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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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Our Land: Kirtland Air Force Base Fuel Spill Update
October 11, 2019 – New Mexico’s past, present and future are inextricably linked to the…
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Our Land: Toxic Blue-Green Algae Blooms in New Mexico Lakes
September 13, 2019 – In this month’s episode of Our Land, correspondent Laura Paskus visits…
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Our Land: Gila River
August 9, 2019 – In this month’s installment of Our Land, correspondent Laura Paskus travels…
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Our Land: Backyard Wildlife Sanctuaries
July 12, 2019 – In this month’s installment of Our Land, correspondent Laura Paskus takes…
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Our Land: Rio Grande Habitat Restoration
June 14, 2019 – It’s scary when rivers crest above their banks or burst their…
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Faith in a Time of Climate Change
January 14, 2022 –New Mexicans already face the impacts of climate change, including uncertain water…
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New Mexico’s Evolving Droughts & Wildfire Threats
January 7, 2022 – Park Williams is a bioclimatologist who studies drought and wildfire in…
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On the Environment: Valerie Rangel
December 31, 2021 –Valerie Rangel is the author of the 2019 book “Environmental Justice in…
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On the Environment: Matthew Hurteau
December 31, 2021 – Matthew Hurteau is a professor in the Department of Biology at…
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On the Environment: Sofia Jenkins-Nieto
December 31, 2021 –Sofia Jenkins-Nieto is an undergraduate student at the University of New Mexico.…
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Living in Harmony with Urban Wildlife
December 10, 2021 – Wildlife doesn’t adhere to borders – that’s the message from an…
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Celebrating Albuquerque’s Bosque
November 26, 2021 – This holiday weekend, we show our appreciation for one of New…
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Rivers Through the Lens of Pueblo Feminism
November 19, 2021 –Environment reporter Laura Paskus speaks with activist Julia Bernal about water conservation.…
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Already ‘baked in,’ NM’s water challenges loom large on the political landscape
Laura Paskus New Mexico officials know that continued warming is drying out the state’s rivers,…
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Balancing Water and Development in the East Mountains
November 5, 2021 – In 2017, the Our Land team visited the Petrie family in…
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Avangrid’s Track Record in Maine
October 29, 2021 –New Mexicans are facing some potentially big changes when it comes to…
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NM Author William deBuys on Earth Care – and hope
October 22, 2021 –In his latest book, “The Trail to Kanjiroba: Rediscovering Earth in an Age of…
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Together for Brothers
October 15, 2021 – New Mexicans love to get outside and hit the hiking or…
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NM Ag Secretary Discusses Drought and Adaptation
September 24, 2021 – It’s been another challenging year for New Mexico’s farmers and ranchers, who…
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Fighting More Than Fire
Facing bigger blazes, longer hours and low pay, wildland firefighters ask Congress and federal agencies…
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Connecting with New Mexico’s Dark Skies
September 10, 2021 – Although humans have added satellites, space shuttles, and airplanes to the dark…
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Drought, Extreme Weather, and NM’s Hotter Climate
August 13, 2021 – On this month’s episode of Our Land, correspondent Laura Paskus and…
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Groundwater War: Reporters on the Challenges of Covering PFAS
New Mexico isn’t the only state trying to compel the U.S. military to clean up…
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