John Miles

1 month ago | taosnews.com | John Miles

We who live in states with much public land should be thinking about what might happen should the Trump administration succeed in cutting land management agencies like the Forest Service, National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management so much that they cannot manage the land in their care. Would they perhaps say the lands in the care of those agencies should be sold to the highest bidder or to their friends? Might they propose management and care of public lands be privatized?

Jan 16, 2025 | taosnews.com | John Miles

A recent issue of the Taos News featured a story titled “Dawson Elk Valley Ranch conserved under Native stewardship," which reported the Dawson Valley Ranch outside Cimarron was being purchased as part of the Vermejo River Watershed Conservation Project. The purchase, as reported, involved 50,000 acres and resulted from cooperation between federal and state government and The Nature Conservancy, a fine example of public-private cooperation and partnership.

Jan 11, 2025 | santafenewmexican.com | John Miles

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Dec 7, 2024 | nationalparkstraveler.org | John Miles

The climate crisis receives much coverage these days, mostly focused on extreme weather, sea level rise, and dislocation of people by climate-related stresses like drought and wildfire. Declining polar ice and its impact on polar bears gets some coverage, bringing the Arctic into the story, but few of us understand the scope of the impact climate change is having above the Arctic Circle or why we should be concerned about what is happening up there.

Nov 30, 2024 | nationalparkstraveler.org | John Miles

Dead pool on the Colorado River is defined as the level of Lake Powell behind Glen Canyon Dam when the lowest tunnels on the dam allowing water to be released into the Grand Canyon would be above the reservoir level and part of the reservoir would remain, a stagnant pool.