{"id":44435,"date":"2024-03-12T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=44435"},"modified":"2024-03-12T10:48:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T17:48:08","slug":"reclamation-expect-low-run-off-on-the-rio-grande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/reclamation-expect-low-run-off-on-the-rio-grande\/","title":{"rendered":"Reclamation: Expect low run-off on the Rio Grande"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Last week, the Our Land crew was in northern New Mexico filming for a series we\u2019ll be airing later this year, \u201cLoving Our Changing Homelands.\u201d I\u2019m looking forward to sharing more about this project in the coming months, which is funded by a climate engagement grant from PBS. But just a head\u2019s up, if you ever let us visit you and your family\u2019s land, I\u2019ll spend a lot of my time with your dog. Consider yourself warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, just a reminder that New Mexico teachers have until April 10 to apply for the Our Land Teaching Fellowship, which kicks off with a teacher training event in Albuquerque on June 22. For more information, head to the NMPBS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1998, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners introduced seven captive-bred Mexican wolves into the Gila National Forest.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced there are now at least 257 Mexican wolves in the wild; that includes 37 packs in New Mexico and 23 in Arizona. They also documented that 138 pups were born last year and 86 survived in the wild. That\u2019s just a slight bump from last year, which has activists continuing to call for changes in the program.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while most New Mexicans have opinions about wolf reintroduction, most people will never see a wild wolf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of January, NMPBS videographer John Britt and I joined biologists, who use different tools for the count, including remote cameras and scat collection. Here, you\u2019ll see helicopter crews bringing in two female wolves\u2014one from the Leon Pack and another from the Cottonwood Canyon Pack\u2014they\u2019d tracked by telemetry and then darted to be treated by veterinarians and fitted with GPS collars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n