New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 33 - ENDANGERED AND PROTECTED SPECIES
Part 6 - LIST OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES
Section 19.33.6.2 - SCOPE

The department of game and fish and all persons who may affect wildlife in New Mexico. The department collects biological information for managing threatened and endangered species. Except as otherwise provided in the Wildlife Conservation Act (17-2-37 to 17-2-46 NMSA 1978), it is unlawful for any person to take, possess, transport, export, sell or offer for sale or ship any threatened or endangered species or subspecies. The department may authorize such activities, by permit, for scientific or educational purposes, for propagation in captivity, or to protect private property.