Kent Salazar

Kent is a lifelong resident of New Mexico an avid hunter and outdoors person. His family roots are in Northern New Mexico. Kent has served on the New Mexico State Game and Fish Commission. He is serving his second term as a regional board member of the National Wildlife Federation Board and also serves on the New Mexico Wildlife Federation Board.

His conservation endeavors for the past 20 years have entailed the conservation and preservation of wildlife and wildlife habitat on a local, state, and national level. He has served on: the Western Governors Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission which studied visibility in Class 1 Wilderness areas and the U.S. Senate Outdoor Resources Review Committee which made recommendations on the needs of Americas Great Outdoors to the current Presidential Administration.

He has also testified at the local, state and national level on conservation legislation. Kent has a B.S. in Biology from the University of New Mexico.

Term: 2011-2015