To understand how two recent bills passed by the Albuquerque City Council will thwart efforts by South Valley neighborhoods to protect themselves and others from pollution, I sat down with…

Last week, the Albuquerque City Council passed two bills from Councilor Dan Lewis. One abolished the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board; the other established a moratorium on air quality…

“We can’t solve a problem unless we can name it. Name the problems. Talk about them. Seek solutions.”  That advice, from former New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission Director Norman Gaume,…

“I like to call [the Gila River] a reference river, a place that we can come and learn how rivers used to work before they were dammed and over-diverted and…

More than four years ago, the Our Land crew visited the Gila River to report on plans to divert water from the upper reaches of the river. This diversion was…