Tribal · Albuquerque, NM
Greater Chaco Coalition
The coalition of Diné and Pueblo communities fighting drilling around Chaco
Fighting for Chaco Culture
Founded 2016
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending New Mexico?
5 public places under threat in New Mexico
28 groups have them in their care
The defenders
The groups doing the most work here
12 groups are on the record for New Mexico, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
Grassroots · Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Wild
Led the community campaign for the 2014 designation and executive director Mark Allison spoke at the June 2025 Las Cruces rally against monument reductions and the Senate public land sell-off provisions.
Fighting for Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Rio Grande del Norte
97¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1997
Legal · Santa Fe, NM
WildEarth Guardians
Serial litigant over greater Chaco drilling permits
Fighting for Chaco Culture·5 live federal cases across all their work
41 staff + 20 volunteers78¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1996
Coalition · Durango, CO
San Juan Citizens Alliance
The San Juan Basin watchdog on the ground in greater Chaco
Fighting for Chaco Culture
9 staff + 20 volunteers89¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1986
Advocacy · Washington, DC
The Wilderness Society
Works to pass wilderness legislation for Cerro de la Olla inside the monument and joined the 2024 formal protest of the BLM resource management plan amendment.
Fighting for Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Rio Grande del Norte·3 live federal cases across all their work
178 staff + 32 volunteers75¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1935
Advocacy · Oakland, CA
Sierra Club
Joined the October 2024 coalition protest of the BLM resource management plan amendment for the monument.
Fighting for Rio Grande del Norte·6 live federal cases across all their work
10,895 volunteers81¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1892
Land Trust · Santa Fe, NM
New Mexico Land Conservancy
They work only in New Mexico
11 staff94¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 2002
Advocacy · Durango, CO
Conservation Lands Foundation
Associate program director Romir Lahiri spoke at the June 2025 defense rally, and the foundation backs the monument’s friends group through its Friends Grassroots Network.
Fighting for Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Rio Grande del Norte
26 staff79¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 2007
Advocacy · Washington, DC
American Rivers
Joined the October 2024 formal protest of the BLM resource management plan amendment seeking full protection for the monument’s lands with wilderness characteristics.
Fighting for Rio Grande del Norte
112 staff + 55 volunteers78¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1973
Advocacy · Washington, DC
National Parks Conservation Association
New Mexico program manager Maude Dinan joined the June 2025 rally at the monument urging the administration to keep protections intact.
Fighting for Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks
217 staff + 900 volunteers78¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1919
Advocacy · Flagstaff, AZ
Grand Canyon Trust
New Mexico is one of the 4 states they work in
48 staff + 210 volunteers70¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1985
Coalition · Tucson, AZ
Sonoran Institute
New Mexico is one of the 4 states they work in
22 staff + 23 volunteers84¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1990
16 more groups also work on New Mexico
On the ground in New Mexico
Western Watersheds Project6 live federal cases across all their workLegalWolf 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 MexicoWatchdogMule Deer FoundationOn the ground in New MexicoWildlife
The national muscle
Center for Biological Diversity20 live federal cases across all their workLegalEarthjustice4 live federal cases across all their workLegalDefenders of Wildlife4 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyFriends of the Earth2 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyNatural Resources Defense Council2 live federal cases across all their workLegalEarthworks2 live federal cases across all their workWatchdogConservation Alliance1 live federal case across all their workAdvocacyEnvironment America1 live federal case 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.
- Critical threatChaco Culture National Historical ParkBLM environmental assessment would reopen 336,400 acres to leasing
Threat developingRio Grande del Norte National MonumentMonument under review- Threat developingOrgan Mountains-Desert Peaks National MonumentBoundary reduction under consideration
- Threat developingPermian Basin Federal LandsRecord-pace drilling on federal lands
On watchKasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National MonumentSmall monument vulnerable to boundary changes
Your move
How to stand for New Mexico
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