Dear TrapFree New Mexico Friends,

We need you again because we know you care deeply about wildlife. Senate Bill 5 to modernize state wildlife management has passed the legislature and Governor Lujan Grisham needs to hear from us urging her to sign it.

EMAIL GOVERNOR LUJAN GRISHAM

CALL GOVERNOR LUJAN GRISHAM’S OFFICE

This bill fixes the 7-member State Game Commission by establishing qualifications for experience and expertise, and shielding commissioners from political whims. Among other items it provides that one position will be held by a wildlife biologist, one will be held by a conservationist, and one will be held by a member of a tribe or pueblo. It also gives NM Game and Fish, which will be re-named the Department of Wildlife, the authority and discretion to manage all wildlife in our state including pollinating insects to prevent their decline. In short, this is the best chance we have ever had to protect all the animals in New Mexico’s wild communities.

Here’s where you come in. Governor Lujan Grisham pocket vetoed a similar bill two years ago. We cannot let that happen again. Please contact the governor’s office and ask her to sign SB 5. Tell her you love wildlife and want future New Mexicans to have the same rich wildlife heritage that we do today. Tell your stories about your delightful wildlife experiences. Tell her that updating the 100-year-old law for the 21^st century will be a legacy for which she will be remembered.

You can send an email by clicking on this link. Please also call her office at (505) 476-2200 and leave your name and location and the brief message urging that she sign SB 5.

Thank you over and over for stepping up for wildlife and for making a better New Mexico!

Sincerely,

Mary Katherine Ray and the entire TrapFreeNM team

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