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Our Land: Santa Ana Pueblo Habitat Restoration, and District 7 and 9 ABQ City Council Race (2017-09-08)
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This week’s New Mexico in Focus features September’s segment in the series “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present, and Future.” This month highlights wildlife and habitat restoration on the Santa Ana Pueblo. The tribe has already undertaken riparian restoration along the Rio Grande and Jemez River and reintroduced culturally significant species. They're also studying predators like bears and cougars and expanding habitat restoration projects to new areas. Correspondent Laura Paskus looks at the significance of these efforts for both tribal members and surrounding communities and ecosystems. Correspondent Megan Kamerick sits down with the candidates in district 7 and district 9 in this year’s city council races in Albuquerque. NMiF host Gene Grant and the Line Panelists look at New Mexicans’ reaction to President Trump’s decision to rescind DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. They also discuss why New Mexico still tops the nation in reliance on private prisons and look at reasons behind planned protests at this week’s Entrada re-enactment in Santa Fe. Guests: Gene Grant (Host), Megan Kamerick (NMiF Correspondent), Laura Paskus (NMiF Correspondent),…
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KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, New Mexico in Focus, Santa Ana Pueblo, Rio Grande, Jemez River, Albuquerque City Council, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, private prisons, Entrada re-enactment, Santa Fe, Gene Grant, Laura Paskus, Megan Kamerick, Diane Gibson, Eric L. Lucero, Don Harris, Paul Ryan McKenney, Byron Powdrell, Lonna Atkeson, Serge Martinez, Laura Sanchez-Rivet, Julie Ann Grimm, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, McCune Charitable Foundation, KNME-TV, University of New Mexico, wildlife habitat restoration
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