From Our Friends at the New Mexico Acequia Association PLEASE DO THIS SURVEY! Dear Farmers and Growers, Due to the COVID-19 crisis, we have heard from many small farmers that they are having difficulty ordering seeds. Seed companies are apparently passing over small orders to accommodate commercial growers.... Read More
Work Hard, Play Hard and Learn! The Taos Land Trust is now accepting applications for our 2020 Youth Conservation Corps program. This is the third year we’ve hosted local youth for paid full-time work and educational programming here in Taos, New Mexico. This year’s program will run from June 1... Read More
Later this week, one of the American astronauts aboard the International Space Station will return to Earth after many months in space. When asked yesterday in an interview how she feels about coming back to a planet wracked by climate change, a deadly pandemic, and a host of other painful... Read More
HAPPY EARTH DAY!!! What is solutions-oriented environmental journalism and how do journalists make complex science accessible to the public? Host Jim O’Donnell talks with Todd Reubold publisher and co-founder of Ensia Media (ensia.com/) about journalism, climate change, story-telling and COVID19. This episode was recorded at the studios of Taos Sound and... Read More
By Kristina Ortez and Jim O’Donnell We Taoseños are lucky. Our little town is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of public land. We are rich in nature. Trails abound, empty spaces await, social distancing is easy in our neck of the woods. And yet there you are, in... Read More
The Taos Land Trust (TLT) and Not Forgotten Outreach (NFO) have permanently protected nearly 24 acres of open space and agricultural land in the center of the Town of Taos. The conservation easement, announced today, will preserve scenic open space and valuable irrigated agricultural land and wildlife habitat while offering... Read More