PublicationsWildlife
Wildlife publications cover topics related to habitat management, tanning and pelt preparation, game meat processing, control of problem species, small game, muzzleloading, and aquaculture.
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Control
L-201: Prairie Dogs of New Mexico and Their Control
L-202: Bats in Buildings: Proper Exclusion Techniques in New Mexico
L-209: Rodent Control and Protection from Hantavirus
L-210: Rabbits and Their Control in New Mexico
L-211: Controlling Nuisance Woodpeckers in New Mexico
L-212: Controlling Nuisance Birds in New Mexico
L-213: Western Forest Tent Caterpillar
L-214: New Mexico Skunks: Identification, Ecology, and Damage Management
Circular 574: Controlling Rock Squirrel Damage in New Mexico
Circular 659: Whitefringed Beetle in New Mexico Alfalfa
Guía G-324 - ¡No Deje Que Los Chinches De Cama Le Piquen! Información Práctica para Enfrentar y Eliminar Chinches de Cama
Game
L-101: How to Prepare Pelts
L-111: Basics of Trophy Management
L-301: Mule Deer in New Mexico
L-303: Mearn's Quail in New Mexico
L-304: Scaled Quail Habitat Management
Circular 495: Handling and Cooking Game Animals
Circular 500: The Basics of Muzzleloading
Circular 507: Field Care of Harvested Big Game
Circular 508: Processing Your Deer at Home
Circular 605: Establishing a Shooting Preserve as a Means of Diversification for Landowners in New Mexico
Circular 657: Burning for Big Game
Circular 664: Guidelines for Monitoring Elk and Mule Deer Numbers in New Mexico
Circular 669: Using Population Ratios for Managing Big Game
Circular 700: Guidelines for Monitoring Big Game Populations in New Mexico II: Trend Indices
Wildlife (General)
H-172: Backyard Beneficial Insects of New Mexico
L-108: Growing Trout in New Mexico Ponds
L-109: Controlling Pocket Gophers in New Mexico
L-110: Honey Bees in New Mexico
L-112: Guide to Coaching a National 4-H and FFA Wildlife Habitat Education Program Team
L-114: Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) Contest
L-115: Coaching a New Mexico 4-H Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) Team
L-116: Preparing a team for the 4-H and FFA Wildlife Habitat Education Program National Invitational
W-105: Understanding and Preventing Fish Kills in Your Pond
Circular 541: New Mexico Snakes: Information for Homeowners [Being Revised, Nov. 2023]
Circular 543: New Mexico Aquaculture
Circular 561: Identifying and Preserving Wildlife Tracks
Circular 565: Let's Color Some Insects (.pdf)
Circular 570: 100 Common Insects of New Mexico
Circular 609: A Color Key to the Common Spiders Found in Alfalfa and Cotton in New Mexico
Circular 647: Toxic Golden Algae (Prymnesium parvum)
Circular 653: Fishes in the Middle and Lower Rio Grande Irrigation Systems of New Mexico
Circular 663: Manipulating Sandpaper Oak for Livestock and Wildlife Forage
Circular 688: Understanding Predation
Venomous Snakes and Lizards of New Mexico—University of Florida Extension, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
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