New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVII,
Issue 17 / September 9, 2026
STATE
WILDLIFE COMMISSION MEETING AND RULE MAKING NOTICE
The New Mexico
State Wildlife Commission (“Commission”) will be hosting a meeting and rule
hearing on Friday November 13, 2026 beginning at 9:00
a.m. at the Red River Convention Center, 101 West River St, Red River, NM 87558. Please check the Department’s website for any
updates at https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/commission/meeting-agendas/. The purpose of this meeting is to hear and
consider action as appropriate on the proposed changes to the Manner and Method
Rule.
Synopsis:
Manner and Method
Rule
The proposal is to
amend the Manner and Method Rule 19.31.10 NMAC to conform with changes made in
other NMAC rules or to codify changes that were agreed upon during those rule
development processes. The Manner and Method Rule will become effective April
1, 2027. This rule does not expire. Proposed
changes include:
1) Changes to license purchase
requirements regarding when licenses must be purchased.
2) Changes to the definition of “sporting
arm types” to reflect changes in denotations in the hunt codes to conform to
the new hunt code format.
3) Changes to the definition of
“protected species” to reflect changes in statutory authority.
4) Changes
to the definition of “written permission” to reflect changes to private land
licenses and ranch registration.
A full text of
changes for all rules will be available on the Department’s website at: https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/.
Interested
persons may submit comments on the proposed changes for the Manner and Method
Rule to DGF-Manner-and-Method-Rule@dgf.nm.gov. Individuals may also submit written comments
to the physical address below. Comments
are due by 1:00 p.m. on November 11. 2026. The final proposed rules will be
voted on by the Commission during a public meeting on November 13, 2026. Interested persons may also provide data,
views or arguments, orally or in writing, at the public rule hearings to be
held on November 13, 2026.
Full copies of
text of the proposed new rules, technical information related to proposed rule
changes, and the agenda can be obtained from the Office of the Director, New
Mexico Department of Game and Fish, 1 Wildlife Way, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507,
or from the Department’s website at https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/commission/proposals-under-consideration/.
This agenda is subject to change up to 72 hours prior to the meeting. Please contact the Director’s Office at (505)
476-8000, or the Department’s website at https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/ for
updated information.
If you are an
individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified
sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to
attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the Department
at (505) 476-8000 at least one week prior to the meeting or as soon as
possible. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided
in various accessible formats. Please contact the Department at 505-476-8000 if
a summary or other type of accessible format is needed.
Legal authority
for this rulemaking can be found in the General Powers and Duties of the State Wildlife
Commission 17-1-14, et seq. NMSA 1978; Commission’s Power to establish rules
and regulations 17-1-26, et seq. NMSA 1978.