The Department of Game and Fish Off-Highway Vehicle Program will provide an all terrain vehicle (ATV) safety training. Due to the limitations of access to the air force base, this training is provided only to the public that has official access to the base and is on a first-come first-served basis. Students must be at least six years old. Training machines and safety gear are available. Parents must remain on-site during training. Each student should bring weather appropriate clothing (gloves, boots, long pants and long sleeved shirt), a snack or lunch, water and sunscreen.
Students, of any age, must have a Customer Identification Number (CIN) with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. All students must preregister to reserve a place in the class. To preregister, or to get more information, please visit www.B4Uride.com or call Christopher Johnson.
Twelve students from Desert Academy will monitor fisheries monitoring parameters including streamflow, pH, temperature and turbidity. This event is only open for the students of this school and is not open to the public.
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The Department of Game and Fish Off-Highway Vehicle Program will provide an all terrain vehicle (ATV) safety training. Due to the limitations of access to the air force base, this training is provided only to the public that has official access to the base and is on a first-come first-served basis. Students must be at least six years old. Training machines and safety gear are available. Parents must remain on-site during training. Each student should bring weather appropriate clothing (gloves, boots, long pants and long sleeved shirt), a snack or lunch, water and sunscreen.
Students, of any age, must have a Customer Identification Number (CIN) with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. All students must preregister to reserve a place in the class. To preregister, or to get more information, please visit www.B4Uride.com or call Christopher Johnson.
Department staff will be at Hillside Elementary School giving presentations on a career in the wildlife profession. This is event is only for students of the school.
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During this event we will teach the scouts proper casting techniques, baits, proper fishing etiquette, rules and regulations and finally go fishing.
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This will be a fishing event for invited media at Fenton Lake to learn basic fishing skills, attend a tour of Seven Springs Fish Hatchery and discuss restoration efforts of the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout and the importance of hunting and fishing in tourism and local economies.
NMDGF will be showing 4th graders casting skills.
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NMDGF will be showing 4th graders casting skills.
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This event will provide an introduction to fisheries monitoring via hands on sampling, identification and release of non-game minnows and aquatic invertebrate organisms for students of the Santa Fe Girls School. This event is only open for the participating school and is not open to the public.
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Cochiti Middle School students will learn about fisheries monitoring on the Santa Fe River and the relationship between water quality and fish health. This is event is for students only and is not open to the public.
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Open to high school and elementary students in the Town of Bernalillo. NMDGF will have a booth at this event.
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Escalante High students will learn fishing skills and participate in fisheries monitoring at Trout Stalker Ranch and Cooper’s Ranch on the Rio Chama. This event is only open to students from the school and is not open to the public.
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2pm-6pm; 4:30am-? (Sat. & Sun.)
This hunt is a collaboration of VPR and NMDGF to reward HE graduates from within the year who excel on their HE course. Additionally, one volunteer instructor also is rewarded this hunt opportunity as well for their service and dedication to the NMDGF. The NM Wild Sheep Foundation sponsors the elk tags.
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The Department of Game and Fish will be participating in a fund raiser for Sierra Vista Primary Fun Fest where various activities and events will be held. The Department will have an archery range at this event. This event is open to the public and is a fund raiser for the school.
Rio Ranch High students will learn about fisheries monitoring on the Jemez River at the Valles Caldera and further down stream at Hummingbird Music Camp and gain an understanding of the upstream-downstream relationship between water quality and fish health. This event is only open to the students and not open to the public.
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This clinic is sponsored by Roswell area Girl Scouts. The clinic will begin with a lesson on fish biology and will include proper fish handling techniques. This will be followed with a lesson on knots, equipment assembly, hook safety, casting and baits. The scouts and their families will spend the rest of the day fishing at Lake Van. This event is not open to the public.
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This clinic is sponsored by Roswell Public Schools. The classroom workshop will begin with a game called “Who’s responsible for the fish?”. This will be followed with a lesson on hook safety, knots, equipment assembly. The fishing clinic will be held at Lake Van. The clinic will begin with a review on hook safety and knots followed by casting and baits. The students will practice catch and release; however, two fish will be kept and used for a fish dissection lesson. This event is not open to the public.
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Kids from Holy Ghost School will be fishing and will learn basic fishing skills.
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This clinic is sponsored by Las Cruces Public Schools. The classroom workshop will begin with a game called “Who’s responsible for the fish?”. This will be followed with a lesson on hook safety, knots and equipment assembly. The fishing clinic will be held at Alumni Pond on NMSU campus. The clinic will begin with a review on hook safety and knots followed by casting and baits. The students will practice catch and release; however, two fish will be kept and used for a fish dissection lesson. This event is closed to the public.
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This event is sponsored by Las Cruces Public Schools. The classroom workshop will begin with a game called “Who’s responsible for the fish?”. This will be followed with a lesson on hook safety, knots and equipment assembly. The fishing clinic will be held at Alumni Pond on NMSU campus. The clinic will begin with a review on hook safety and knots followed by casting and baits. The students will practice catch and release; however, two fish will be kept and used for a fish dissection lesson. This event is closed to the public.
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Mr. Lucas Herrera sponsors a fishing club at Aspen Community School and has invited NMDGF to visit and conduct a casting skills lesson for his club members. There will be 22 youth casting for backyard bass and learning how to cast for accuracy and distance as well as proper technique. This is a closed event and will only include members of the fishing club as well as two staff members.
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This event is sponsored by Las Cruces Public Schools. This event for special needs students in the Las Cruces public school system. The first two days are scheduled for the students and caregivers while the third day is for the students and their families. Historically, we have seen over 150 students during the first two days. The teachers have been working with the students since the beginning of the school year on casting, etc., so our goal for this event is to simply get the kids fishing and catch fish. This event is closed to the public.
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