Inaugural NM Wildlife Conference highlights threats, PFAS contamination, rising screwworm cases

News Inaugural NM Wildlife Conference highlights threats, PFAS contamination, rising screwworm cases Wildlife organizations, practitioners and researchers shared their latest work in wildlife health, monitoring and conservation at the inaugural New Mexico Wildlife Conference on Nov. 6 and 7. Speakers from around the state and elsewhere shared topics including Mexican wolf recovery, wildlife stress and disease, surveillance monitoring and data tools, rising New World screwworm cases and PFAS contamination, among other topics. The conference took place at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and was a collaboration between Hawks Aloft — a non-profit bird protection organization — the New Mexico Wildlife Center and Desert Willow Wildlife Rehabilitation. Hawks Aloft director Gail Garber told the Daily Lobo that the conference was initially set up for people to get their wildlife rehab continuing education credits per new rules for raptor rehab from the New Mexico Department of Wildlife.

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