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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 toll on the men and women who battle them. Long…
Forests Under Siege
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…
New Mexico’s Evolving Droughts & Wildfire Threats
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…
Wildland Firefighters Update
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…
Preparing for Fire Season
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…
Wildfire Notifications & Resources
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…
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 based on longstanding traditions in New Mexico. The Cerro Negro…
What Do We Do now?
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…
Earth Day Message
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…
Analyzing Latinx Voting Trends
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…
NMPBS Learning Media Modules
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…
Spring Runoff Forecast
4.8.2022 – The Natural Resources Conservation Service issues spring forecasts for western rivers, including the Rio Grande. Hydrologist Angus Goodbody, with the agency’s National Water…