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New Mexico Conservation Projects

WILD SHEEP RE-INTRODUCTION

A plan to reintroduce desert bighorn sheep to the Devil’s Backbone area in New Mexico received some refreshing support from Wildlife Forever – in the form of three 3,000-gallon fiberglass water catchments. The lack of water was identified as the primary limiting factor to establishing a bighorn population in the area, so the water catchments were flown in by helicopter to three strategically chosen areas. The project is part of a larger program targeting the eventual recovery of the desert bighorn in New Mexico.

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EDUCATION IN NEW MEXICO

Visitors to the Red Canyon Campground at the Cibola National Forest in New Mexico are now learning more about riparian habitat, threatened and endangered species, and ecosystem management principals, thanks to interpretive signs provided by Wildlife Forever. The project area is located near the village of Manzano, about 70 miles south of Albuquerque. About eight-five percent of the visitors to the Red Canyon Campground are from Albuquerque, with another ten percent visiting from other communities, and another five percent from local school groups.