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Welcome to Earth Matters and Part Two of the public hearing on the proposed Organ Mountains / Desert Peaks National Monument. Nathan Newcomer - NM Wilderness Alliance Grassroots Organizer for the Gila Region - attended this public hearing in Las Cruces on Friday 21 January 2014. As you can see, there was a capacity+ turnout and in response to Interior Secretary Jewell's request for a show of hands, "the majority […]
Earth Matters continues its coverage of the 2014 NM Legislature with host Allyson Siwik in Santa Fe once again to interview NM State Senator Howie Morales, Molly Brook of Conservation Voters of NM, Dan Lormer, lobbbyist for the Sierra Club and last but not least our local chapter of NM Wild Friends from Guadalupe Montessori School here in Silver City who traveled to the Round House to testify in support […]
Welcome to Earth Matters. Nathan Newcomer is your host this week and he attended the recent public meeting regarding the proposed Organ Mountains / Desert Peaks National Monument. The meeting took place in Las Cruces, NM and the organizers were US Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich who were joined by US Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and a range of stakeholders in a town hall style meeting that included comments […]
This week’s program features a live press conference called by Santa Fe Senator Peter Wirth to discuss New Mexico water policy and hear from stakeholders throughout the state. It also discusses his bills – SB 89 and SB90, both of which are cosponsored by Silver City Senator Howie Morales. Silver City resident Cissy McAndrew – executive director of the SW chapter of the Green Chamber of Commerce – also voiced […]
Welcome to Earth Matters. This week's show features a preview of the 2014 NM Legislative Session with Sierra Club lobbyist, Dan Lormer and Todd Schulke of the Center for Biological Diversity. Allyson Siwik / Executive Director of both Gila Resources Information Project and Gila Conservation Coalition is your host This even-yeared session will last only 30 days and be focused primarily on budget issues but that doesn't mean that contending […]
Welcome to Earth Matters. This week's installment presents a preview of the major environmental issues and events for 2014 and features the three producers of Earth Matters - Allyson Siwik / Executive Director of both Gila Resources Information Project and Gila Conservation Coalition Donna Stevens / Executive Director of Upper Gila Watershed Alliance and Nathan Newcomer / Gila Grassroots Organizer for the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance In the coming year, […]
575.388.2988 This week's edition of Earth Matters, Allyson Siwik interviews Alicia Edwards, Executive Director of The Volunteer Center on Hunger and Food Security in Grant County. It’s shocking to learn that in our country – the richest nation in the world – millions of people do not have enough to eat. 1 in 5 kids in America – 16 million children ---live in families that struggle to put food on the […]
In this week’s edition of Earth Matters we will listen in on a panel discussion presented at the Gila River Festival on the topic of Local Climate Adaptation Goals and Action. There’s no denying that climate change is the challenge of our times. But it’s not all gloom and doom. There are actions we can take as a community to mitigate the expected changes. Sociology professor Emma Bailey will set […]
In this week’s edition of Earth Matters Nathan Newcomer interviews Judy Calman - staff attorney for New Mexico Wilderness Alliance. They discuss her work on the Department of Justice's "McKittrick Policy" under which the DoJ has essentially refused to prosecute those that have shot and killed wolves or other endangered species. In a first for the Wilderness Alliance, the are bringing suit - along with Wild Earth Guardians - against […]
