Articles
Read the Latest from New Mexico in Focus & Partners
The future of fire, the ‘gates of hell,’ and a COVID reminder
Last week, I sat down with U.S. Forest Service Southwestern Regional Forester Michiko Martin, Santa Fe National Forest Supervisor Shaun…
Wildfire and the Future
I’ll begin this week’s dispatch with some context by way of disclosure: Laura Paskus and I have been close friends…
Coming up Friday: The U.S. Forest Service at the Table
There are a few events coming up around the new Ken Burns film, The American Buffalo. On Wednesday, the University…
Fallout from the Governor’s Move Against Guns & Price Transparency at NM Hospitals
In recent months, New Mexicans have been forced to face the horrific reality of multiple kids shot to death. Froylan…
‘The last couple of years have been a real wake-up call for us in New Mexico’
“The last couple of years have been a real wake-up call for us in New Mexico, and across the world…
‘New Mexico oftentimes doesn’t get a say in its future.’
Earlier this year, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a 40-year license to Holtec International. The company plans to…
‘The river’s drying because we’re running out of water’
This summer, the sweet spot for visiting the Albuquerque bosque has been narrow. You can go during the scorching daylight…
Plume releases “complex and dynamic” array of chemicals
On Sunday afternoon around 4 p.m., the light suddenly changed in northern New Mexico. I was looking down, tying my…
‘Call that profit’
On New Mexico in Focus last week, Russell Contreras sat down with Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders…
Cerro Pelado Fire, plus: Rio Grande goes from rip-roaring to muddy & dry
The Rio Grande’s flows were glorious this spring. But river drying in the Middle Valley began a few days ago…
What happens when cluster bombs rain down
Earlier this month the Biden administration publicly announced its decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine. To an American public…
Navigating the Cerro Pelado Fire Rumor Mill
Who among us can forget April 2022 in New Mexico? It was dry. It was hot. It was windy as…