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Building Public Trust in the Forest Service
9.22.23 – In the third and final segment of their conversation, Our Land Senior Producer…
Read MoreNew Fire Protocols
9.22.23 – In the second of a three-part conversation, Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus…
Read More2022’s Historic Fire Season
9.22.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus…
Read MoreNM’s Water Challenges Are ‘Significant’
9.8.23 – Our Land’s Laura Paskus spoke with New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission Director Hannah…
Read MoreIs a Settlement on the Rio Grande Coming Soon?
8.4.23 – After the relatively wet years of the 1980s and ‘90s, New Mexico’s reservoirs…
Read MoreNew Mexico Journalists Detail Long-Lasting Dangers of Cluster Bombs
7.21.23 – In July, the Biden administration publicly announced its decision to send cluster bombs…
Read MoreWriting as Healing
6.16.23 – In Michelle Otero’s latest book, Vessels: A Memoir of Borders, she tackles a…
Read MoreFlooded 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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Our Land: Replanting Trees In The Jemez Mountains
August 10, 2018 – When the Las Conchas wildfire burned more than 150,000 acres of…
Read MoreOur Land: Project Feed The Hood
July 13, 2018 – Project Feed the Hood is a food justice program in Albuquerque…
Read MoreOur Land: Jonathan Overpeck And Climate Change
May 11, 2018 – Scientist Jonathan Overpeck has spent decades studying climate change and its…
Read MorePublic should be ready for the Rio Grande’s bad year
By: Laura Paskus As high winds whipped dust, Siberian elm seeds and recycling bins around…
Read MoreOur 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…
Read MoreRio Grande Already Drying Out Near Socorro
by Laura Paskus In springtime, rivers are supposed to swell with snowmelt, filling their channels…
Read MoreEast 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…
Read MoreOur Land: Preparing Homes For Fire Season
March 8, 2018 – This month on Our Land, we visit with tree ring scientist…
Read MoreOur Land: Record Low Snowpack In New Mexico
February 9, 2018 – This month on “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and…
Read MoreOur Land: Bosque del Apache
January 12, 2018 – This month on “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and…
Read MoreIn Deep Water
US Supreme Court to decide how states share the drying Rio Grande, and New Mexico…
Read MoreJustices 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…
Read MoreStudents & Scientists Benefit From The Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program
December 8, 2017 – More than 20 years ago, Dan Shaw co-founded the Bosque Ecosystem…
Read MoreOur Land: Valle de Oro
November 10, 2017 – The Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge in the South Valley…
Read MoreOur Land: Wells Going Dry In The East Mountains
October 13, 2017 – This month on “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and…
Read MoreOUR 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…
Read MoreOur Land: Collaborative Forest Restoration
August 11, 2017 – In the Jemez Mountains, a long-term project brings together people from…
Read MoreBeyond the concepts of ‘land management’ are real people, sacrifice
By: Laura Paskus On the edge of the Valle Grande in northern New Mexico stands…
Read MoreResources mentioned during the show:
U.S. Forest Service’s National Prescribed Fire Resource Mobilization Strategy
U.S. Forest Service’s Wildfire Crisis Strategy
U.S. Forest Service investigation of the Cerro Pelado Fire
FEMA’s Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office
Southwest Jemez Mountains Collaborative Landscape Restoration
How to learn more about wildfires when they’re happening:
For fire locations and details about individual fires: InciWeb
New Mexico Fire Information: NM Fire Info & NM Fire Info on Facebook
National Interagency Fire Center – Fire News
If the fire is burning on U.S. Forest Service land, search the name of the forest to find updates. Many of the forests, such as the Santa Fe National Forest, also have active Facebook pages.
NOAA Fire Weather information and alerts (to see things like red flag warnings for your area)
New Mexico Department of Health 5-3-1 Visibility Method (for determining if smoky conditions in your area are unhealthy)
How to learn more about protecting your home and community:
Community Wildfire Protection Plans in NM (includes guidelines and information on creating one, as well as links to plans for communities across the state)
Ready, Set, Go! Your Personal Wildland Fire Action Guide (New Mexico) (for information on protecting your home, being ready to evacuate, and making a personal wildfire plan for your home)
En sus Marcas, Listos, Fuera! Su Guia de Accion (Spanish)
Fire Adapted New Mexico Learning Network
NM State Foresty, Fire Prevention Programs
NM State Forestry: Protecting your home from wildfire
NM State Forestry: Creating Wildfire-Defensible Zones
Living with Fire: A Guide for the Homeowner (English)
Firewise USA: Residents Reducing Wildfire Risks (National Fire Protection Association)
State of New Mexico Prescribed Burn Certification Program
Past Our Land shows related to New Mexico wildfire:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX-Gj22wAC46YnLfxBPo5ek7CxXB4_eOE