NMDGF Education Calendar
For Hunter Education classes please see Hunter Education Course Schedule and for the Hunter Educator Workshops schedule please see Hunter Educator Instructor.
For a list of OHV classes visit OHV Education and Safety.
The full department-wide calendar can be found under Home → NMDGF Calendar.
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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Check the Hunter Education Course Schedule for new & updated class dates for Hunter Education, Field Day/Live Fire, and Bowhunter Education. We also offer online course options for New Mexico residents 11 years of age or older.
Check the Off-Highway Vehicle Calendar for new & updated available class dates.
This school event will cover fishing 101, tying knots, equipment safety, casting and other basic fishing skills.
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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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This school event will cover fishing 101, tying knots, equipment safety, casting and other basic fishing 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.
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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Kids from Holy Ghost School will be fishing and will learn basic fishing skills.
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Becoming a certified hunter and/or bowhunter instructor with the department is EASY!
See the Hunter Education Instructor page.
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.
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.
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.
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.