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‘We Have to Put Fire Back on the Land’

Wildfire consuming trees in a forest with smoke billowing into the sky.

3.15.24 – Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus talks with the heads of the New Mexico State Forestry Division about this year’s fire season, climate change and why fire is a vital part of a forest’s structure.     Correspondent: Laura Paskus  Guests: Laura McCarthy, New Mexico State Forester   Lindsey Quam, Deputy New Mexico State Forester  For More Information:  The…

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Land Management in New Mexico

Two people stand with each other in a desert rocky area.

October 2, 2020 – William Perry Pendley, deputy director for policy and programs at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, visited New Mexico in September. On that trip, he traveled around the state and visited Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a hotspot for the agency, which is developing two million acres of oil and gas…

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