Defend EPLUS in New Mexico

Defend New Mexico’s elk habitat and hunting future.

Private lands provide nearly half of the elk habitat in New Mexico. The Elk Private Land Use System (EPLUS) helps conserve these lands—and it’s under attack. Your donation will help defend EPLUS and secure the future of wildlife, landowners, and hunting in our state.

How Your Donation Helps

Your contribution to the NM EPLUS Coalition Fund will:

Share the truth about private land conservation with the public.

Provide decision-makers with accurate information.

Fund outreach and communications campaigns to defend EPLUS.

Together, we can ensure landowners are recognized and supported for the essential role they play in conserving elk and wildlife habitat.

Why EPLUS Matters

Without habitat, there is no future for elk.

Private lands in New Mexico provide critical winter forage, calving grounds, and migration pathways. Yet these lands are under growing economic pressure.

EPLUS was designed to help landowners sustain these habitats while keeping hunting strong in New Mexico. But some groups want to dismantle the program, trading short-term hunting tags for long-term damage to wildlife, rural economies, and the hunting tradition.

Be Part of the Solution

By donating today, you’ll not only protect elk habitat and hunting in New Mexico—you’ll also join a broader movement of landowners and allies working to conserve the West’s lands, wildlife, and way of life.

Download our Report on EPLUS's Economic Impact

“ Many ranches rely on hunting for both income and wildlife management. In turn, private lands support the majority of both wildlife and hunting in the United States. ”

Lesli Allison

CEO, Western Landowners Alliance

More from WLA on EPLUS and the Hunting Economy

EPLUS works for New Mexico's sportsmen and wildlife

By Lesli Allison

Even if you are not a hunter or a landowner, the debate over New Mexico’s Elk Private Land Use System, EPLUS, should concern you. There is much at stake for all New Mexicans and for all of New Mexico’s wildlife.

Private elk hunting program for landowners is working

By Lesli Allison

New Mexico is already losing an average of 218,000 agricultural acres per year. Eliminating the program would accelerate the loss of land, agricultural production, habitat and all wildlife species.

Landowners and Sportsmen: Allies or Adversaries?

By Lesli Allison

Together, landowners and sportsmen are footing the majority of the bill for conserving habitat and sustaining wildlife. So why are we going head to head so often?

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