{"id":43474,"date":"2023-10-27T07:41:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T14:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=43474"},"modified":"2023-10-27T13:46:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T20:46:09","slug":"listening-to-the-gila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/listening-to-the-gila\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening to the Gila"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"pbs-viral-player-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; padding-top: calc(56.25% + 43px);\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/viralplayer\/3085625770\/\" allowfullscreen allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.27.23 <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>Rarely in the United States do we remember that rivers are living beings themselves\u2014and they have something to teach us. With funding from The Water Desk at the University of Colorado Boulder, Our Land\u2019s Laura Paskus visited the Gila River, including a stretch that would have been changed forever if New Mexico had built on a controversial diversion. In this special segment, we consider what lessons the Upper Gila River holds for the future\u2014and the rest of the Colorado River Basin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correspondent:<\/strong>&nbsp;Laura Paskus&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Martha Cooper, Freshwater Director, The Nature Conservancy &nbsp;<br>Joe Saenz, Chihe\u00b4ne (Warm Springs Apache<strong>)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10.27.23 \u2013 Rarely in the United States do we remember that rivers are living beings themselves\u2014and they have something to teach us. 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