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# Amy Lueders

500 Gold Ave. SWAlbuquerque, NM87102United States

## About Amy Lueders

Amy graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. She began her career with the Bureau of Land Management in 1984 at the Washington Office as a mineral economist. She later held a number of budget development and program analysis positions. Amy then served as the Field Manager in Las Cruces, New Mexico, before moving to Nevada to serve as the BLM Nevada Associate State Director and advancing to the State Director position in New Mexico.  Amy was assigned to be the Southwest Regional Director, USFWS, in Albuquerque, New Mexico and began working with our agency in September of 2017. 

Throughout her Federal career with the Department of the Interior, she has worked hard to advance Tribal concerns and develop mutually beneficial solutions to issues. 

## In The News

Land ManagementService Finalizes Land Protection Plan for Expanding Muleshoe National Wildlife RefugeThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released today a final land protection plan which allows for the protection of up to 700,000 acres of wildlife habitat in the Southern High Plains region along the Texas-New Mexico border as part of the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.Apr 16, 2024

Land ManagementService Finalizes Land Protection Plans for Expanding Aransas and Big Boggy National Wildlife RefugesThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released two final Land Protection Plans allowing for the conservation of up to 150,000 acres of wildlife habitat in the Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes ecoregion of Texas.Apr 16, 2024

Endangered Species ActService Seeks Public Input on Plan to Expand Ocelot Range in South TexasOnce roaming widely across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Arizona, in the U.S. ocelots have now been reduced to a small group in South Texas largely due to habitat loss. With this agreement, the East Foundation has proposed an innovative strategy to aid in the ocelot’s recovery by expanding their...Sep 14, 2023

Endangered Species ActProposed Delisting of Apache TroutThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to remove the native Arizona Apache trout from the List of Endangered and Threatened Species. Collaboration and partner-driven habitat conservation, non-native trout removal, and reintroduction efforts helped save the Apache trout from the brink of...Aug 10, 2023

Endangered Species ActProposed ESA Protection for Rio Grande MusselsThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list two species of freshwater mussels – the Salina mucket and Mexican fawnsfoot - as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and proposing to designate critical habitat for each. The mussels historically ranged throughout the mainstem...Jul 24, 2023

Endangered Species ActComments Sought on Conservation Agreement for Six Aquatic Species in the Trinity River BasinThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) seeks public comment for a proposed Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for six aquatic species in the Trinity River basin.Jun 29, 2023

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