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Federal law compensates ranchers for 75 percent of the value of cattle killed by wolves. The WOLF Act would cover 100 percent of losses.

A whistleblower reveals how fraudulent wolf kills hurt recovery of the endangered species

By Daniel J. Chacón, Santa Fe New Mexican | February 24, 2021 Legislation that supporters say would modernize wildlife management in New Mexico but opponents counter would hurt outfitters who operate on public lands has stalled on a tie vote in a Senate committee. “My district is parts of six counties — it is all rural — and I, in this case, I’m going to have to support my constituents,” Sen. Liz Stefanics, D-Cerrillos, told other members of the Senate Conservation Committee on Tuesday before joining with three Republicans to table the 241-page bill. Senate Bill 312 is now stuck...

Proposed overhaul of New Mexico wildlife agency stalls Follow Us Question of the Day By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press - Tuesday, February 23, 2021 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Legislation that would have overhauled New Mexico’s wildlife management agency stalled in a Senate committee Tuesday after a lengthy debate in which opponents warned that proposed changes to the distribution of hunting tags would devastate guides and outfitters and cost rural communities jobs and revenue. Some lawmakers said they ...