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Our Land: Ancestral Connections

In 2016, the Pueblo of Santa Ana bought back 60,000 acres of their ancestral lands—lands that had been privatized and then grazed for more than a century. Now, they’re using traditional knowledge and western science to protect the lands of Tamaya Kwii Kee Nee Puu, their cultural heritage, wildlife and ecosystems, and the pueblo's future.

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Don’t Agonize. Organize.

By Laura Paskus November 26, 2024

Earlier this year, Arturo Sandoval, founding director of the Center of Southwest Culture, spoke with me about his role organizing the first Earth Day in 1970. (That conversation aired in…

What is Our Land?

In June 2017, NMPBS debuted "Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present, & Future,” with longtime reporter Laura Paskus. On Our Land, NMPBS would cover challenging issues like climate change, water scarcity, pollution, forest fires, energy development, and nuclear waste, and do it in a way that would articulate a love of place and community. We also spent more than a year reporting on the military's contamination of groundwater with PFAS

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Meet Laura Paskus

Laura Paskus has reported on environmental issues in New Mexico since 2002, when she began her career at High Country News. She has worked for print, online, radio, and television outlets, covering the most important environmental issues of her generation, including climate change and its impacts. She’s the author of the 2020 book, “At the Precipice: New Mexico’s Changing Climate” and is senior producer of the series on NMPBS, “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future.”

Over the course of her career, Paskus has freelanced for local, regional, and national outlets and also worked as managing editor for Tribal College Journal, a publication of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium; as a reporter and producer for KUNM-FM in Albuquerque; and as the environment reporter for New Mexico Political Report. In 2024, Torrey House Press will publish her new book, “Water Bodies: Love Letters to the Most Abundant Substance on Earth."  

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Member Services: (505) 277-2922

NMPBS is a community service of The University of New Mexico and Albuquerque Public Schools.

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Location

1130 University Blvd. NE
Mailstop: MSC 12-7110
Albuquerque, NM 87102

 

Main Office: (505) 277-2121

Toll Free: 1-844-249-5386

Member Services: (505) 277-2922

Our Partners

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NMPBS is a community service of The University of New Mexico and Albuquerque Public Schools.