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Tribes, Power, and Water

A dried-up river flanked by greenery.

Sept. 11, 2020 – In the western United States, rivers like the Colorado River and the Rio Grande were carved up under compacts in the early twentieth century, long before tribes had a say in how rivers would be managed. Even though tribes hold the oldest and most senior water rights, they still don’t always…

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Laura Paskus Writes About Climate Change in New Mexico

Cover for the book "At the Precipice: New Mexico's Changing Climate".

August 28, 2020 – Our Land producer and NMiF correspondent Laura Paskus has authored a new book. At the Precipice: New Mexico’s Changing Climate looks at the state’s fragile place in a warming natural world. NMiF producer Matt Grubs sits down with Paskus to talk about how the impact of climate change on New Mexico…

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