Richard Mahler

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URBAN PETROGLYPH

Sitting on a windswept escarpment over Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the Petroglyphs National Monument where carvings were etched into giant boulders centuries ago by ancestors of today’s Pueblo people. Now local developers and city officials want to put a road through the Petroglyphs. The Department of Interior, which runs the site, says such a plan […]

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New Mexico Forest Flap

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The US Green Party Thinks Locally

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Native Uranium Miners

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Mexico’s Troubled River

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Mapping out Mining Reform

The 1872 Mining Act encouraged development and growth in the American West. A century later, the same law has left a legacy of dangerously polluted mines. Reforming the law is a high priority for the Clinton Administration, but reform could mean disrupting the economy and livelihood of communities. Reporter Richard Mahler traveled to Questa, New […]

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Silence is Golden

Commentator Richard Mahler reminds us that even in the wilderness it’s hard to find peace and quiet.