Our Land
Flooded with Life: Albuquerque’s Oxbow
6.9.23 – This spring, the Rio Grande is ripping along, flush with snowmelt and boosted…
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Irrigation, Infrastructure, and the Rio Grande Compact
6.2.23 –This June, flows on the Rio Grande through Albuquerque are almost 10 times what…
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Lightening the Load for Future Generations
5.26.23 – Michelle Otero was the City of Albuquerque’s poet laureate from 2018 through 2020.…
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Balancing Act at Valles Caldera
5.19.23 – Our Land’s Laura Paskus sits down with Jorge Silva-Bañuelos, Superintendent of Valles Caldera…
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Nuclear 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…
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Management Challenges at Valles Caldera National Preserve
5.12.23 – The Valles Caldera National Preserve in the Jemez Mountains is one of the…
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Climate Change and Politics
4.28.23 – This year was grim in the New Mexico Legislature for action on climate…
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Connecting with New Mexico’s Dark Skies
This segment re-aired Friday, April 21, 2023. September 10, 2021 – Although humans have added satellites,…
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Permian Development Fuels Climate Change
4.7.23 – The continued oil boom in the Permian Basin is reflected in the state’s…
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The Future of the Forests
3.31.23 –This spring, the Sandia Mountains have received more precipitation than in recent years, but…
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Is NM’s Hunting System Fair?
3.10.2023 –In New Mexico, wildlife belongs to the people but are managed by the state.…
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On 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,…
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Youth Climate Activists Call for Immediate Change
02.24.23 – Under a Democratic governor, the state of New Mexico has been moving forward…
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Behind 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…
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Wild Wolf Captured Near Angel Fire
01.27.23 – Brady McGee, Mexican Wolf Recovery Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,…
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NM’s Legislative Environmental Priorities
01.19.23 – Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus speaks with State Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa…
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Tracking the Rio Grande’s Snowpack
01.13.23 – In conversation with Our Land’s Laura Paskus, Angus Goodbody, a hydrologist with Water…
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What 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…
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Forests Under Siege
4.22.2022 –The 2011 Las Conchas Fire burned 156,000 acres of the Jemez Mountains. At the…
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New Mexico’s Evolving Droughts & Wildfire Threats
4.22.2022 –Park Williams is a bioclimatologist who studies drought and wildfire in the western United…
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Wildland Firefighters Update
4.22.2022 –Environment reporter Laura Paskus catches up with former wildland firefighter Jonathan Golden to talk…
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Preparing for Fire Season
4.22.2022 –Tree ring scientist Tom Swetnam, professor emeritus at the University of Arizona, has studied…
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Wildfire Notifications & Resources
4.22.2022 –Eytan Krasilovsky is the deputy director of the Forest Stewards Guild. He explains the…
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Community-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…
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What Do We Do now?
4.22.2022 –Fire season for 2022 saw an early start, with some prescribed burns swelling out…
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Earth Day Message
4.22.2022 – Environment Reporter Laura Paskus shares her message to New Mexicans on Earth Day.…
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NMPBS Learning Media Modules
4.15.2022 – At New Mexico PBS, our main objective is to inform you, our viewers,…
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Spring Runoff Forecast
4.8.2022 – The Natural Resources Conservation Service issues spring forecasts for western rivers, including the…
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Plastic Bags & Storm Water
4.8.2022 – Albuquerque City Council has voted to override Mayor Tim Keller’s veto of their…
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Conservation Carnivale: Bringing Levity to Water Education
4.1.2022 – In Albuquerque, the Conservation Carnivale brings the Rio Grande’s bosque ecosystem alive with…
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Faith in a Climate-Changed World
4.1.2022 – New Mexicans already face the impacts of climate change, including uncertain water supplies…
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Nuclear Waste Storage Proposal
4.1.2022 – New Mexico State Senator Jeff Steinborn (D-District 36) is among those worried about…
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Revamping the Rio
3.25.2022 – Along the Rio Grande in Corrales, New Mexico, nonprofit and governmental partners have…
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NM’s New State Engineer
3.25.2022 – New Mexico has a new water boss under Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. State…
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Weather Modification
3.18.2022 – As drought continues to grip the western United States, some communities are trying…
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