Bryce Dix, KUNM News, Author at New Mexico In Focus

With fewer wildlife habitat protections, logging advocates eye New Mexico forests

July 17, 2026

A brown and white owl is perched on a branch in a forest, surrounded by tree trunks and twigs with a blurred green background.

by Bryce Dix, KUNM News This story was originally published at KUNM, a NMPBS partner. For decades, one bird on the Endangered Species List has been blamed for single-handedly impeding logging and forest thinning operations across New Mexico. But, that’s expected to shift with a newly changed legal definition from the Trump Administration – and…

Mexican wolf protections are at risk as delisting bills move forward

January 26, 2026

A group of people looking at a animal.

by Bryce Dix, KUNM News This story was originally published at KUNM, a NMPBS partner. Two bills that aim to strip the Mexican gray wolf of its federal endangered species protections are now snaking their way through the federal lawmaking process. The Republican-led pieces of legislation – the “Pet and Livestock Protection Act” introduced by…