I don't know all the new individuals appointed to the NM Game Commission this week but given the deep blue situation in this state, we've probably got a new set of problems to deal with. Here is the press release. Form your own opinions.



New Mexico State Game Commissioners

Gail Cramer
District 1

Attention: Gail Cramer
PO BOX 25112
Santa Fe, NM 87504

Biography



Gail Cramer served on the New Mexico Game and Fish Commission from 1996 to 2000. She has been the the assistant chief of administration and finance for the Mayhill Volunteer Fire Department since 2008 and was previously a professor of learning support at San Juan College. Cramer is an experience bowhunter and has been a master bowhunter education instructor since 1991. She earned a master’s degree in educational management and development from New Mexico State University.

Roberta Salazar Henry
District 2

Attention: Roberta Salazar Henry
PO BOX 25112
Santa Fe, NM 87504

Biography



Roberta Salazar-Henry worked for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish for 25 years, retiring in 2003 as the assistant director of support services. She was appointed by the New Mexico State Game Commission to chair the Southwest Citizens Review Committee for the Habitat Stamp Program, where she served from 2008 to 2013. Salazar-Henry has served on the board of the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance since 2013 and earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix.

Jeremy Vesbach
District 3

Attention: Jeremy Vesbach
PO BOX 25112
Santa Fe, NM 87504

Biography



Jeremy Vesbach currently works as the western lands program director for Western Resource Advocates. He was previously the field director and sportsmen outreach director for the Conservation Lands Foundation after serving as the executive director of the historic New Mexico Wildlife Federation for a decade. Vesbach was a member of the New Mexico State Mining Commission and earned a bachelor’s degree in conservation biology from the University of Wisconsin.

Joanna Prukop
District 4

Attention: Joanna Prukop
PO BOX 25112
Santa Fe, NM 87504

Biography



Joanna Prukop has had a lifelong career in wildlife and natural resource management and previously served as the Secretary of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department after working for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish for more than 25 years. She served in President Barack Obama’s administration as a three-term appointee to the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council. Prokop earned a master’s degree in wildlife biology from Colorado State University.

Jimmy Bates
District 5

Attention: Jimmy Bates
PO BOX 25112
Santa Fe, NM 87504

Biography



Jimmy Bates is a lifelong outdoorsman and experienced hunter and fisherman and is currently the executive vice president at Premier Distributing Company in Albuquerque. Bates has previously served on the board of directors of Keep New Mexico Beautiful, Inc., and is currently a member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. He continues his outdoor education with his son and the Great Southwest Council of Boy Scouts America.

David Soules
Appointed at-large

Attention: David Soules
PO BOX 25112
Santa Fe, NM 87504

Biography



David Soules is a lifelong sportsman and has more than 40 years of personal experience in wildlife and outdoor conservation work. He is the author of “Exploring Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.” Soules has served on the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance Board of Directors since 2010 and earned a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Colorado State University.

Tirzio Lopez
Appointed at-large

Attention: Tirzio Lopez
PO BOX 25112
Santa Fe, NM 87504

Biography



Tirzio Lopez is currently a detective and criminal investigator for the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission and Transportation Bureau. He has previously worked as a park ranger specialist for New Mexico State Parks, a park ranger for both the National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Lopez has been a member of the Chama Valley Independent School District School Board since 2014 and earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from New Mexico State University.

Pancho,

I moved from NM a couple of years ago after 25 years or so living near Farmington. I was on the Habitat Stamp committee for the NW Region for a few years. Most of those individuals sound pretty solid. Based on what I hear about your new Governor it seems out of character, but at first blush it looks like a pretty decent commission.

Looks like a pretty good crew, to me, too. What's the issue?
I came from a state -- Oregon -- with a liberal governor who named a God-damned gillnet strategist to the commission, and he has proceeded to tear apart salmon management plans for the Columbia. Now that's a problem!

^ what the 2 guys above me said. What's the problem?

I will defer to the opinions of others here on this subject

Note the wilderness advocates.

Several are known wolf activists. Wolves introduced everywhere eating the deer and elk in direct competition with the lions already munching away.

Limited hunting opportunities as a result of locking away land for "wilderness".

It's all bullshit aimed at depriving the rural population of the state the ability to use the land so the urbanites can enjoy the butterflys.

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Originally posted by Pancho:
Note the wilderness advocates.

Several are known wolf activists. Wolves introduced everywhere eating the deer and elk in direct competition with the lions already munching away.

Limited hunting opportunities as a result of locking away land for "wilderness".

It's all bullshit aimed at depriving the rural population of the state the ability to use the land so the urbanites can enjoy the butterflys.

I don't know about New Mexico, but in Arizona every square mile of forest seems to have some kind of road.

I am for less roads and more walking.