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Our Land: It’s not just one dry year: What the Rio Grande’s low flows tell us about the future
April 13, 2018 – You might be surprised to see how low the Rio Grande…
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Rio Grande Already Drying Out Near Socorro
by Laura Paskus In springtime, rivers are supposed to swell with snowmelt, filling their channels…
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East Mountain water application spurs protests from residents, silence from State Engineer
By: Laura Paskus The tony neighborhoods tucked into the juniper-dotted grasslands on the east side…
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Our Land: Preparing Homes For Fire Season
March 8, 2018 – This month on Our Land, we visit with tree ring scientist…
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Our Land: Record Low Snowpack In New Mexico
February 9, 2018 – This month on “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and…
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Our Land: Bosque del Apache
January 12, 2018 – This month on “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and…
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In Deep Water
US Supreme Court to decide how states share the drying Rio Grande, and New Mexico…
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Justices question lawyers from New Mexico, Colorado and Texas about feds’ role in water dispute
New Mexico hits the high court on the Rio Grande By Laura Paskus WASHINGTON, DC—On…
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Students & Scientists Benefit From The Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program
December 8, 2017 – More than 20 years ago, Dan Shaw co-founded the Bosque Ecosystem…
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Our Land: Valle de Oro
November 10, 2017 – The Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge in the South Valley…
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Our Land: Wells Going Dry In The East Mountains
October 13, 2017 – This month on “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and…
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OUR LAND: Pueblo of Santa Ana Works To Restore Habitat & Bring Back Wildlife
September 8, 2017 – This month Our Land highlights wildlife and habitat restoration on Santa Ana Pueblo. Already, the tribe…
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Our Land: Collaborative Forest Restoration
August 11, 2017 – In the Jemez Mountains, a long-term project brings together people from…
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Beyond the concepts of ‘land management’ are real people, sacrifice
By: Laura Paskus On the edge of the Valle Grande in northern New Mexico stands…
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Our Land: After The Wildfires
July 14, 2017 –Six years ago this summer, the Las Conchas wildfire burned 156,000 acres…
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Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
By: Laura Paskus, NMiF correspondent Our crystalline skies. The mountains that frame our cities. The…
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Tribes, Power, and Water
Sept. 11, 2020 – In the western United States, rivers like the Colorado River and…
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All We’ve Surveyed: Five Years After the Gold King Mine Spill
By Laura Paskus Five years ago, crews reopening an abandoned mine in the mountains of…
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Third Anniversary Interview and Our Land: Gila Diversion Decision
July 10, 2020 – NMiF host Gene Grant celebrates the third anniversary of the show’s monthly series Our Land…
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A Dry Rio Grande and Its Impact on Endangered Fish
June 12, 2020 – On this month’s episode of Our Land, we visit the dry…
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Our Land: Rio Grande Spring Flow and Climate Change
May 8, 2020 – On this month’s episode of Our Land, we look back to…
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Our Land: A Decent Winter Becomes a Lousy Spring on the Rio Grande
Two years ago, New Mexico’s largest river dried in April, right when the Rio Grande…
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Our Land: How Australia’s Bush Fires Might Inform New Mexico’s Upcoming Fire Season
April 10, 2020 – Our Land correspondent Laura Paskus sits down with Santa Fe National…
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EPA Rolls Back Regulations During Pandemic, Shifts Burden to States
As the country reels from the spread of the novel coronavirus, federal regulators say they…
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Room to Move? Outdoor Recreation During the COVID-19 Emergency
This week, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a public health order mandating that New Mexicans…
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Pentagon IDs Four More NM Sites at Risk of PFAS Contamination
The Pentagon has identified four more military sites in New Mexico that could be contaminating…
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Our Land: Cochiti Pueblo Opposes National Monument Expansion
March 13, 2020 – On a recent episode of Our Land, we talked about public…
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Our Land: Public Lands from Mountains to Monuments – New Mexico’s Public Lands
February 21, 2020 – More than a third of New Mexico is public land meant…
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Clovis City Water Tests Find Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Linked to Cannon Air Force Base
By Laura Paskus New tests by Clovis’ water utility show toxic chemicals associated with groundwater…
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Our Land: Water Expert John Fleck and the Colorado River
January 10, 2020 – In this month’s installment of Our Land, environmental correspondent Laura Paskus…
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Our Land: At the Border
December 13, 2019 – Along the U.S./Mexico border in southern New Mexico, there isn’t a…
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Our Land Reprise: Backyard Wildlife Sanctuaries
November 29, 2019 – In a repeat of another “Our Land” favorite, correspondent Laura Paskus…
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Our Land Reprise: Bosque del Apache
November 29, 2019 – In a repeat of a favorite “Our Land” segment, correspondent Laura…
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Gila River Update
Nov. 8, 2019 – Supporters of an oft-changing plan to use water from the Gila…
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