Earth Matters

This week’s edition of Earth Matters features the keynote speaker for the 12th Annual Gila River Festival – Audrey Peterman. Audrey Peterman is the author of Our True Nature: Finding a Zest for Life in the National Park System and, with her husband Frank Peterman, of Legacy on the Land: A Black Couple Discovers Our National Inheritance and Tells Why Every American Should Care. For 20 years, Audrey Peterman has […]

This week’s edition of Earth Matters features the highlights of the 12th Annual Gila River Festival, September 22-25, 2016. Earth Matters co-hosts and festival organizers Allyson Siwik of the Gila Conservation Coalition and Donna Stevens of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance discuss the purpose and origin of the festival, this year’s speakers and presentations, field trips, brunch, and Gila River Extravaganza.  Tune in for a sneak preview of the Gila […]

In this week’s edition of Earth Matters, co-producer and Gila Conservation Coalition  executive director Allyson Siwik interviews Todd Schulke from the Center for Biological Diversity on the latest developments regarding the proposed AWSA / NM CAP Entity diversion of the Gila River. Earth Matters is broadcast Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday at 10am and Thursday at 8pm. Or listen at your convenience via this link... Earth Matters / Todd Schulke

In this week’s edition of Earth Matters, co-producer and New Mexico Wilderness Alliance Gila Grassroots Organizer, Nathan Newcomer interviews Jason Amaro from Trout Unlimited. They discuss the importance of conserving cold water fisheries, recovery efforts of the native Gila trout, the latest on the Gila River diversion, U.S. Forest Service planning, and the importance of protecting of pubic lands. Follow this link to learn more about Trout Unlimited. Trout Unlimited – Conserving coldwater fisheries A […]

This week’s edition of Earth Matters features Michael Robinson, Conservation Advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity, discussing two highly endangered Southwestern mammals, Mexican gray wolves and jaguars. Donna Stevens, Executive Director of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance, asks Michael about the latest developments, both good and bad, in the Mexican gray wolf recovery program. Robinson gives an update on jaguar recovery and talks about how the US/Mexico border wall […]

Earth Matters co-producer and Gila Resources Information Project executive director Allyson Siwik talks with Ron Troy - Southern New Mexico Project Manager with the New Mexico Land Conservancy. As our global population continues on its unsustainable trajectory to 11 billion people by the end of the century, huge pressure is put on our natural resources to meet the demands for food, fiber, and fuel. This trend has enormous consequences for […]

Donna Stevens, Executive Director of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance, talks with climate activists Debaura James and Ben Kieler about the "KING" / Keep It in the Ground and Break Free from Fossil Fuels movements. Activists worldwide are working to keep the remaining fossil fuels buried in the ground where they cannot further exacerbate climate change.  Dirty energy, renewable energy, climate disruption, global activism, environmental (in)justice: all are topics discussed […]

Earth Matters co-producer and Gila Resources Information Project director Allyson Siwik talks to Van Clothier and Claire Catlett of Stream Dynamics about restoration work on San Vicente Creek under the Hudson Street Bridge. Stream Dynamics, a local company that specializes in riparian and wetland restoration, was awarded a contract with the NM Department of Transportation to restore the creek now that the new bridge is finished.  Using other funding, the company is […]

Earth Matters co-producer and Gila Resources Information Project director Allyson Siwik talks to Lone Mountain Natives co-owner Tricia Hurley about pollinators - butterflies, hummingbirds, bats, beetles, flies and other insects that help pollinate over 75% of our flowering plants and nearly 75% of our crops.  Without these animals, we wouldn’t have many fruits, vegetables and nuts - nor much chocolate or  coffee - all of which rely on pollinators. Habitat loss, pesticide […]