{"id":49224,"date":"2026-06-12T08:50:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=49224"},"modified":"2026-06-12T08:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:50:06","slug":"capital-main-oil-wells-on-the-bike-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/capital-main-oil-wells-on-the-bike-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Capital &amp; Main: Oil Wells on the Bike Trail\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6.12.26&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>The Glade Run recreation area outside Farmington is an outdoor haven for hikers,&nbsp;birders&nbsp;and dirt bikes. In Focus correspondent and Capital &amp; Main reporter Jerry Redfern takes us to the northwest New Mexico trails, where the area is not only home to pi\u00f1ons and junipers \u2014 but hundreds of oil and gas wells as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Correspondent:<\/strong>\u00a0Jerry Redfern\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guest:<\/strong>\u00a0Mike Eisenfeld, Energy and Climate Program Manager, San Juan Citizens Alliance\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For More Information:<\/strong>\u00a0<br><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalandmain.com\/at-this-new-mexico-park-mountain-bikers-pedal-amid-hundreds-of-oil-wells\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>At This New Mexico Park, Mountain Bikers Pedal Amid Hundreds of Oil Wells<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0\u2013 Capital and Main<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6.12.26&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;The Glade Run recreation area outside Farmington is an outdoor haven for hikers,&nbsp;birders&nbsp;and dirt bikes. 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