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Impact of Fire & Floods on Acequias

New Mexico Acequia Association Logo.

6.24.2022 – Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks with executive director of the New Mexico Acequia Association about the damage caused by the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire and asks how her community is preparing for the possibility of severe flooding.  Correspondent: Lou DiVizio Guest: Paula Garcia, executive director, NM Acequia Association For More Information: Hermits Peak…

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Community-Based Forest Management in Northern New Mexico

A person chainsaws a tree body in the middle of a forest.

July 9, 2021 – This month on Our Land, Correspondent Laura Paskus visits the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico. There she discovered a unique approach to forest management. That model is based on community and is designed and created around historical government models like the acequia system. The Cerro Negro Forest Council celebrates…

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