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Tamarisk Beetle Biocontrol Program Falls Short 

Four small, striped beetles resting on a thin, branching green stem.

10.9.26 – Two decades ago, officials in Utah and Texas introduced Tamarisk Beetles to the environment as part of a biocontrol experiment meant to thin out the number of invasive tamarisk trees in their states. Today, those beetles have made a home for themselves along the Rio Grande in New Mexico. Freelance environmental journalist and…

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Should New Mexico Pay State Legislators a Salary? 

A large stack of cartoon-style paper money resting in the center of an empty New Mexico legislative chamber.

10.9.26 – This fall, voters will be presented with four amendments to the state Constitution. If approved, one of them would establish salaries for lawmakers — a move that would catch New Mexico up to the other 49 states, which already pay their legislators. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor moderates a debate about the amendment between…

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