For more than 20 years, Laura Paskus has written and produced stories about New Mexico’s rivers, including the Middle Rio Grande. Join us for a presentation and conversation about what she’s learned along the way — not just about climate change and water challenges, but about love, political courage, and connection.
New Mexico is undergoing aridification — a permanent, worsening shift in its hydrologic baseline. The state's draft Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan uses the word "drought" throughout, cites a fifty-year projection, and averts its eyes from a collapse that is happening now.