The 18th Annual Dragonfly Festival will be held Sept. 7. The Department of Game and Fish will have a fishing pond, archery range, poach coach and wildlife identification information on site. No fee or registration is required to attend this event. However, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be offering free guided wildlife tours. Reservations are required for these tours. See the link below for more information.
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Bitter_Lake/visit/events_calendar/festival.html
5pm-6pm; 6:30am-? (Sat. & Sun.)
This hunt is a collaboration of VPR and NMDGF to reward HE graduates from w/in the year who excel on their HE course. The NM Wild Sheep Foundation sponsors the tags.
This workshop is required to become a certified hunter education instructor and will certify you to teach both the Standard and the Field Day Hunter Education student courses. This workshop will also provide the NM Hunter Education certification to new instructors who need a required NM hunter education number.
Registration Details: Create a Customer Identification Account (CIN) with the Department. Fill out a volunteer application at https://new-mexico.volunteers.kalkomey.com/ Once the application is approved, signup through your CIN account
All students must pre-register prior to class.
Click 
OHV Safety Class Pre-registration Instructions for instructions to pre-register for a hands-on class.
Online training is also available that provides the required safety permit after completion (see Safety and Training: Online Training tab).
New Mexico law requires anyone younger than 18 to obtain a safety permit prior to operating an OHV on public lands. The Department offers free hands-on ATV or off-highway motorcycle (OHM) training that provides a safety permit after completion. Students must use a properly registered OHV and all necessary safety equipment. Training machines and safety equipment (helmets, eye protection, boots, and gloves) are available to pre-registered students by reservation.
Students will measure pH, temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, nitrates, phosphorus, and sample and identify aquatic invertebrates at 2 locations on the Jemez River.
Join the Sandia Mountain Bear Collaborative for this festive event which will feature lectures on living with Bears, and Bear behavior. Children’s events and booths about wildlife from local organizations will be there!
This workshop will cover fishing 101, tying knots, equipment safety and casting instruction.
Contact organizer for time and location.
This clinic will cover casting, fishing safety, baits and other basic fishing skills.
Contact organizer for time and location.