Environmental Contaminants

Pollution Response Contacts

Report Spills & Leaks:

General

• National Response Center 1-800-424-8802
• Environemental Protection Agency Spill Response Center Team 1-866-372-7745 (toll free), or 1-505-827-9126
• New Mexico Environment Department Spill Response Team 1-505-827-9329
• New Mexico State Police 1-505-827-8329
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office 1-800-299-0196
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Southwest Regional Spill Response Coordinator 1-505-248-6669, or 1-505-259-1072

Oil & Gas

For spills on Federal Lands

• Bureau of Land Management, State Office, Santa Fe 1-505-438-7400
• Bureau of Land Management, Farmington Field Office 1-505-599-8900
• Bureau of Land Management, Roswell Field Office 1-505-627-0272

For spills on State Lands

• New Mexico Oil Conservation Division, Santa Fe 1-505-476-3440
• New Mexico Oil Conservation Division, Aztec 1-505-334-6178
• New Mexico Oil Conservation Division, Artesia 1-505-748-1283

Report Impacts to Wildlife:

Bird Kills

• New Mexico Department of Game and Fish 1-505-476-8000
• New Mexico Department of Health 1-800-879-3421 (if West Nile Virus is suspected)
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office 1-800-299-0196
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, New Mexico Law Enforcement 1-505-346-7828

Fish Kills

• New Mexico Department of Game and Fish 1-505-476-8000
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office 1-800-299-0196

Nuisance Wildlife

• United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services 1-505-346-2640
• New Mexico Department of Game and Fish 1-505-476-8000

Sick/Injured Birds

• Wildlife Rescue of New Mexico 1-505-344-2500
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office 1-800-299-0196
• New Mexico Department of Health 1-800-879-3421 (if West Nile Virus is suspected)

Volunteer:

For general information see the US Fish and Wildlife Volunteer Web Site

For specific information about volunteering with the Environmental Contaminants group, contact:

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office
  2105 Osuna NE
  Albuquerque, NM 87113
  Phone: 1-800-299-0196
  Email: russ_macrae@fws.gov or joel_lusk@fws.gov

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  Southwest Regional Office
  P.O. Box 1306
  Albuquerque, NM 87103-1306
  Phone: 1-505-248-6635
  Email: juli_niemann@fws.gov