view of the event site or motorcade route.”

The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of Jeanne Pahls, Rebecca Wilson, Alma Rosa Silva Banuelos, Carter Bundy, Merimee Moffitt, Laura Lawrence, Stuart T. “Terry” Riley, Mary Lou “Mitzi” Kraft, Jason Call, and the organizations Stop the War Machine and CODEPINK Women for Peace, Albuquerque chapter.

Attorneys in the lawsuit are Catherine Crump, Chris Hansen and Josh Hsu of the national ACLU and George Bach of the ACLU of New Mexico. The defendants are the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners, the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department, the City of Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Police Department and certain John/Jane Does.

More Info:

• The ACLU’s complaint is available online here (pdf).

• Click for more information about the ACLU’s work to protect free speech at presidential events and see today's post about the suit on the ACLU blog.

• Check out ChrisWeigant.com for a post about this issue that includes some great photos of CodePink from last summer's protest at Bush's Los Ranchos visit. His report is cross-posted at The Huffington Post, where Chris is a contributor.

• Daily Kos has a diary by the ACLU today on this matter.

• See our previous post on Bush's visit to Los Ranchos with photos from the protest by Terry Riley, as well as links to videos of local TV coverage, newspaper stories and more.

(Updated) NM Legislature Convenes: Watch State of State Live

UPDATE: Click to read Gov. Richardson's prepared remarks or view KNME's archived video of his speech.
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You can watch a KNME live stream of Governor Bill Richardson's State of the State address to legislators starting at 1:00 PM today as the New Mexico Legislature convenes its 30-day "short session" at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. It's expected to be a contentious one, with State Senators looking to exert more power over the process, and Richardson critic Sen. Tim Jennings (D-Roswell) replacing the late Sen. Ben Altamirano as the Senate's president pro-tem. Last year, the Senate was the stopper on a number of progressive bills and this year the situation maybe even worse, even though Democrats are in the majority. There are Democrats, and then there are DINOs.

In addition to the usual budget wrangling that's the main focus of 30-day sessions, Richardson has indicated he'll be pushing health care reform first and foremost, as well as ethics and campaign finance reform, energy conservation measures and a domestic partnership bill. He'll also control the type of additional initiatives that will be allowed onto the agenda, which he controls in short session years. According to an article in today's Santa Fe New Mexican:

Richardson said his speech will have a simple message for legislators: "Health care. Health care. Health care. It's going to be an address saying that we have a responsibility in this Legislature, with the governor, to produce universal health care for every New Mexican and to start it with a comprehensive bill — not piecemeal," Richardson said.

Expect battles over a proposal to amend the school funding formula, the budget for roads that must address a large shortfall in funding and a law passed last session that requires candidates to get 20% of the votes at Party pre-primary conventions to get on the primary ballot.

Senate leaders have already balked at one recommendation from the Governor's Ethics Task Force to institute voluntary public campaign financing for statewide races. Who needs that when our candidates can rely on "donations" from big-money interests? What fun would it be if candidates could run without promising the moon to deep pocket special interests? Democracy might start breaking out all over.

According to the Albuquerque Journal's Trip Jennings, Senate leaders including Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez (D-Belen) have "sent signals" to the Governor on ethics reform:

Proposals to cap campaign contributions, create an independent state ethics commission and give the Secretary of State's Office more than $170,000 to fix its campaign reporting system have the best shot at being heard.

Not on the to-do list was a Richardson priority of expanding the public financing of elections to statewide offices, including governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.

... Some members of the group oppose parts of the ethics and campaign finance recommendations. They made it clear Monday that they weren't endorsing the legislation, but they said some of the proposals deserve a hearing.

... "This is not saying these bills will get through, or that I am supporting them," Sen. Majority Leader Michael Sanchez, D-Belen.

Big man, isn't he?

You can read more about this year's ethics reform proposals in my previous post.

NM FBIHOP has a about this year's health reform battle, including the results of a poll sent to 5,000 of Sen. Dede Feldman's constituents that indicates health care is their number one issue this year.

You can read about how last year's domestic partnership bill was defeated by one vote in the Senate in this post. Four Democrats, including our new Senate president pro-tem Tim Jennings (D-Roswell), John Arthur Smith (D-Deming), Lidio Rainaldi (D-Gallup) and Carlos Cisneros (D-Questa). voted with Repubs to kill the measure. The bill had been passed three times on the House side, including once during an ill-fated Special Session called by the Governor.

Tonight: Dem Prez Debate in Nevada

The Nevada Democratic Party, the 100 Black Men of America, the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, IMPACTO, the African American Democratic Leadership Council and the College of Southern Nevada have teamed up to sponsor a two-hour debate at Las Vegas' Cashman Center on Tuesday, January 15, 2008. The debate, featuring John Edwards, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton (and maybe Dennis Kucinich), will be televised on MSNBC at 7:00 PM MST in New Mexico and live streamed on MSNBC.com. Brian Williams will be the debate moderator, joined by Tim Russert. Natalie Morales will ask the candidates questions submitted online at MSNBC.com and other websites

Kucinich In or Out?
Dennis Kucinich sued NBC to allow him to take part in the event after the network retracted its earlier invitation to participate. After Bill Richardson dropped out of the race, NBC changed its rules to allow only candidates who got double-digit support from voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. Yesterday, Senior Clark County District Court Judge Charles Thompson ruled that Kucinich must be allowed to participate. If he is excluded, Thompson said he would issue an injunction to stop the televised debate. Thompson called it a matter of fairness and said Nevada voters will benefit if they hear from more than just the top three candidates. NBC countered that it will appeal and seek an immediate hearing before the Nevada Supreme Court.

Nevada Dem Caucus
The Nevada Democratic Caucus will be held in hundreds of locations starting at 11:00 AM PST on Saturday, January 19th. Caucus sites include nine special caucus locations within resorts on the Las Vegas Strip that were set up so shift workers can participate.

On Friday, six Democrats and a teachers union reportedly allied with Clinton claiming the rules enabling Las Vegas Strip waitresses, dishwashers and bellhops to caucus inside the resorts violate state law and federal equal protection guarantees. Other caucus-goers lack the same access, the suit argues. Barack Obama has received the endorsement of the Culinary Workers Union, many of whom work on the Strip. A federal judge is expected to rule on the case this week.

A poll released Monday by the Reno Gazette-Journal shows Clinton, Obama and Edwards in a statistical dead heat in Nevada.

Denish Endorses Clinton for Prez, Will Serve as State Chair

SANTA FE -- Lt. Governor Diane Denish today announced her endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president, along with her plans to serve as the campaign's statewide chair.

"I am standing with Hillary Clinton as the chair of her New Mexico campaign because she will fight every day she is in the White House for New Mexico's families and children. She has the heart, the record and the experience to bring about the change we need."

Lt. Governor Denish made the announcement during a teleconference call where she was joined by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaigorosa, a national chair for the Hillary Clinton campaign. Among her reasons for the endorsement, the Lt. Governor cited Sen. Clinton's work on the State Children's Health Insurance Program, educational improvements and expansion of TriCare, a health care program for National Guard and Reservists.

"Most important, I believe she is the best prepared to end the war in Iraq responsibly and as quickly as possible," the Lt. Governor said. "New Mexicans know Hillary Clinton and how she has fought for people who have been invisible to this administration long enough. She shares our values at a critical time in our nation's history."

Mayor Chavez Caught in the Act of "Greenwashing"

I received the video above in an email awhile back when Albuquerque Mayor Marty Chavez was still running for the U.S. Senate. This seems like a perfect time to post it.

Everyone's jumping on the bandwagon, pointing readers to John Fleck's excellent exposé of Albuquerque Mayor Marty Chavez's greenwashing that appeared in Sunday's Albuquerque Journal, so I thought I'd join the queue (so to speak). Fleck documents the inflated statistics and exaggerations that were once displayed on the City of Albuquerque website's Albuquerque Green "Q" page. Turns out that Marty's nonstop bragging about Albuquerque being the greenest metropolis in the universe (or variations thereof) was mostly hot air, like much of what he boasts about as his accomplishments. He's good at paying lip service. Unfortunately, his assertions too often often fall a little short of the truth.

Chantal over at Duke City Fix, who used to work on city cyberspace projects, provides a screen capture and useful link to the "Q" page as it once appeared before it was taken down when Fleck started poking around for the facts. Cocoposts also weighs in, and SWOPblogger features the Journal article itself. Meanwhile, Eye on Albuquerque discusses this and other examples of the Mayor's tendency to distort statistics to suit his political needs.

Aren't you glad Marty Chavez had the sense to withdraw from the New Mexico Senate race? Let's hope he has the same sense to refrain from running for Mayor again, despite his recent decision to challenge the term limits that apply to the office.

Sprawl Isn't Green
Chavez has worked hard to portray himself as a "green" mayor. Undoubtedly, Chavez has done some positive things for the environment, but there's a lingering problem that won't go away. During his tenure as mayor he's been known as the area's number one cheerleader for out of control, unregulated sprawl growth and the developers who make huge profits from it. You can't be for sprawl development and be "green," now can you?

When planned growth strategies were being debated in Albuquerque and considered by the City Council, Marty did everything he could to fight against it or to water it down. Marty became known as a fighter for developer interests, whether it was a road through the Petroglyph National Monument or a roadway situated so it destroyed a cottonwood hundreds of years old. Marty even posed in a photo op showing him jubilantly helping to cut the tree down.

Then there's his strong support for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) in the form of TIDDs designed to financially reward West Side developers for gobbling up greenfields and replacing them with sprawl, all at the taxpayers' expense. Check out our previous guest blog by Gabriel Nimms of 1000 Friends of New Mexico for more on that.

If Marty Chavez runs for Mayor again in 2009, you can rest assured he'll be facing big-time challenges on the basis of his greenwashing alone. Then there's all the other stuff ....

ACTION ALERT: NM Campaign Finance Reform

Today's Albuquerque Journal features an op-ed about cleaning up campaign financing laws in New Mexico by Common Cause New Mexico's Executive Director, Steve Robert Allen. Governor Bill Richardson's Ethics Task Force has once again submitted their recommendations to the Legislature for action. As usual, it will be an uphill fight to get anything passed regarding ethics, despite incredibly strong support for reform on the part of citizens. Allen cites the enactment of public financing for statewide elections as the most important of the Task Force recommendations:

For citizens to regain faith in the fairness of New Mexico's political system, it is essential that we cut special interest dollars out of the equation entirely.

The system recommended by the task force would provide full public funding for qualified candidates who agree to strict spending limits and to only accept small contributions from individuals. We have seen this reform work for Public Regulation Commission campaigns. We saw it work on the municipal level during the last City Council race in Albuquerque.

During the 2007 session, the Legislature wisely voted to pass public campaign financing for statewide judicial races. It is time to extend this crucial reform to all statewide offices.

Allen goes on to explain how Gov. Richardson came out publicly and strongly for public financing of elections during his presidential run:

Richardson appears committed to this goal. He recently signed a Common Cause pledge to support congressional public financing. He also wrote a letter to Iowa voters explaining that his goal in New Mexico this year is to expand public financing to more statewide offices. Moreover, in the New Hampshire presidential debate Jan. 5, he expressed his belief that public financing, in the broader sense, is one of the key reforms necessary to begin to heal the deep political wounds of this country.

The Ethics Task Force also recommends creating an independent commission to investigate complaints against public officials and setting campaign contribution limits. It will be telling to see how strongly Richardson pushes for ethics reform this Session, and how legislators will respond in this election year when all members of the state House and Senate must face the voters and answer for their action (or inaction) on this critical issue. We'll be tracking the movement of ethics and campaign finance reform bills throughout the 30-day Legislative Session, which starts tomorrow at Noon.

Take Action Now
To start the ball rolling, please contact your legislators urging their support for public campaign financing. Common Cause New Mexico :

From Common Cause New Mexico:
As you know, an ever-widening stream of corporate and special interest money has corrupted New Mexico politics. Common Cause New Mexico will address this problem head-on during the upcoming legislative session by supporting a proposal for public campaign financing for all statewide races.

We will lobby hard for this crucial reform in the coming weeks, but we need your help. Because this year’s legislative session is only one month long, we need to make sure public campaign financing gets the strong and vocal support it deserves. The system recommended by Governor Richardson's Ethics Reform Task Force would provide public funding for qualified candidates who agree to strict spending limits and to accept only small contributions from individuals.

Thanks for your help in our ongoing effort to clean up New Mexico politics.

Sincerely,
Steven Robert Allen
Executive Director, Common Cause New Mexico

Editor's Note: If you haven't already seen it, check out Common Cause New Mexico's report, , which analyzes how optional public campaign financing worked in Albuquerque's city election this past Fall.

You can also listen to an of Common Cause New Mexico's Director, Steve Robert Allen, about public campaign financing that was conducted by Jim West on KUNM News in December.

(Updated) Richardson Issues 6-Month Moratorium on Drilling Permits in Galisteo Basin

Bob Gallagher of the NM Oil and Gas Association and activist David Bacon discuss drilling in Santa Fe County on KNME's NM In Focus Friday

The plot thickens. On January 11, 2008, Gov. Bill Richardson announced at a press conference that he will issue an executive order that delays consideration of Galisteo basin oil and gas drilling permits by the State for six months:

"I feel that there shouldn't be drilling in the Galisteo Basin," said Richardson. He described it as a "very fragile ecosystem" and said there were concerns that drilling could affect the area's groundwater and archaeological sites.

In November 2007, a three-month moratorium on the issuance of drilling leases was enacted by the Santa Fe County Commission in response to a growing uprising by citizens and environment groups against drilling proposed by Tecton Energy of Houston. The County Commission is currently drafting a revised oil and gas drilling ordinance prompted by renewed interest in drilling in the County. The first public meeting on the proposed new law is currently scheduled for January 22, 2008, but it's unclear whether the County will now postpone the meeting due to the Governor's moratorium.

Also late last week, Rep. Tom Udall (NM-03) and Sen. Jeff Bingaman called upon Santa Fe County to hold off on issuing drilling leases until an archaeological management plan mandated by legislation they cosponsored, and which was enacted into law in March 2004, is funded and completed. They also urged the Bush adminstration's Office of Management and Budget Director Jim Nussle, to provide the funding for the Secretary of Interior to undertake the comprehensive study of the archeological assets of the basin and to determine what actions are needed to protect them. (See my previous post.)

In response to these actions, Santa Fe County issued the following statement late Friday:

NO OIL & GAS DRILLING PERMITS CONSIDERED FOR 6 MONTHS
Santa Fe, NM – January 11, 2008 – Effective today and continuing for the next 6 months, no oil and gas drilling applications will be considered by the State. The 6 month moratorium, announced today by Gov. Bill Richardson, is put in place to allow time to ensure the protection of water, archaeological resources, and fragile ecosystems in the Galisteo Basin. 

Santa Fe County will be working closely with the State Oil Conservation Division during this time as it continues to work on an oil and gas drilling ordinance. County officials are currently considering the ramifications of the announcement. More information regarding next steps, possible hearing cancellations, and a new ordinance schedule will be available next week.

For more background on this issue, visit the websites of Drilling Santa Fe and Santa Fe Not Oil. Also check out the video at the top of this post of Friday's New Mexico In Focus show (episode 119) on KNME that featured a spirited discussion about oil and gas drilling in Santa Fe County with activist David Bacon and Bob Gallagher, President of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association, moderated by host David Alire Garcia. Don't miss it.

Environmental Alliance of NM Announces 2008 Legislative Agenda

Javier Benavidez of Conservation Voters New Mexico
speaks at press conference at Rio Grande bosque

From Conservation Voters New Mexico:
Representatives of over a dozen environmental organizations convened a news conference on Friday afternoon, January 11, 2008, in Albuquerque to announce a 2008 legislative package aimed at addressing the State of New Mexico’s environment, energy, water, and outdoor education policy. The Environmental Alliance of New Mexico, an informal coalition of environmental organizations facilitated by Conservation Voters New Mexico, announced four priority legislative measures. Though this year’s legislative session will be a short, 30-day session focusing on state budget matters, each of the alliance’s priority bills will be on the legislative agenda because they are germane to state budgeting or because they are anticipated to be on the “Governor’s call.” The bills include:

• the “Leave No Child Inside Act,” a bill seeking to generate revenue for an outdoor educational programming fund through a 1% excise tax (a “sin” tax) on the purchase of new televisions and video games

• the “Ratepayer Protection Act,” a bill requiring regulated electric utilities to meet 10% of their energy demand with energy efficiency by 2020 instead of building new power plants (which are more expensive than efficiency). The bill will also encourage the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission to allow energy efficiency programs to be as profitable to New Mexico utilities as power plants are.

• a “Smart Investments in Public Buildings” policy to ensure a 50% energy saving throughout the life of new and retrofitted public buildings through a 1-2% initial investment in the “sustainable” or “green” design of each public building

• a one-time funding request of $10 million for Statewide Ecosystem Restoration that will facilitate efforts to restore New Mexico’s fragile and iconic river ecosystems, including funding for water flows, technical studies and community outreach.

Gail Ryba, NMCCAE

"This alliance represents over 30,000 New Mexican voters who care about protecting our air, land, water, wildlife and communities,” said Sandy Buffett, Executive Director of Conservation Voters New Mexico and the Conservation Voters of New Mexico Education Fund.

The four priority bills of the Environmental Alliance of New Mexico (click for Fact Sheet) are the result of an annual “common agenda” process in which environmental organizations come together to develop a cohesive environmental policy agenda for consideration by the annual state legislative session. In addition to the measures mentioned above, Conservation Voters New Mexico will be monitoring any potential “environmental rollbacks” of policy gains made in previous years and will work to defend against such regressive measures.

Organizations involved in the Environmental Alliance of New Mexico include: 1000 Friends of New Mexico, Animal Protection Voters, Amigos Bravos, Audubon New Mexico, Conservation Voters New Mexico, Defenders of Wildlife, Dooda Desert Rock, Environment New Mexico, New Mexico Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy, New Mexico Environmental Law Center, New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, New Mexico Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, The Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, and the World Wildlife Fund.

For more information, please contact Sandy Buffett, Executive Director of Conservation Voters New Mexico, at 270-5743.

Click for contact information for your legislators.