This week on New Mexico in Focus, we continue our election coverage with the race for commissioner of public lands. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland sits down with both candidates, Republican Michael Perry and Democrat Juan De Jesus Sanchez, to discuss a long list of issues facing the Land Office: oil and gas, Project Jupiter, uranium mining and President Trump. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This fall, voters will be presented with four amendments to the state Constitution. If approved, one of them would establish salaries for lawmakers \u2014 a move that would catch New Mexico up to the other 49 states, which already pay their legislators. A former state senator and a policy advocate stopped by our studio for a conversation with Executive Producer Jeff Proctor to discuss the amendment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two decades ago, officials in Utah and Texas introduced Tamarisk Beetles to the environment as part of a biocontrol experiment meant to thin out the number of invasive tamarisk trees in their states. Today, those beetles have made a home for themselves along the Rio Grande in New Mexico. Freelance environmental journalist and NMiF Correspondent Elizabeth Miller takes us near La Joya, about an hour south of Albuquerque, to follow along with researchers who have been monitoring the beetles for years. This story comes courtesy, in part, of reporting Miller did for bioGraphic, an independent magazine that focuses on biodiversity and conservation around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Host: Nash Jones <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael Perry on Project Jupiter, Oil Production Near Schools<\/em>\u00a0 Juan De Jesus Sanchez III on Protecting State Land, Accepting Oil and Gas Money<\/em>\u00a0 Voters Will Decide Whether to Pay State Legislators a Salary<\/em>\u00a0 Tamarisk Beetle Biocontrol Program Falls Short<\/em>\u00a0 This week on New Mexico in Focus, we continue our election coverage with the race for commissioner of public lands. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland sits down with both candidates, Republican Michael Perry and Democrat Juan De Jesus Sanchez, to discuss a long list of issues facing the Land Office: oil and gas, Project Jupiter, uranium mining…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":49651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episode"],"yoast_head":"\n
Correspondent:\u00a0Gwyneth Doland\u00a0
Guest:\u00a0Michael Perry, Republican Nominee for Commissioner of Public Lands\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Correspondent:\u00a0Gwyneth Doland\u00a0
Guest:\u00a0Juan De Jesus Sanchez III, Democratic Nominee for Commissioner of Public Lands\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Correspondent:\u00a0Jeff Proctor\u00a0
Guests:\u00a0
Oriana Sandoval, CEO, Center for Civic Policy\u00a0
Mark Boitano, Republican Former State Senator\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Correspondent:\u00a0Elizabeth Miller\u00a0
Producer:\u00a0Antonio Sanchez\u00a0
Camera:\u00a0Jonah McDonald, Roger Torres\u00a0
Guests:\u00a0
Kim Eichhorst, Program Director, Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program\u00a0
Matt Leister, Science Director, Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program\u00a0
Matthew Johnson, Colorado Plateau Research Station Director\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"