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Flooded with Life: Albuquerque’s Oxbow
6.9.23 – This spring, the Rio Grande is ripping along, flush with snowmelt and boosted…
Read MoreIrrigation, Infrastructure, and the Rio Grande Compact
6.2.23 –This June, flows on the Rio Grande through Albuquerque are almost 10 times what…
Read MoreLightening the Load for Future Generations
5.26.23 – Michelle Otero was the City of Albuquerque’s poet laureate from 2018 through 2020.…
Read MoreBalancing Act at Valles Caldera
5.19.23 – Our Land’s Laura Paskus sits down with Jorge Silva-Bañuelos, Superintendent of Valles Caldera…
Read MoreNuclear Regulatory Commission Approves Nuclear Waste License in NM
5.12.23 – This week, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a license for Holtec International…
Read MoreManagement Challenges at Valles Caldera National Preserve
5.12.23 – The Valles Caldera National Preserve in the Jemez Mountains is one of the…
Read MoreClimate Change and Politics
4.28.23 – This year was grim in the New Mexico Legislature for action on climate…
Read MoreConnecting with New Mexico’s Dark Skies
This segment re-aired Friday, April 21, 2023. September 10, 2021 – Although humans have added satellites,…
Read MorePermian Development Fuels Climate Change
4.7.23 – The continued oil boom in the Permian Basin is reflected in the state’s…
Read MoreThe Future of the Forests
3.31.23 –This spring, the Sandia Mountains have received more precipitation than in recent years, but…
Read MoreIs NM’s Hunting System Fair?
3.10.2023 –In New Mexico, wildlife belongs to the people but are managed by the state.…
Read MoreOn the Colorado River, ‘Everybody Understands the Nature of the Problem’
03.03.23 – Seven states and two countries share the Colorado River, where demand outpaces supply,…
Read MoreYouth Climate Activists Call for Immediate Change
02.24.23 – Under a Democratic governor, the state of New Mexico has been moving forward…
Read MoreBehind the Source New Mexico Series: ‘Crisis on the Rio Grande’
02.17.23 –Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus talks with reporter Danielle Prokop and visual journalist…
Read MoreWild Wolf Captured Near Angel Fire
01.27.23 – Brady McGee, Mexican Wolf Recovery Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,…
Read MoreNM’s Legislative Environmental Priorities
01.19.23 – Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus speaks with State Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa…
Read MoreTracking the Rio Grande’s Snowpack
01.13.23 – In conversation with Our Land’s Laura Paskus, Angus Goodbody, a hydrologist with Water…
Read MoreWhat We Gain When We Protect Special Places
12.23.22 – When discussing the protection of special places or landscapes, we talk a lot…
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Fighting More Than Fire
4.22.2022 – As the nation’s wildlands burn with increasing intensity, fires are taking a bigger…
Read MoreForests Under Siege
4.22.2022 –The 2011 Las Conchas Fire burned 156,000 acres of the Jemez Mountains. At the…
Read MoreNew Mexico’s Evolving Droughts & Wildfire Threats
4.22.2022 –Park Williams is a bioclimatologist who studies drought and wildfire in the western United…
Read MoreWildland Firefighters Update
4.22.2022 –Environment reporter Laura Paskus catches up with former wildland firefighter Jonathan Golden to talk…
Read MorePreparing for Fire Season
4.22.2022 –Tree ring scientist Tom Swetnam, professor emeritus at the University of Arizona, has studied…
Read MoreWildfire Notifications & Resources
4.22.2022 –Eytan Krasilovsky is the deputy director of the Forest Stewards Guild. He explains the…
Read MoreCommunity-Based Forest Management in Northern New Mexico
4.22.2022 – In the Carson National Forest, there’s a new model for community forestry—and it’s…
Read MoreWhat Do We Do now?
4.22.2022 –Fire season for 2022 saw an early start, with some prescribed burns swelling out…
Read MoreEarth Day Message
4.22.2022 – Environment Reporter Laura Paskus shares her message to New Mexicans on Earth Day.…
Read MoreNMPBS Learning Media Modules
4.15.2022 – At New Mexico PBS, our main objective is to inform you, our viewers,…
Read MoreSpring Runoff Forecast
4.8.2022 – The Natural Resources Conservation Service issues spring forecasts for western rivers, including the…
Read MorePlastic Bags & Storm Water
4.8.2022 – Albuquerque City Council has voted to override Mayor Tim Keller’s veto of their…
Read MoreConservation Carnivale: Bringing Levity to Water Education
4.1.2022 – In Albuquerque, the Conservation Carnivale brings the Rio Grande’s bosque ecosystem alive with…
Read MoreFaith in a Climate-Changed World
4.1.2022 – New Mexicans already face the impacts of climate change, including uncertain water supplies…
Read MoreNuclear Waste Storage Proposal
4.1.2022 – New Mexico State Senator Jeff Steinborn (D-District 36) is among those worried about…
Read MoreRevamping the Rio
3.25.2022 – Along the Rio Grande in Corrales, New Mexico, nonprofit and governmental partners have…
Read MoreNM’s New State Engineer
3.25.2022 – New Mexico has a new water boss under Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. State…
Read MoreWeather Modification
3.18.2022 – As drought continues to grip the western United States, some communities are trying…
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