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‘We Have to Put Fire Back on the Land’
3.15.24 – Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus talks with the heads of the New…
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3.8.24 – At the end of January, the Our Land team joined federal and state…
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2.9.24 – In 2021, Project ECHO at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center…
Read MoreOur Land’s 2024 Vision for Covering Climate Change and Adaptability
2.2.24 – Our Land’s Laura Paskus sits down with Executive Producer Jeff Proctor and previews…
Read MoreOil and Gas Industry Reform
1.26.24 – In the final segment of the conversation, guests talk about the possibility of…
Read MoreThe Right to a Healthful Environment
1.26.24 – In the second of a three-part conversation, guests talk about New Mexicans’ constitutional…
Read MoreLife in the Oil Fields
1.26.24 – In this first segment, guests talk about what it’s like to live in…
Read MorePoetry As a Way To ‘Build Empathy’
12.1.23 – For New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp, poetry is a way to “build…
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‘We Have to Put Fire Back on the Land’
3.15.24 – Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus talks with the heads of the New…
Read MoreHow U.S. Fish and Wildlife Conduct Annual Mexican Wolf Count
3.8.24 – At the end of January, the Our Land team joined federal and state…
Read MoreClimate Care for the Public
2.9.24 – In 2021, Project ECHO at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center…
Read MoreOur Land’s 2024 Vision for Covering Climate Change and Adaptability
2.2.24 – Our Land’s Laura Paskus sits down with Executive Producer Jeff Proctor and previews…
Read MoreOil and Gas Industry Reform
1.26.24 – In the final segment of the conversation, guests talk about the possibility of…
Read MoreThe Right to a Healthful Environment
1.26.24 – In the second of a three-part conversation, guests talk about New Mexicans’ constitutional…
Read MoreLife in the Oil Fields
1.26.24 – In this first segment, guests talk about what it’s like to live in…
Read MorePoetry As a Way To ‘Build Empathy’
12.1.23 – For New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp, poetry is a way to “build…
Read MoreBuilding Public Trust in the Forest Service
9.22.23 – In the third and final segment of their conversation, Our Land Senior Producer…
Read MoreNew Fire Protocols
9.22.23 – In the second of a three-part conversation, Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus…
Read More2022’s Historic Fire Season
9.22.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus…
Read MoreNM’s Water Challenges Are ‘Significant’
9.8.23 – Our Land’s Laura Paskus spoke with New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission Director Hannah…
Read MoreIs a Settlement on the Rio Grande Coming Soon?
8.4.23 – After the relatively wet years of the 1980s and ‘90s, New Mexico’s reservoirs…
Read MoreNew Mexico Journalists Detail Long-Lasting Dangers of Cluster Bombs
7.21.23 – In July, the Biden administration publicly announced its decision to send cluster bombs…
Read MoreWriting as Healing
6.16.23 – In Michelle Otero’s latest book, Vessels: A Memoir of Borders, she tackles a…
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6.9.23 – This spring, the Rio Grande is ripping along, flush with snowmelt and boosted…
Read MoreResources mentioned during the show:
U.S. Forest Service’s National Prescribed Fire Resource Mobilization Strategy
U.S. Forest Service’s Wildfire Crisis Strategy
U.S. Forest Service investigation of the Cerro Pelado Fire
FEMA’s Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office
Southwest Jemez Mountains Collaborative Landscape Restoration
How to learn more about wildfires when they’re happening:
For fire locations and details about individual fires: InciWeb
New Mexico Fire Information: NM Fire Info & NM Fire Info on Facebook
National Interagency Fire Center – Fire News
If the fire is burning on U.S. Forest Service land, search the name of the forest to find updates. Many of the forests, such as the Santa Fe National Forest, also have active Facebook pages.
NOAA Fire Weather information and alerts (to see things like red flag warnings for your area)
New Mexico Department of Health 5-3-1 Visibility Method (for determining if smoky conditions in your area are unhealthy)
How to learn more about protecting your home and community:
Community Wildfire Protection Plans in NM (includes guidelines and information on creating one, as well as links to plans for communities across the state)
Ready, Set, Go! Your Personal Wildland Fire Action Guide (New Mexico) (for information on protecting your home, being ready to evacuate, and making a personal wildfire plan for your home)
En sus Marcas, Listos, Fuera! Su Guia de Accion (Spanish)
Fire Adapted New Mexico Learning Network
NM State Foresty, Fire Prevention Programs
NM State Forestry: Protecting your home from wildfire
NM State Forestry: Creating Wildfire-Defensible Zones
Living with Fire: A Guide for the Homeowner (English)
Firewise USA: Residents Reducing Wildfire Risks (National Fire Protection Association)
State of New Mexico Prescribed Burn Certification Program
Past Our Land shows related to New Mexico wildfire:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX-Gj22wAC46YnLfxBPo5ek7CxXB4_eOE