New study raises questions about effectiveness of wolf hunting as a tool to help ranchers One of the goals of controversial wolf hunts in the Western U.S. is to help reduce the burden on ranchers, who lose livestock to wolves every year. A new study finds that those hunts have had a measurable, but small effect on livestock depredations.

One of the goals of controversial wolf hunts in the Western U.S. is to help reduce the burden on ranchers, who lose livestock to wolves every year. A new study finds that those hunts have had a measurable, but small effect on livestock depredations.

New nuclear cores? Existing stockpile is enough, experts argue A newly released report from the Union of Concerned Scientists argues for reusing existing nuclear weapon cores from decommissioned weaponry to lower costs amid rising global nuclear tensions.

Thanks to @brycedix.bsky.social at KUNM for covering the recent report release on plutonium pit production from @ucs.org.

Insects and climate change are killing New Mexico’s trees A new state report out this week finds conifer tree deaths – including iconic species like the Ponderosa and Pinyon pine – doubled in New Mexico’s forests last year.

You can read more here:

This week, the state released a report showing where drought, disease, and pests are killing trees in #NewMexico forests.

I mapped the past few years of data and there's a couple pests -- like the Western Spruce Budworm -- that do some serious damage. #NMwx #NMwater #PublicLands

Vanishing river, vanishing minnow: An audio postcard from the Rio Grande In New Mexico, spring is a time of rebirth, with wildflowers blooming across the high desert, cottonwoods beginning to bud, and snowmelt cascading from the mountains. It’s also a critical season for f...

I stood in the Rio Grande for hours to bring you a once-a-year experience where biologists rush to the river to collect silvery minnow eggs amid dangerously dry conditions — threatening the species.

I got a nasty sunburn, so I expect you to listen:

A newly released report from the Center for Biological Diversity shows cattle have done significant damage to New Mexico’s stream side habitat.

I decided to map what the Gila National Forest looked like in 2024 and it doesn’t look too good.
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KUNM News Host Nash Jones steps down, will join NMPBS KUNM is bidding farewell to All Things Considered Host Nash Jones. KUNM's Bryce Dix sat down with Nash to discuss their years at the station and their move to NMPBS, where they're set to take the anch...

"I carry Hannah's memory in how I approach my work every single day and the lessons that I learned from her as a mentor in this work."

How federal cuts threaten small town economies and elevate fire risks As the Southwest heads into peak fire season, the Trump Administration’s cuts to federal agencies are set to hit some local recreational economies hard – especially as conditions ripen for wildfire.

As the Southwest heads into peak fire season, I’ve been mulling over the Trump Administration’s cuts to federal agencies — and it turns out, they are set to hit some local recreational economies hard, especially as conditions ripen for wildfire.

Bipartisan wildfire preparedness bill takes stab at looming insurance crisis On Tuesday, lawmakers on the Senate Conservation Committee unanimously advanced a bill that takes aim at skyrocketing premiums or policy cancellations by proactively planning for future fires.

Lots in the news about climate-supercharged wildfires and how they are fundamentally changing the insurance landscape across the Southwest.

New Mexico lawmakers are trying to get ahead of the crisis:

Lawmakers will try once more to pass a ‘Green Amendment’ to the New Mexico constitution If the resolution is approved by legislators, New Mexicans will have their chance to vote on it in the next election cycle.

From KUNM's own @brycedix.bsky.social www.kunm.org/local-news/2...

'Our Land' host Laura Paskus to leave NMPBS Laura Paskus, the host of Our Land: New Mexico's Environmental Past, Present and Future, will leave New Mexico PBS at the end of January.

Sad to see Laura Paskus leave NMPBS but excited to see what she does next. Thanks @brycedix.bsky.social www.kunm.org/local-news/2...