Earth Matters

As we find ourselves immersed in a partial government shutdown, in the midst of a presidential meltdown, and a radical change of facts on the ground as the political landscape shifts at the state and national levels, Earth Matters, co-producer and UGWA / Upper Gila Watershed Alliance Executive Director Donna Stevens convenes a gathering of all the co-producers of Earth Matters to review the events of this past very tumultuous […]

This week on Earth Matters, co-producer and Gila Resources Information Project executive director Allyson Siwik talks with New Mexico Political Report’s Laura Paskus about her career as an environmental reporter and the outlook for New Mexico's environment and water resources under governor-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham. As an environment reporter for New Mexico Political Report and a litany of state and national publications, Laura Paskus has been writing about New Mexico’s […]

This week on Earth Matters, Kevin Bixby interviews Brandon Basino with a group named CAVU and its UnEarthed multimedia project taking an in-depth look at the oil and gas industry in New Mexico. For additional info on the project, visit CAVU Earth Matters is broadcast Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday at 10am and Thursday at 8pm. Or listen at your convenience via this link... Earth Matters / CAVU

This week on Earth Matters, Donna Stevens interviews Josh Hicks, Assistant Director of the National Forest Action Center of  The Wilderness Society on the current wave of assaults on our National Forests via the Farm Bill and other avenues. For additional info on these and other conservation issues, visit The Wilderness Society Earth Matters is broadcast Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday at 10am and Thursday at 8pm. Or listen at your convenience […]

This week on Earth Matters, Nathan Newcomer of the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance has a conversation with Chris Moeller of Open Sky Wilderness Therapy, to discuss his experiences as a Program Mentor and Field Guide working to intervene in the lives of at-risk adolescents and young adults. Open Sky Wilderness Therapy transcends traditional wilderness therapy by delivering an experience greater than the sum of its parts: treatment for the whole family, a powerful and transformative […]

This week on Earth Matters, Allyson Siwik, Audubon NM's Beth Bardwell, and Western Resource Advocates' Jorge Figueroa discuss their recently released report on water conservation and efficiency measures for Deming as an alternative to importing water from the Gila River. Since the Arizona Water Settlements Act was passed in 2004, southwest New Mexico has been engaged in a debate about how to build long-term water security for the region -- […]

Holloman Air Force Base is proposing to conduct military training missions over the Gila Wilderness, Gila National Forest, Silver City, and surrounding rural communities. Join Donna Stevens of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance as she talks with local activists Jesse Franklin-Owens, Cissy McAndrew, Peter Russell, and Todd Schulke about Holloman’s proposal, including noise, economic impacts of trainings, public safety threat, and loss of quality of life amenities in southwest New […]

On this week's Earth Matters, we welcome our recent addition to the Earth Matters production team, Kevin Bixby, interviewing herpetologist, rattlesnake wrangler, and all around snake guy, Frank Bryce, along with a special guest... Mr Diamond Back Rattler!  If you listen carefully, you'll hear him announcing his presence as a running commentary during the show - from within his very secure cage. Frank has plenty of experience in this having served […]

Earth Matters co-producer and Upper Gila Watershed Alliance Executive Director Donna Stevens engages a broad ranging discussion with a cast of, well, several on things that you need to know about including... The perils of prescription drugs winding up in our water supplies, Potential overdose OR underdose of expired prescription drugs, AND, flat out abuse of prescription drugs for fun and profit, The decision of the NM Supreme Court on […]