{"id":44320,"date":"2024-02-27T14:32:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T21:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=44320"},"modified":"2024-02-27T14:32:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T21:32:48","slug":"twenty-of-23-species-sampled-at-holloman-heavily-contaminated-with-pfas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/twenty-of-23-species-sampled-at-holloman-heavily-contaminated-with-pfas\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty of 23 species sampled at Holloman \u2018heavily contaminated\u2019 with PFAS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/su\/woyxJ21\/ourland\">Subscribe to Our Land Weekly<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rio-Ranger-paddling-Cochiti1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A person is paddling a kayak in the water with mountains in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-44322\" style=\"width:841px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rio-Ranger-paddling-Cochiti1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rio-Ranger-paddling-Cochiti1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rio-Ranger-paddling-Cochiti1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rio-Ranger-paddling-Cochiti1-24x14.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rio-Ranger-paddling-Cochiti1-36x20.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rio-Ranger-paddling-Cochiti1-48x27.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rio-Ranger-paddling-Cochiti1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I became an environmental reporter for a few different reasons, including because my favorite place is outside (doesn\u2019t matter where outside, just as long as it\u2019s outside). In general, over the past few years, I\u2019ve been spending way too much time staring at a screen. But last week? Last week was great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3i8rJfv7Vj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On Monday, I joined my friend Jamie Phillips,<\/a> who does all kinds of cool things, teaching kids how to kayak and sharing his love of rivers. Along with members of the Whitewater Adobe Club, Jamie brought a bunch of high schoolers and their families to Cochiti Lake. It was the students\u2019 first time on the open water after learning how to paddle, roll, and control their boats in a pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And because Cochiti Dam holds a painful and unjust legacy, it was important for the students to hear a history lesson from Phoebe Suina, a member of the Pueblo of Cochiti and a hydrologist. If you don\u2019t know the history of Cochiti Dam, <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalrepository.unm.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&amp;httpsredir=1&amp;article=1245&amp;context=nrj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I\u2019d suggest starting here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3laNaJvHSA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I spent the morning at Los Padillas Wildlife Sancturary with third graders from Carlos Rey Elementary School in Albuquerque.<\/a> All third graders in the Albuquerque Public Schools system participate in the Community, Place, and Habitat program at Los Padillas in the South Valley. I don\u2019t know if my favorite part was watching the kids learn how to read maps and use compasses or seeing them snapping cottonwood twigs to see the stars inside. Regardless, it was a great morning and I\u2019m thankful for the chance to have hung out with the students and teachers\u2014outside and away from computers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I don\u2019t want to write about how warm it\u2019s been. <\/strong>But I realized last night\u2014before bed, when I noticed the forecasted low for the night in Albuquerque was 51 degrees\u2014that I have to mention it. Out on Cochiti Lake, we all got sunburned in the 60+ degree weather. At Los Padillas last Tuesday, the kids watched a small native bee try to reach the blue sugary drink in someone\u2019s lunch bag. It\u2019s too warm, too early. The birds in my neighborhood started singing weeks ago. Poppies and sunflowers are sprouting, but of course there aren\u2019t any blooms out for the too-early bees and mourning cloak butterflies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3sX5YqLcUx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(Except for one tiny deadnettle.)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrgcd.com\/2024\/02\/25\/2024-irrigation-season-starts-feb-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">And&#8230;the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District started its irrigation season this week.<\/a> That\u2019s good news for farmers hoping to soak parched orchards and perhaps take advantage of early warm weather and get an early cutting of alfalfa. But it\u2019s bad news for the Rio Grande, which is already running below the 16-year median in many places, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/waterdata.usgs.gov\/nwis\/uv?site_no=08329918&amp;legacy=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alameda Bridge<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/waterdata.usgs.gov\/nwis\/uv?site_no=08355490&amp;legacy=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">San Antonio<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Now, catching up on the news:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/2024\/02\/23\/they-lost-everything-in-new-mexicos-biggest-wildfire-now-theyre-sounding-the-alarm-for-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThey lost everything in New Mexico\u2019s biggest wildfire. Now they\u2019re sounding the alarm for others.\u201d <\/a>(Patrick Lohmann, Byard Duncan, Adria Malcolm, ProPublica and Source New Mexico)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/capitalandmain.com\/another-new-mexico-legislative-session-ends-and-again-no-new-oil-and-gas-reforms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> \u201cAnother New Mexico Legislative Session Ends, and Again \u2014 No New Oil and Gas Reforms\u201d<\/a> (Jerry Redfern, Capital &amp; Main)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/the-rising-cost-of-the-oil-industrys-slow-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThe Rising Cost of the Oil Industry\u2019s Slow Death\u201d <\/a>(Mark Olalde and Nick Bowlin, ProPublica and Capital &amp; Main)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/environment\/story\/2024-02-20\/california-floodplain-restoration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cHow freeing rivers can help California ease flood risks and revive ecosystems\u201d<\/a> (Ian James, <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunc.org\/news\/2024-02-16\/federal-energy-regulators-deny-permits-for-a-controversial-project-on-the-navajo-nation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cFederal regulators deny permits for hydropower projects on Navajo Nation\u201d<\/a> (Alex Hager, KUNC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/searchlightnm.org\/when-pfas-hits-home-poisoned-wells-in-la-cieneguilla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cWhen PFAS hits home: Poisoned wells in La Cieneguilla\u201d<\/a> (Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/local_news\/official-recommends-prc-reject-n-m-gas-plans-for-storage-facility-in-rio-rancho\/article_eff6969e-d019-11ee-8146-57a6365f4290.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cOfficial recommends PRC reject N.M. Gas&#8217; plans for storage facility in Rio Rancho\u201d<\/a> (Nicholas Gilmore, <em>Santa Fe New Mexican<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/2024\/02\/22\/santolina-likely-overstated-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cUNM study finds Santolina developers \u2018likely overstated\u2019 goals\u201d<\/a> (Danielle Prokop, Source New Mexico)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalandmain.com\/oil-and-gas-donations-shifting-away-from-republicans-in-new-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cOil and Gas Donations Shifting Away From Republicans in New Mexico\u201d <\/a>(Jerry Redfern, Capital &amp; Main)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfreporter.com\/news\/2024\/02\/21\/climate-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cClimate Competition\u201d<\/a> (Mo Charnot,<em> Santa Fe Reporter<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcn.org\/articles\/during-climate-chaos-a-witness-and-champion-of-the-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cDuring climate chaos, a witness and champion of the West\u201d<\/a> (Jenny Shank\u2019s interview with author Laura Pritchett, <em>High Country News<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunm.org\/local-news\/2024-02-16\/public-overwhelmingly-voices-opposition-to-nuclear-lab-transmission-line-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cPublic overwhelmingly voices opposition to nuclear lab transmission line project\u201d<\/a> (Bryce Dix, KUNM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also check out <a href=\"https:\/\/lasg.org\/letters\/LetterToCongressionalColleagues_30Jan2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the letter the Los Alamos Study Group sent to the New Mexico congressional delegation last month<\/a>, noting that \u201cmore effective oversight [of Los Alamos National Laboratory] is badly needed.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LASG co-founder Greg Mello\u2019s letter to the congressional delegation is a must-read to understand the complexities of the lab and the ways in which the nuclear weapons laboratory operates\u2014and the dire need for congressional oversight that goes beyond tacking more money onto the nuclear weapons budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psr.org\/new-report-from-ican-untenable-investments-nuclear-weapon-producers-and-their-financiers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meanwhile, Physicians for Social Responsibility announced<\/a> that the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons issued a new report looking at private investment in the production, maintenance, or modernization of nuclear weapons. Although federal taxpayers foot the bill for nuclear weapons work (and cleanup), nuclear weapons manufacturers need private funding for some parts of the development process. <a href=\"https:\/\/psr.org\/new-report-from-ican-untenable-investments-nuclear-weapon-producers-and-their-financiers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to the press release:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTogether, investors held $477 billion in shares and bonds in 24 nuclear weapons producing companies, and $434 billion was provided in loans and underwriting. These 24 companies are involved in activities outlawed under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which entered into force in 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics were the worst offenders, holding outstanding contracts with a potential value of $21.2 billion and $23.7 billion respectively. U.S. investors continue to dominate while there are almost no investments from banks in TPNW signatory countries.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icanw.org\/fewer_financial_institutions_back_the_nuclear_weapons_industry_since_tpnw_entered_into_force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can read the full report from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons online.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lastly, when I first started covering the Air Force\u2019s contamination of groundwater with PFAS\u2014back in 2018 and 2019\u2014I wondered about <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nmpoliticalreport.com\/featured\/nm-officials-await-word-from-air-force-on-pfas-contamination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contamination of Holloman Lakes, a really important wetland for ducks and other migrating birds<\/a><strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now\u2014no thanks to the military\u2014there are answers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a newly published study in <em>Environmental Research<\/em>, the University of New Mexico\u2019s Christopher Witt and others show just how much the Holloman Air Force Base has contaminated wildlife species. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cDvFgiTRaJ4?si=UH-fzD6cBksxp56V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(Just a reminder that PFAS bioaccumulate and move up the food chain.)<\/a> The researchers tested for concentrations of 17 different types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in more than 2,000 samples of 23 different species of mammals and migratory birds at Holloman Lakes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What did they learn?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That twenty of 23 species sampled at Holloman were \u201cheavily contaminated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, the authors write: \u201cIn sum, legacy PFAS at this desert oasis have permeated local aquatic and terrestrial food webs across decades, severely contaminating populations of resident and migrant animals, and exposing people via game meat consumption and outdoor recreation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0013935124001336?dgcid=author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can read the study itself here<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.unm.edu\/news\/forever-chemicals-reach-extraordinary-levels-in-wildlife-at-holloman-air-force-base\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release from UNM online, too<\/a>. And if you need a little reminder about PFAS contamination at Holloman, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9uSQF9n8r0g?si=fJgkGYsITkF6cKev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">check out our explainer video from three years ago.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, go outside. You deserve it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>P.S. If a friend forwarded you this message, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/su\/woyxJ21\/ourland?mode=preview&amp;source_id=09a22542-c702-473f-a61b-06dfe8898cb2&amp;source_type=em&amp;c=${Contact.encryptedContactId}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sign up here to receive the newsletter yourself<\/a><em>. You can also <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/our-land-newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read recent newsletters online<\/a><em>. 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