Skip to content

Weather Modification

Dark storm clouds with cartoon rain drops.

3.18.2022 – As drought continues to grip the western United States, some communities are trying to modify the weather—and New Mexico state officials have received two recent applications to attempt cloud seeding. One application was withdrawn last fall after community members opposed it. Now, the Roosevelt Soil and Water Conservation District is hoping a summertime…

Read More

Radon Daughter Art Exhibit Reflects New Mexico’s Uranium Legacy

A pile of green glowing rocks.

2.18.2022 –De Haven Solimon Chaffins grew up living with her grandparents on the Laguna Pueblo. The landscape there shaped her view of the world… the natural landscape… and the Jackpile-Paguate Uranium Mine. That huge open pit mine is a federal Superfund site and is still polluting water and causing cancers. This week, Chaffins sits down…

Read More