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The first Saturday in June and the fourth Saturday in September are free fishing days in New Mexico, when anglers of all ages, resident or nonresident, can fish without a license. The Department of Game and Fish and its community partners conduct free fishing clinics at waters statewide on free fishing day in June.
The Department also invites schools, scouting groups and other community and youth organizations to schedule fishing clinics at other times of the year.
To schedule a clinic or for more information, call (505) 476-8095.
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New Mexico Outdoor Expo
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Try your luck landing a big catfish, check out
the giant aquarium or learn to cast and tie a fishing fly
during the annual New Mexico Outdoor Expo. The free family
event is conducted in August each year at Shooting Range Park
on Albuquerque's West Mesa.
Information: (505) 222-4731. |
Children's water festivals
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Children can learn about this vital southwestern
resource at festivals offered throughout the year, including:
September in Silver City -- A special event for fifth-graders sponsored by the Surface Water Quality Bureau, the Nature Conservancy and the Gila Conservation Education Center.
April in Santa Fe -- An event for fourth- and fifth-graders, sponsored by the City of Santa Fe Water Division.
May in Gallup ~ McKinley County Youth Water Awareness Day, sponsored by the City of Gallup. Contact ebarriga@ci.gallup.nm.us
Information: (505) 476-8119. |
Playa lakes tours
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Take a side trip during the annual High Plains
Prairie Chicken Festival and learn about playa lakes and their
role in recharging aquifers. The festival is every spring
in the southeastern New Mexico town of Milnesand.
Information: (505) 476-8000.
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Natural History Elk and Trout Workshop
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New Mexico's outstanding elk herds and high-country
trout waters are the setting for this advanced Project WILD
training primarily for educators. The free two-day workshops
give teachers opportunities to get hands-on experience in
wildlife research and gain knowledge and materials they can
take back to their classrooms. The workshops are scheduled
every September during the height of the elk mating season,
or "rut."
For more information, call (505) 476-8095. |
Watershed Watch
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The Watershed Watch program offers high school
students statewide opportunities to work with experts and
learn to monitor the watersheds that keep their communities
alive. Participating students get hands-on experience sampling
water quality and collecting and analyzing species in various
ecosystems.
For more information, call (505) 476-8095. |
Waterfowl appreciation
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A self-guided auto tour of the Bernardo Waterfowl
Management Area along the Rio Grande bosque will be open to
the public in November. Interpreters will be on hand at various
times to provide information and insights into one of New
Mexico's amazing wetlands.
Information: (505) 476-8095. |
Volunteer educators needed
The Aquatic Resource Education program of the Department of Game and Fish is looking for volunteers who want to teach children how to fish and how healthy waters are essential to our environment. For more information, call Kevin Holladay at (505) 476-8095 or e-mail kevin.holladay@state.nm.us.
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