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NM Natural Resources Trustee on Ft. Wingate Settlement

By Myah Wilmarth | April 29, 2022

4.29.2022 – The U.S. Army has reached a settlement of $1.5M that will go towards restoring environmental and community damages at Fort Wingate. Environment reporter…

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Fighting More Than Fire

By Myah Wilmarth | April 22, 2022

4.22.2022 – As the nation’s wildlands burn with increasing intensity, fires are taking a bigger toll on the men and women who battle them. Long…

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Forests Under Siege

By Myah Wilmarth | April 22, 2022

4.22.2022 –The 2011 Las Conchas Fire burned 156,000 acres of the Jemez Mountains. At the time, Las Conchas was the largest fire in New Mexico’s…

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New Mexico’s Evolving Droughts & Wildfire Threats

By Myah Wilmarth | April 22, 2022

4.22.2022 –Park Williams is a bioclimatologist who studies drought and wildfire in the western United States. He speaks with correspondent Laura Paskus about the ongoing…

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Wildland Firefighters Update

By Myah Wilmarth | April 22, 2022

4.22.2022 –Environment reporter Laura Paskus catches up with former wildland firefighter Jonathan Golden to talk about the challenges wildland firefighters face as climate change lengthens…

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Preparing for Fire Season

By Myah Wilmarth | April 22, 2022

4.22.2022 –Tree ring scientist Tom Swetnam, professor emeritus at the University of Arizona, has studied forest ecology and fire regimes in the southwestern U.S. But…

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Wildfire Notifications & Resources

By Myah Wilmarth | April 22, 2022

4.22.2022 –Eytan Krasilovsky is the deputy director of the Forest Stewards Guild. He explains the unique threats of this fire season, lays out resources available…

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Community-Based Forest Management in Northern New Mexico

By Myah Wilmarth | April 22, 2022

4.22.2022 – In the Carson National Forest, there’s a new model for community forestry—and it’s based on longstanding traditions in New Mexico. The Cerro Negro…

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What Do We Do now?

By Myah Wilmarth | April 22, 2022

4.22.2022 –Fire season for 2022 saw an early start, with some prescribed burns swelling out of control. So, how can we protect our forests and…

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Earth Day Message

By Myah Wilmarth | April 22, 2022

4.22.2022 – Environment Reporter Laura Paskus shares her message to New Mexicans on Earth Day. What can you do to better your planet? Small actions…

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Analyzing Latinx Voting Trends

By Myah Wilmarth | April 15, 2022

4.15.2022 – Correspondent Russell Contreras sits down with an expert on Latinx voting trends to talk about what we learned from 2020, and how it…

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NMPBS Learning Media Modules

By Myah Wilmarth | April 15, 2022

4.15.2022 – At New Mexico PBS, our main objective is to inform you, our viewers, about the issues that matter around this state. But we’re…