Recovery of Mexican lobo suffers another blow

The politicians netted another win while the Southwest's premier natural predator suffered another loss with the administrative BS noted in this article.

The Pronghorn: A showy North American native

I took this photo in south-central New Mexico eight years ago. Monica and I were a bit south of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge at the time.

Public lands: A legacy for the future

I was on Cibola National Forest land in New Mexico in 2006 when Monica and I spotted these Pronghorn. The fact that the animals were on public land made the show possible.

How to kill a wild, free-flowing river? Dam it

That's the proposal being floated by the usual economic "growth for the sake of growth" personalities for the Gila River of the Southwest. Read about it here. The photo I've included in this post shows a bit of the landscape of the Gila's watershed.

Bark beetle going after N.M.'s pinon pines - again

The battle against tree-killing bark beetles is only to grow more intensive in the future as the globe's climate warns, making winter-killing frosts a thing of the past. Read about New Mexico's plight.

A lobo found shot to death in S.W. New Mexico

"Lobo," of course, is another name for the Mexican Gray Wolf. Read about the illegal killing of one right here. I took this photo of a lobo at Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in N.M.