New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance works to protect the wild public lands that make New Mexico the Land of Enchantment.  Our priorities are to protect our best public lands, and actively educate people about the importance of Wilderness preservation, restoration and endangered wildlife such as the Mexican wolf.  We accomplish this work through public outreach with our hikes and volunteer service projects, grassroots organizing, GIS mapping, and scientific research.

Our Let’s Get Wild! Program offers multiple opportunities to specifically engage youth and adults in hands-on wilderness education projects and outdoor recreation. With offices in Albuquerque, Carlsbad, Las Cruces and Santa Fe, as well as staff members in Mora and Silver City, our educational outreach efforts cover the state. The Let’s Get Wild program helps people experience the natural beauty of New Mexico and understand the important role wild public lands play in the sustainability of our natural resources and wildlife.
 
Our current campaigns are working to establish the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument and Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area.  We are also fighting to protect the last remaining grasslands of Otero Mesa.  In additional we are also supporting protection of public lands for Columbine Hondo Wilderness, and protection of wilderness quality lands in Chaco Culture Historical Park and  El Malpais National Monument.