This camp is open to youth ages 10 -17 who are accompanied by a registered adult. Camping is free, meals will be provided, and participants will tent-camp on the property.
Participants will learn safe and responsible firearms handling, ethical hunting behaviors, conservation, wildlife identification, and basic survival skills. Additionally, participants will learn from department conservation officers about their jobs, including wildlife investigations, decoy operations, and working with wildlife. Participants will test their marksmanship skills with bows and arrows. All equipment will be provided.
Registration Details:
Registration opens May 15 at https://forms.office.com/g/rnZ85DDmFy. Slots will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. To qualify for the camp, participants must have a Customer Identification Number account with the department and complete the required homework before attending.
This workshop is required to become a certified bowhunter education instructor and will certify you to teach both the Traditional and the Field Day Bowhunter Education student courses. This workshop will familiarize you with equipment, methods and field activities used during class, lesson plans, and policies and procedures of the bow hunter program. This workshop will also provide the New Mexico Bowhunter Education Certification to new instructors who need a required New Mexico Bowhunter Education number.
Registration Details:
Interested applicants need to first become certified Department volunteers. Below are the steps to become a certified volunteer: Step 1: Obtain a Customer Identification Number (CIN). CINs are available free from the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF). Click Here to enter the required information to create your account. You can also set up an account at any NMDGF office. Step 2: Complete a volunteer application and background check. Please email stormw.usrey@dgf.nm.gov to receive your application.
This workshop is required to become a certified bow hunter education instructor and will certify you to teach both the
Traditional and the Field Day Bowhunter Education student courses. This workshop will familiarize you with
equipment, methods and field activities used during class, lesson plans, and policies and procedures of the bow
hunter program. This workshop will also provide the New Mexico Bowhunter Education certification to new instructors who need a required New Mexico bowhunter education number.
Registration Details:
Interested applicants need to first become certified NMDGF volunteers. Below are the steps to become a certified volunteer:
1. Create a Customer Identification Account (CIN) with the Department at https://onlinesales.wildlife.state.nm.us/
2. Fill out a volunteer application at https://new-mexico.volunteers.kalkomey.com/
3.Once the application is approved, certified volunteers can sign-up for the hunter education workshop through their CIN account
This workshop is required to become a certified hunter education instructor and will certify the individual to teach both the Traditional and the Field Day Hunter Education student courses.
This workshop also provides a New Mexico Hunter Education certification to new instructors who need a required New Mexico hunter education number.
All participants must register prior to attending. Please see registration details below.
Registration Details:
Interested applicants need to first become a certified NMDGF volunteer. Below are the steps to become a certified volunteer:
1. Create a Customer Identification Account (CIN) with the Department at https://onlinesales.wildlife.state.nm.us/
2. Contact Conservation Education Manager Storm Usrey at stormw.usrey@dgf.nm.gov to obtain necessary volunteer paperwork.
3.Once all paperwork is approved, certified volunteers can sign-up for the hunter education workshop through their CIN account
This workshop is required to become a certified hunter education instructor and will certify the individual to teach both the Traditional and the Field Day Hunter Education student courses.
This workshop also provides a New Mexico Hunter Education certification to new instructors who need a required New Mexico hunter education number.
All participants must register prior to attending. Please see registration details below.
Registration Details:
Interested applicants need to first become a certified NMDGF volunteer. Below are the steps to become a certified volunteer:
1. Create a Customer Identification Account (CIN) with the Department at https://onlinesales.wildlife.state.nm.us/
2. Contact Conservation Education Manager Storm Usrey at stormw.usrey@dgf.nm.gov to obtain necessary volunteer paperwork.
3.Once the application is approved, certified volunteers can sign-up for the hunter education workshop through their CIN account
The NMDGF Aquatic Education program will be fishing with 30 youth, ages 12 – 17 from Jemez Pueblo as part of thier Youth Development Day Program. Adult chaperones and Jemez tribal police will be assisting. The NMDGF Aquatic Education staff will be on hand to teach the kids how to tie a fishing knot, set up a fishing rig and practice casting skills before fishing.
Youth archers will shoot a 10-target, walking, 3-D range utilizing a Genesis bow. Equipment will be provided if needed.
Registration Details:
80 Total – Registration is limited to students with prior NASP experience. Contact Bruce Atencio at Bruce.Atencio@dgf.nm.gov to register.
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Off-Highway Vehicle Program presents an ATV safety class provided by the Village of Los Lunas Open Space Division. Students earn the safety permit required for off-highway vehicle operators under 18 years of age.
ATVs and safety gear are available for use during the class.
*This school event is closed to the general public*
NMDGF will be giving six wildlife presentations to criminal justice students at V. Sue Cleveland High School.
This School Event is Closed to the Public.
Students in kindergarten through fourth grade will spend the afternoon learning about animal diversity and identification. Department staff will be present with educational materials in support of this event.
**This School Event is Closed to the General Public**
NMDGF will be participating at a Career Day at Arroyo del Oso Elementary School.