Posts Tagged ‘rio grande’
Tribes, Power, and Water
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…
Read MoreLaura Paskus Writes About Climate Change in New Mexico
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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