Game & Fish Catches Of The Week
Cameron Quill of Albuquerque caught a 12.5-pound catfish using chicken breast on the Rio Grande River. Courtesy/NMGF
Lane Zemke, 5, of Bosque Farms caught a 3-pound white bass using Sassy Shad at Elephant Butte Lake. Courtesy/NMGF
NMGF News:
Catches of the week
Elephant Butte Lake: Lane Zemke, age 5, of Bosque Farms caught a 3-pound white bass Sept. 6 using a Sassy Shad.
Rio Grande River: Cameron Quill, of Albuquerque, caught a 12.5-pound catfish using chicken breast Sept. 3 near Albuquerque.
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Weekly Fishing Report: For Sept. 3, 2020
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports & Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
This year’s monsoon season has not been a generous one. Streamflows are well-below normal and reservoir levels have been steadily dropping all summer long in New Mexico. Fortunately, we haven’t had a particularly bad wildfire season.
The recent Medio Fire that filled the air with smoke and was readily visible from Los Alamos burning in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains north of Santa Fe was cause for some concern. It received some welcome rainfall and firefighters appear to be gaining control of it.
The Medio Fire burned 3,721 acres and Read More
New Mexico Nonprofit Launches Online Statewide Chess Club
LEARNERS CHESS News:
Learners Chess, a local non-profit featured in 2016 by the White House, is moving its in-person program to an online format. This move allows Learners Chess to broaden its offerings to children from all corners of New Mexico.
“Chess has been shown to improve the academic development of children,” says founder and director Victor Lopez. “As the current state of education in New Mexico is hurting from state at home restrictions due to covid-19, we are offering a great supplemental and enriching educational opportunity for kids and in this format we will expand beyond our Read More
Reel Deal Movie Theater Owners Donate Concession Stand Equipment And Supplies To Sullivan Field House
The Reel Deal Movie Theater announced its closure last month and today the family is donating all of the concession stand equipment and supplies inside the theater to Los Alamos Public Schools for the newly constructed Sullivan Field House. Family member Jim O’Donnell, right, speaks this morning with Los Alamos High School Athletic Director Ann Stewart as a crew begins to load and transport the equipment to its new home where the community and visitors will gather for sport events once the emergency health order is lifted. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Jim O’Donnell, left, supervises Read More
Access To New Mexico State Trust Land Increased For Sportspeople Just In Time For Deer And Elk Season
SLO News:
SANTA FE – The State Land Office (SLO) and the Department of Game and Fish (DGF) today announced the completion of project work aimed to increase access to state trust land for licensed hunters just in time for the beginning of deer and elk hunting season, which kicks off today.
In March 2020, SLO and DGF signed an Easement giving licensed sportspeople access to 8.8 million acres of state trust land.
DGF paid the SLO $800,000 for access, with an agreement to partner with SLO for $200,000 worth of projects aimed to enhance access to state trust land.
The projects completed to date toward achieving Read More