Season 5

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Celebrating the beauty of New Mexico's unique night skies and efforts to protect them.
New Mexico's Dark Skies

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Reporting the fires and their aftermath
Learn about challenges and experiences reporters face while covering wildfires.
Reporting the fires and their aftermath
Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Maggie Dwire talks with Laura Paskus about the Mexican Wolf and recovery efforts.
Wolf Recovery in the Gila

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
‘Bleak’ Outlook for Middle Rio Grande Water Supply
Explore the harsh realities of shrinking water supplies here in Central NM.
‘Bleak’ Outlook for Middle Rio Grande Water Supply

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Art Schaap has had to euthanize more than 3,500 dairy cows. Warning: graphic content.
Dairy Cows Euthanized

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Black Fire Grows to NM’s Third Largest
The Black Fire ignited on May 13 and has grown into the state's third largest wildfire.
Black Fire Grows to NM’s Third Largest

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich Responds to Fires
Senator Martin Heinrich talks with Laura Paskus about NM's wildfire season.
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich Responds to Fires

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Upending the West’s Water Narratives
Laura Paskus talks with Andrew Curley about coal extraction and water development.
Upending the West’s Water Narratives

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Laura Paskus talks with Steve Bassett, who has been creating perimeter maps for wildfires.
Wildfire Mapping

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Coping with a Changing Climate
“A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet”
Coping with a Changing Climate

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
NM Natural Resources Trustee on Ft. Wingate Settlement
Laura Paskus talks with New Mexico’s Natural Resources Trustee about Fort Wingate.
NM Natural Resources Trustee on Ft. Wingate Settlement

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
New Mexicans face an early, intense fire season and dry conditions. We know why that is.
The Work Ahead

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
The Longest Season: An Our Land Wildfire Special
The Longest Season

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Laura Paskus talks with an educator who helps design lesson plans for Our Land.
NMPBS Learning Media Modules

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Plastic Bags & Stormwater Risks
Albuquerque collects and disposes about five semi-truck loads of plastic bags annually.
Plastic Bags & Stormwater Risks

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Recalibrating ‘normal’ on the Rio Grande
Forecasting the Rio Grande’s spring flows and re-calibrating what ‘normal’ means.
Recalibrating ‘normal’ on the Rio Grande

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Transparency in Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Program
Laura Paskus and Barbara Chillcott discuss why conservation groups are suing Biden.
Transparency in Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Program

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Bringing Levity to Water Education
The Conservation Carnivale brings the bosque’s ecosystem alive with theatre.
Bringing Levity to Water Education

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Along the Rio Grande, partners put floodwaters and wastewater to better use for the river’
Revamping the Rio

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
State Engineer Mike Hamman discusses New Mexico’s water challenges and climate change.
New Mexico’s Water Boss

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
The Value of Trees and Why We Should Protect Them.
El Malpais and El Morro Trees

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Holtec's Plan to Store Nuclear Waste in New Mexico.
Holtec in New Mexico

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
As drought continues to grip NM, state officials evaluate cloud seeding applications.
Seeding New Mexico’s Skies

Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future
Push to Repeal Plastic Bag Ban
Laura Paskus talks with ABQ City Councilor Brook Bassan about the city's plastic bag ban.