{"id":44359,"date":"2024-03-05T10:31:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T17:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=44359"},"modified":"2024-03-05T10:31:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T17:31:34","slug":"the-hearts-ballast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-hearts-ballast\/","title":{"rendered":"The heart\u2019s ballast"},"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\/03\/IMG_7759-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people standing next to a helicopter on water.\" class=\"wp-image-44361\" style=\"width:841px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7759-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7759-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7759-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7759-24x14.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7759-36x20.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7759-48x27.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_7759.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming up this week, we\u2019ll be airing a segment on Mexican wolves and how many are currently living in the wild in New Mexico and Arizona. Tune in for that\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@OurLandNM\/shorts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">and get a sneak peak on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nm.pbslearningmedia.org\/collection\/our-land-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Over the past three years, NMPBS has aligned science and social studies lesson plans for middle school students with environmental content from Our Land. <\/a>Now, we\u2019re inviting teachers to apply for the Our Land Teaching Fellowship and training event on Saturday, June 22 in Albuquerque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fellowship will provide 12 New Mexico teachers with a $500 stipend to attend a one-day workshop about climate change, PBS LearningMedia, and <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.knme.org\/show\/our-land-new-mexicos-environmental-past-present-and-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our Land<\/a>\u2014and a session on the co-creation of new lesson plans most relevant and interesting to New Mexico&#8217;s middle school students.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fellowship will also include opportunities for additional activities and resources\u2014and lay the groundwork for a cohort of leaders who are working with students on issues around climate change in New Mexico.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t a Public Education Department or Albuquerque Public Schools required training, nor a training during which teachers will sit inside all day, listening to presentations or watching videos. There will be hands-on activities and opportunities for small group conversations. In addition, we want to learn from you (and from what you learn from your students), energize your new school year, and build relationships with teachers and students around the state.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deadline to apply is April 10, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/what-we-do\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit our education page<\/a> to do that!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/what-we-do\/education\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Apply-for-the-Our-Land-Teaching-Fellowship-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"A flyer with the words apply for our land and water teaching fellowship.\" class=\"wp-image-44363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Apply-for-the-Our-Land-Teaching-Fellowship-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Apply-for-the-Our-Land-Teaching-Fellowship-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Apply-for-the-Our-Land-Teaching-Fellowship-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Apply-for-the-Our-Land-Teaching-Fellowship-2048x1583.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Apply-for-the-Our-Land-Teaching-Fellowship-24x19.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Apply-for-the-Our-Land-Teaching-Fellowship-36x28.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Apply-for-the-Our-Land-Teaching-Fellowship-48x37.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A look at some of the news:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/2024\/03\/01\/northern-nm-fire-victims-will-be-spared-additional-taxes-under-provision-approved-by-legislature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cNorthern NM fire victims will be spared additional taxes under provision approved by Legislature\u201d<\/a> (Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/local_news\/new-mexico-issues-420-000-in-fines-over-improper-waste-storage-at-lanl\/article_7081b480-da40-11ee-b450-c3a1039a2658.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cNew Mexico issues $420,000 in fines over improper waste storage at LANL\u201d<\/a> (Scott Wyland, <em>Santa Fe New Mexican<\/em>)<em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/local_news\/officials-seek-best-way-to-tackle-forever-chemicals-in-communities-near-santa-fe\/article_622ff9a6-d594-11ee-8525-ebb35805f71a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cOfficials seek best way to tackle &#8216;forever chemicals&#8217; in communities near Santa Fe\u201d<\/a> (Scott Wyland, Carina Julig, and Maya Hilty, <em>Santa Fe New Mexican<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/local_news\/household-wells-likely-contaminated-for-decades-lead-to-costs-concerns\/article_a6211a3a-c628-11ee-9600-bf402e8e2911.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cHousehold wells likely contaminated for decades lead to costs, concerns\u201d <\/a>(Carina Julig, <em>Santa Fe New Mexican<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-solutions\/2024\/03\/04\/methane-satellite-public-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cA new watchdog satellite will sniff out methane emissions from space\u201d<\/a> (Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, <em>The Washington Post<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2024\/02\/28\/abandoned-oil-wells-west-texas-railroad-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cWest Texas orphan wells are leaking with unknown harms\u201d<\/a> (Carlos Nogueras Ramos and Martha Pskowski,<em> The Texas Tribune<\/em> and Inside Climate News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t been watching the news from Texas, it\u2019s pretty nuts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-panhandle-wildfires-smokehouse-creek-windy-deuce-magenta-roughneck-acres-burned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">As of Monday, wildfires in the Texas Panhandle had already burned 1.3 million acres.<\/a> The largest, the Smokehouse Creek Fire, ignited last Monday\u2014and by Wednesday afternoon had already burned more than a half-million acres. <a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/01032024\/texas-wildfires-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">And as Emily Foxhall reports,<\/a> climate change is extending Texas\u2019s winter wildfire season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next week, officials from New Mexico State Forestry will be coming into the studio to talk about what to expect in New Mexico this fire season. Just a reminder that you can always be thinking about how to protect yourself and your community (and the firefighters who try to protect your community). A good place to find fire prevention and preparedness information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emnrd.nm.gov\/sfd\/fire-prevention-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is on the state\u2019s website.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And of course, it\u2019s not just the United States where wildfires are becoming more \u201cexceptional.\u201d Canada is preparing for an even worse season than last year in two of its provinces, \u201cwhere nearly 150 of the blazes that started during last year\u2019s season are still burning this winter, under snow-covered ground,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/04\/canada-zombie-fires-wildfire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to Ian Austen\u2019s story in <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/04\/canada-zombie-fires-wildfire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/04\/canada-zombie-fires-wildfire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are a couple of events this week that readers might be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Dr. Bob Wilson, associate professor of geography at Syracuse University will be speaking on Friday, March 8 at 3 p.m. at UNM\u2019s Mitchell Hall (Room 102). His talk is \u201cSandia: A Mountain, A Family, and the Climate Crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabq.gov\/artsculture\/biopark\/events\/looking-to-the-mountain-sacred-lands-healing-cultures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cLooking to the Mountain: Sacred Lands, Healing Cultures\u201d<\/a> is happening on Friday, too, at the ABQ BioPark as part of the Ancestral Gila Homeland Events, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Leopold Wilderness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lastly, in case you haven\u2019t noticed,<\/strong> I try to balance staying informed about the serious things happening to our Earth with the undeniable sense of joy I feel about everything from migrating birds to astonishing sunsets. I invite you to do the same, if you can step outside today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NMPBS is in the heart of Albuquerque, but a cool array of wildlife puts up with our concrete, traffic, trash, noise, and general human obnoxiousness to live all around the city. Around the station there are roadrunners, rabbits, coyotes, raptors, and tons of other birds, including great horned owls, pigeons, house finches, and house sparrows.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday morning, as I came into work, there were the remains of two rabbits\u2014and some coyote scat\u2014right in front of the station. Walking across the street for lunch, I was closely monitored by two roadrunners and saw my first real wildflowers of spring, a small spectacle pod catching up with the waking bees and blooming out of the hard-packed dirt alongside the driveway. All that reminded me of a line I recently read in a Jane Hirschfield poem: \u201cThe feeling heart does not tire of carrying ballast.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s hard to keep paying attention to the world\u2019s changes and challenges. But by caring for the life happening all around us, every day, it\u2019s possible to feel connected, stay grounded, and keep working toward a better future.&nbsp;<\/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>. 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And if you miss us throughout the week, follow <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/our_land_nm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our Land on Instagram<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-1024x341.png\" alt=\"Our Land Logo\" class=\"wp-image-41765\" style=\"width:312px;height:104px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-1536x512.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-2048x682.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-24x8.png 24w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-36x12.png 36w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-48x16.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming up this week, we\u2019ll be airing a segment on Mexican wolves and how many are currently living in the wild in New Mexico and Arizona. 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