The New Mexico “SWAP” is part of a national initiative to conserve our nation’s fish and wildlife and prevent species from becoming endangered. New Mexico’s SWAP is intended as a blueprint for conservation and catalogs our knowledge about native wildlife, threats to their habitats, and strategies to mitigate or manage those threats.
Here you can find:
- Detailed information on 505 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) and their habitats;
- Threats and potential conservation actions associated with habitats and ecoregions within the state;
- Suggested Conservation Opportunity Areas in which to focus conservation actions;
- Monitoring information, including currently known partners; and
- Connections to a broad array of other data sources for New Mexico’s wildlife species.
The SWAP is comprehensive in scope and strategic in nature. The issues addressed and the actions outlined cross political, jurisdictional, and ecological boundaries. Commitment, coordination, and communication among the diverse parties involved in implementing conservation actions are critical to the collaborative success that the SWAP describes and aims to achieve.
