Last updated April 2023

Link to state website

Contact

Miranda Baldwin
Special Permits Manager
NM Dept. of Game & Fish
Attn: Permits Program
One Wildlife Way
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Phone: (505) 476-8070
DGF.Permits@state.nm.us

Is a state permit required for banding?

Yes. A permit is required for banding or any activities that disturb wildlife or habitat. No permit is needed for presence/absence surveys. State permits will not be issued until a federal permit is on file (where a federal permit is required).

Permit application forms

• Information and instructions
• Application Form
• Renewal – same form
• Threatened and Endangered  – same form
• Salvage – same form

Prior notice

Check permit conditions. Even if not expressly required to do so, you should always contact the manager of that particular state land unit or with the owner of private land before your arrival. You want to be aware of the hunting seasons, and, of course want to be sure that your activities will not interfere with the activities of that park, wildlife management area, or other state land unit, and that your activities will not adversely affect public use of the land or with the activities of private landowners.

Policies and Procedures

New Mexico Administrative Code

TITLE 19       NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
CHAPTER 35     CAPTIVE WILDLIFE USES
PART 6         AUTHORIZED USES OF WILDLIFE FOR EDUCATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT,RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES

New Mexico state endangered species law

New Mexico Administrative Code
TITLE 19               NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
CHAPTER 33       ENDANGERED AND PROTECTED SPECIES
PART 6                 LIST OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES

Endangered

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus)
Whooping Crane (Grus americana)
Least Tern (Sterna antillarum)
Common Ground-dove (Columbina passerina)
Buff-collared Nightjar (Caprimulgus ridgway)
Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans)
Northern Beardless-tyrannulet  (Camptostoma imberbe)
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)
Thick-billed Kingbird (Tyrannus crassirostris)
Arizona Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum ammolegus)

Threatened

Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Common Black-hawk ( Buteogallus anthracinus)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
(Gould’s) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo mexicana)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Whiskered Screech-owl (Megascops trichopsis)
Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus)
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris)
White-eared Hummingbird (Hylocharis leucotis)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia violiceps)
Lucifer Hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer)
Costa’s hummingbird (Calypte costae)
Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)
Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii)
Gray Vireo (Vireo vicinior)
Abert’s Towhee (Pipilo aberti)
Baird’s sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii)
Yellow-eyed Junco (Junco phaeonotus)
Varied Bunting (Passerina versicolor)