**Please Note: There is no THE LINE Opinion Panel this\u00a0week.**<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve had fires, drought, and our second hottest June\u00a0ever to contend with\u2026and summer\u2019s just barely begun.\u00a0 No\u00a0surprise, then, that water has been on the minds of many\u00a0New Mexicans. NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS producer Matt Grubs sits\u00a0down with environmental journalists Laura Paskus and John\u00a0Fleck to talk water policy.<\/p>\n
Then, with the 2012 election just four months away, the\u00a0focus is turned on the voting power of the female\u00a0majority.\u00a0 NMIF host Gene Grant sits down with Martha\u00a0Burk, woman\u2019s rights activist and author of \u201cYour Voice,\u00a0Your Vote \u2013 The Savvy Woman\u2019s Guide to Power, Politics,\u00a0and the Change We Need,\u201d to talk about what women should\u00a0know this election year.<\/p>\n
In the spirit of Independence Day, NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS\u00a0presents two installments of the \u201cMoments in Time\u201d series\u00a0this week, including a look at the USS New Mexico and\u00a0Japanese Internment Camps.<\/p>\n
GUESTS:
\nMartha Burk, Women\u2019s Rights Advocate and Author
\nJohn Fleck, Environmental Journalist
\nLaura Paskus, Environmental Journalist<\/p>\n
CORRESPONDENT:
\nMatt Grubs, NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS Producer<\/p>\n
Host\/Commentator:
\nGene Grant<\/p>\n
The Producers of NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS are Matt Grubs and\u00a0Kathy Wimmer. Funding for this program was provided in\u00a0part by the McCune Foundation.<\/p>\n