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Who’s defending New Mexico?

6 public places under threat in New Mexico

10 groups have them in their care

The defenders

The groups doing the most work here

10 groups are on the record for New Mexico, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. The other 2 are likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, with no source tying them to this fight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.

Leading the fight

On the ground

Also in the fight

Tribal

Sovereign Energy

Its July 29, 2026 press release backs keeping the 10-mile buffer around the park. Deputy Director Marissa Naranjo: “PLO 7923 is a small but critical step toward protecting the Chaco Region. Revoking the buffer zone would be an injustice to our past and future.”

Fighting for Chaco Culture

5 staff71¢ to the workFounded 2021

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Likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, no source ties them to this fight

16 more work on New Mexico

On the ground in New Mexico

Western Watersheds Project5 live federal cases across all their workLegalSonoran InstituteNew Mexico is one of the 4 states they work inCoalitionWolf Conservation CenterNew Mexico is one of the 4 states they work inWildlifeSouthwest Conservation CorpsNew Mexico is one of the 4 states they work inStewardshipContinental Divide Trail CoalitionOn the ground in New MexicoTrailsWestern National Parks AssociationOn the ground in New MexicoFriends GroupIntertribal Buffalo CouncilOn the ground in New MexicoTribalWestern Values ProjectOn the ground in New MexicoWatchdog

The national muscle

Center for Biological Diversity16 live federal cases across all their workLegalEarthjustice4 live federal cases across all their workLegalNatural Resources Defense Council3 live federal cases across all their workLegalDefenders of Wildlife3 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyFriends of the Earth2 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyNational Wildlife Refuge Association2 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyWilderness Watch2 live federal cases across all their workLegalNational Wildlife Federation2 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacy

The places

Under threat in New Mexico

Each has its own page with the groups on the record for it. The most urgent first.

  1. Threat developingChaco Culture National Historical ParkBLM environmental assessment would reopen 336,400 acres to leasing
  2. On watchRio Grande del Norte National MonumentMonument under review
  3. On watchOrgan Mountains-Desert Peaks National MonumentBoundary reduction under consideration
  4. On watchKasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National MonumentSmall monument vulnerable to boundary changes
  5. On watchMount Taylor Ranger District, Cibola National ForestUnderground uranium mine
  6. On watchPermian Basin Federal LandsRecord-pace drilling on federal lands

Your move

How to stand for New Mexico

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New Mexico has defenders. It needs more.

10 groups on the record, 2 more likely to care. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.

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Sources and methodGroup crews and program ratios: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, latest filed year, EINs on each group’s profile. Which groups are on the record for New Mexico: MTJP editors tie a group to a fight only with a source link they have read, one link at a time. A group without one is shown as likely to care, a guess from the federal court record and the group’s own mission and footprint. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-10-07. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.