New Mexico Administrative Code

General public.

Sections 17-1-14, 17-1-26, and 17-4-1, NMSA 1978, provide the New Mexico state game commission with the authority to acquire land and to establish rules and regulations that it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of Chapter 17, NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

January 13, 1996 [unless a later date is cited at the end of a section]

To establish rules to prevent damage to wildlife and wildlife habitat on lands owned or controlled by the department of game and fish.

A. "Established road" means any maintained or unmaintained right-of-way that has been utilized by the public and includes roads, streets, and highways. B. "Motorized vehicle" means any motor-powered mechanical device used for conveyance.

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to operate any motorized vehicle off of established roads on lands owned or controlled by the department of game and fish.

A. Any county, state or federal law enforcement officer may drive off of established roads on these lands in the discharge of his official duties. B. The director of the department of game and fish may permit other designated personnel to drive off of established roads when it is…

New Mexico department of game and fish.

Department staff, licensed hunters, anglers and trappers and other users as allowed by rule.

Sections 17-1-14 and 17-1-26 NMSA 1978 provide that the New Mexico state game commission has the authority to identify game refuges and to establish rules and regulations that it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of Chapter 17 NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

April 1, 2023, unless a different date is cited at the end of a section.

To identify wildlife management areas created by the state game commission.

A. "Department" shall mean the New Mexico department of game and fish. B. "Wildlife management area" shall mean an area of land owned or controlled by the state game commission and designated by the commission or department as a wildlife management area.

A. Bear Canyon lake wildlife management area is located approximately 2 miles north of Mimbres and is more fully described in deeds on file in Grant county and with the department. B. Belen wildlife management area is part of the Ladd S. Gordon complex and is located approximatel…

New Mexico department of game and fish

A citizen advisory committee shall be created. The committee will be comprised of nine members, seven of which shall follow the district and representation requirements as defined in 17-1-2 NMSA 1978. All members shall be selected and appointed by the state game commission from a…

The department of game and fish and all persons who hunt, fish or trap on land administered by the U.S. forest service or the U.S. bureau of land management in the state.

17-1-14 and 17-1-26 NMSA 1978 provide the state game commission the authority to establish rules and regulations that it may deem necessary to carry out the purpose of Chapter 17 NMSA 1978 and all other acts pertaining to protected species. Public Law 93-452 (Sikes Act) permits t…

March 31, 2031.

April 1, 2021.

To provide for a public land management stamp for hunting, fishing or trapping on certain public lands in New Mexico, requires purchase of stamp, creates a citizen advisory committee, and provides for expenditure of funds from stamp revenues.

A. "Public land" means those lands which surface areas are under the management authority of the United States forest service or the United States bureau of land management, except those lands under the management authority of the United States bureau of land management in game m…

A. Each person hunting on any public land, must purchase a public land management stamp. B. Resident trappers twelve years of age and older trapping for protected furbearers, and non-resident trappers trapping on any public land, must purchase a public land management stamp. C. A…

A. The expenditure of funds collected under this regulation shall be consistent with the most current management plans developed by the United States forest service, the United States bureau of land management and the New Mexico department of game and fish. B. A minimum of fifty …

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.

A. The director may enter into open gate access agreements for hunting, fishing, trapping or other recreational endeavors to take place on private land with suitable habitat to support the recreational uses, or to provide a right-of-way corridor through private land or tribal lan…

A. Minimum qualifications: Lands or waters eligible for enrollment in the open gate program must provide suitable fish or wildlife habitat or access to said habitat to support the recreational uses designated through an open gate agreement, and meet, at minimum, one of the follow…

A. Any person accessing land enrolled in the open gate program to hunt, fish or trap must: (1) obtain and possess a valid hunting, fishing or trappers license when required unless otherwise provided in the access agreement; and (2) comply with enrolled property rules as described…

General public.

Sections 17-1-1, 17-1-2, 17-1-5.1, 17-1-14, 17-1-26, 17-2-6 and 17-4-1 NMSA 1978, provide the New Mexico state game commission with the authority to lease lands for game management and wildlife habitat as well as acquire properties for hunting grounds. Also, to provide for use of…

Permanent.

October 31, 2005, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To establish fees, and other rules for accessing private lands, state lands (including lands of counties and other instrumentalities of the state), tribal lands and federal lands for recreational uses like hunting, fishing, trapping and other endeavors.

A. "Commission" shall mean the New Mexico state game commission. B. "Director" shall mean the director of the New Mexico department of game and fish. C. "Department" shall mean the New Mexico department of game and fish. D. "Open gate" shall mean a program of the department to pr…

On or after April 1, 2006 no resident or nonresident license or permit shall be considered to be a proper and valid license unless the licensee can demonstrate, by a stamp, check-off or other official mark, that a $4.00 fee for habitat management and access validation has been pa…

If otherwise qualified as stated above, no one shall be denied use of leased private lands, state lands (including lands of counties and other instrumentalities of the state), tribal lands and federal lands on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or nati…

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.

A. A list of native, free-ranging amphibians and reptiles known to occur in the state of New Mexico wherein take is allowed, with the annual bag limit for each, shall be established and maintained by the Director of New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (Director's Amphibian and…

A. Commercial Collecting Permit: This permit is herein established and required to be purchased and in the possession of any person prior to their attempt to take any amphibian or reptile for commercial purposes. B. Availability and expiration: Commercial Collecting Permits will …

Each person who purchases a Commercial Collecting Permit is required to file a year-end report on a standardized form approved by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.

To prohibit, permit and regulate commercial collecting of free-ranging, native amphibians and reptiles.

17-1-14, 17-2-4.1, and 17-3-1 NMSA 1978 provide that the New Mexico State Game Commission has the authority to establish rules and regulations that it may deem necessary to carry out the purpose of Chapter 17 NMSA 1978.

Permanent.

October 31, 2001.

Establish procedures and requirements for the take of free-ranging, native amphibians and reptiles for commercial purposes.