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Our Land: Urban Forest Update 

Aerial view of residential neighborhood, with trees scattered throughout.

October 9, 2020 – This year’s hot, dry conditions highlight the need for New Mexicans to take care of their trees—and to plan for which species will grow best in increasingly warm conditions. On this month’s episode of Our Land, correspondent Laura Paskus takes a look around her own yard, where a September windstorm wreaked…

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Impact of a Dry Rio Grande

Low view of a dry Rio Grande.

October 9, 2020 – The Rio Grande has been dry near San Antonio, New Mexico, and the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, for the entire summer. Now, the Albuquerque stretch of the river is also critically low and could even stop flowing this month as warm, dry conditions persist. These low flows and dry…

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