Earth Matters

Earth Matters begins with co-producer and Upper Gila Watershed Alliance director Donna Stevens discussing the upcoming Wild & Scenic Film Festival that takes place January 14th at 6:30 pm at the Silco Theater. EM co-producer and Gila Resources Information Project Executive Director Allyson Siwik continues with a discussion of the growing “Trump Resistance Movement” with guests Kieran Suckling, Director of the Center for Biological Diversity, and Grant County community activists […]

Earth Matters producers, Nathan Newcomer, Donna Stevens and Allyson Siwik revisit and reflect on the important environmental issues of 2016, and peruse and project on the year ahead. With the Trump administration looming, they discuss the challenges for the protection of our natural environment and the broader Gila region, including privatization of public lands, Gila River protection, mining, oil and gas development on public lands, the Gila Forest Plan and […]

Earth Matters co-producer and GRIP Executive Director Allyson Siwik discusses fracking in the Greater Chaco area of northwestern New Mexico with Miya King-Flaherty, Public Lands Fellow with the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, and Kendra Pinto of Twin Pines, NM whose community has been directly affected by fracking in the area. The impacts of oil and gas development on the environment and communities in the northwest corner of NM is […]

Big News at Standing Rock! Join Donna Stevens of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance as she talks with Adrienne Booth, Mike Fugagli, and Laura Ramnarace, who stood up at Standing Rock to support the Water Protectors who are working to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Hear about their experiences at the camps, the recent decision by the Army Corps of Engineers, and much more. Earth Matters is broadcast Tuesday, Thursday […]

Donna Stevens of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance welcomes Denise Smith and Terry Timme of the Town of Silver City Office of Sustainability. They discuss measures they’re taking to improve Silver City’s energy efficiency, water conservation, bikeability, recycling, and more. To learn more about how Silver City’s Office of Sustainability is improving our quality of life, saving money for taxpayers, and increasing resilience in the face of climate change, visit... […]

New Generation Farmers and the Acequia Commons Earth Matters co-producer and Gila Resources Information Project Executive Director Allyson Siwik talks about new generation farmers and the acequia commons with farmer and activist Severine von Tscharner Fleming and farmer, researcher and educator Miguel Santistevan. According to the US census, the average age of an American farmer is 58.5 years and increasing. Recruitment of the next generation of farmers is a critical […]

Join the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance’s Donna Stevens and Laura Ramnarace for a discussion of the Dakota Access Pipeline and the resistance camps. Ms Ramnarace recently returned from North Dakota’s Red Warrior Camp along the Cannonball River, where water protectors (that’s right: protectors, not protestors) are working to stop the pipeline construction before it destroys more Native Americans' sacred sites and burial grounds, as well as the groundwater that millions […]

Earth Matters co-producer and Executive Director of GRIP / Gila Resources Information Project Allyson Siwik has a conversation with her EM co-producer and New Mexico Wilderness Alliance's Silver City Grassroots Organizer Nathan Newcomer on the update of the now 30 year old Gila National Forest Plan. Earth Matters is broadcast Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday at 10am and Thursday at 8pm. Or listen at your convenience via this link... Earth Matters […]

Earth Matters co-host and director of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance Donna Stevens discusses mining and water quality issues in Grant County with Gila Resources Information Project Executive Director and Earth Matters co-host Allyson Siwik. Topics discussed include: the NM Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Sept. 28 in the appeal of the Copper Rule.  Freeport-McMoRan Inc., owner and operator of the Chino, Tyrone and Cobre mines, is having financial […]