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Climate change is causing higher temperatures and drier conditions for Silver City and the Southwest. Earth Matters co-producer Allyson Siwik of Gila Resources Information Project hosts this week's program with Nick Sussillo - Director of the Town of Silver City Office of Sustainability - in which they discuss the predicted impacts of climate change in our area and how the Office of Sustainability has stepped up to the challenge of […]
As we wind down the year it provides an opportunity to reflect on the issues, challenges and accomplishments of 2012 and plan for the new year as well. This week's program continues the Earth Matters 2012 Year in Review with the three co-producers and rotating program hosts - Donna Stevens, Executive Director of Upper Gila Watershed Alliance, Kim McCreery, Silver City Regional Director and Allyson Siwik, Executive Director of Gila […]
As we wind down the year it provides an opportunity to reflect on the issues, challenges and accomplishments of 2012 and plan for the new year as well. In this week's program, our three co-producers and rotating program hosts - Donna Stevens, Executive Director of Upper Gila Watershed Alliance, Kim McCreery, Silver City Regional Director and Allyson Siwik, Executive Director of Gila Resources Information Project - summarize their accomplishments in […]
Citizen Science in Grant County with Sharman Apt Russell and Claire Catlett Citizen science is scientific research conducted, in whole or in part, by amateur or nonprofessional scientists. Citizen science is a big grassroots movement and it’s happening in communities across the country. It's a way to increase the amount of available information on a particular scientific issue, build scientific literacy and community awareness of an issue, and in the […]
This week's program is hosted by Donna Stevens - Executive Director of Upper Gila Watershed Alliance - and her guest is retired public health nurse Torie Grass. They discuss the elephant in the room - Population - which seems to be such a hot button issue that even some environmental groups are reticent to broach the subject. As Torie points out, it's about more than numbers and affects humanity in […]
Earth Matters co-producer, Dr Kim McCreery - NM Wild Regional Director/Staff Scientist - is the host of this week's program featuring Las Cruces City Council member Gill Sorg and Lucas Herndon - Executive Director of Friends of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks. They will be discussing the Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument Proposal, the scope and purpose the purpose of the monument, the economic advantages it will bring, the assurances for […]
This weeks installment addresses treading lightly on the earth featuring Joe Saenz - Native American owner and operator of Wolf Horse Outfitters, and member of the Apache Red Paint Tribal Council and Mountain Horse Singers. Dr Kim McCreery - co-producer of Earth Matters and Regional Director/Staff Scientist of New Mexico Wilderness Alliance - hosts this weeks program and they discuss the sacred Apache connection to the land, the wild Gila, […]
A Panel Discussion on Biodiversity Loss in the Southwest Silco Theater / Tuesday 13 November 2012 Please note - the panel ran longer than the allotted one hour so the regularly scheduled version was shortened. The full length version is posted at the link below. The impact of humanity on the earth's diverse flora and fauna has been significant. Scientists estimate that 5 - 20% of species in many groups […]
This week’s installment of Earth Matters features Kathy Whiteman, director of Western New Mexico University’s Outdoor Program, and the former Executive Director of Gila Conservation Education Center, interviewed by Donna Stevens, co-producer of Earth Matters and Executive Director of Upper Gila Watershed Alliance. Dr Whiteman and Ms Stevens discuss ecological literacy, and how TV nature shows are raising a generation of children who can recite factoids about rainforest animals they […]
