KGLP Podcasts

Sax man Artie Black performs in Gallup with On Call Jazz & Red Rock Strings 5/12-5/14/17

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Bill Krzymowski of Gallup's Red Rock String Ensemble, and Artie Black, a Chicago-based saxophonist who is performing in Gallup with On Call Jazz Friday, May 12, 2017 @ 7pm in Angela's Cafe, at the Gallup Amtrak station, and then on Sunday, Mother's Day, May 14, 2017, with the Red Rock String Ensemble at First United Methodist Church.

http://artieblack.com/home

 

Gallup resident recounts the April 29, 2017 Climate March

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Rick Kruis about his participation in the Climate March on April 29th, and about efforts to interest Congress in an alternative to the Carbon Tax that both conservatives and progressives might back.

https://peoplesclimate.org/

El Morro Theatre stages Reduced Shakepeare Company satires 5/5 thru 5/14/17

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub visits the cast and crew from the productions of two Reduced Shakespeare Company-originated to be staged May 5 through May 14, 2017:

The Complete History of America (Abridged) at El Morro Theatre:
7pm May 5th and May 6th
2pm & 6:30pm May 7th
7pm Encore May 13th during Arts Crawl

The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) at El Morro Theatre:
7pm May 12th
5pm May 13th
2pm & 6:30pm May 14th

All tickets $5 (Kids 12 & under free)

Gallup Habitat for Humanity seeks expert volunteers and board

KGLP Station Manager speaks with Bill Bright, of Habitat for Humanity, discussing ongoing needs for volunteers with various expertise and those willing to attend training in order to help with the paperwork, technical aspects, and other tasks involved with building new homes for low-income families in the Gallup, New Mexico area.

More details on Habitat Gallup may be found at:

http://www.habitatgallup.org/

Herbert Joe discusses Seniors Art Exhibition at Gallup Library 5/5/17

Artists Herbert Joe speaks with KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub about how his art reflects his upbringing.  Mr. Joe's work is included in a Coyote Canyon Rehabilitation Center – Art Exhibition at Gallup's Octavia Fellin Public Library during the month of May, 2017, with a reception taking place on Friday, May 5th, from 4 until 6pm.

Coyote Canyon Rehabilitation Center – Art Exhibition

Throughout May residents of the Coyote Canyon Rehabilitation Center will display their works of art in the library. On Friday May 5^th from 4pm to 6pm, there will be an opening reception to welcome the artists and their art.

CCRC was established in 1972 for individuals on the Navajo Nation with disabilities. The Arts Program was created in September 2001, and provides training in several art mediums such as silversmithing, photography, bead making, painting, and weaving. This art program is designed to be a long term opportunity to provide art training to Native American adults with developmental disabilities and give them opportunities to display their artwork. One student has his artwork displayed for sale in the Southwest Indian Foundation catalog. The art department also travels to various shows and events throughout the year with the students promoting their creations.

 

Be Sargent and Nani Chacon talk murals 4/22/17 in Gallup, NM

Southwestern Muralists Be Sargent and Nani Chacon talk about the art and process of murals on April 22, 2017 at OPO Gallery, in Gallup, NM.

Be Sargent's website:

https://www.besargent.com/

Nani Chacon's website:

http://www.nanichacon.com/

OPO Gallery:

https://www.facebook.com/OPO-1133002180076387/

Nani Chacon Washington Middle School Mural:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10F0U3nnBbU

 

Christopher Dyer, PhD, on Health, Environment, and Water

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Dr. Christopher Dyer, CEO of the University of New Mexico Gallup branch campus in Gallup, New Mexico, about health, environment, and water, as it affects the Southwest, other parts of the U.S., and the world.

Christopher Dyer

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

	http://www.gallup.unm.edu/main/directory/profile.php?emp=205

• Ph.D. Arizona State University, May 1990: Anthropology
• M.A. Arizona State University, December 1986: Anthropology
• M.S. University of Alabama, May 1983: Biology
• B.A. University of Arizona, December 1976: Anthropology
• B.S. University of Arizona , September 1976: Fishery Biology

Email: cdyer@unm.edu

 

Effects of proposed Mexico-US border wall-Defenders of Wildlife 4/7/17

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub and UNM-Gallup Middle College High School Student Adam Rutherford speak with Bryan Bird, Southwest Program Director with Defenders of Wildlife, about the proposed wall planned along the border between Mexico and the United States by the Trump administration, and likely detrimental effects on the ecosystem and wildlife of the borderlands, adding to the controversy around the proposal.

Mr. Bird, Southwest Program Director with Defenders of Wildlife, has spent 23 years working on wildlife conservation from protecting and restoring public lands to preserving wilderness and biodiversity across the Southwest. Bryan directs Defenders' efforts to protect imperiled wildlife, maintain and enhance vital wildlife habitat for imperiled species, such as Mexican gray wolves, jaguars, desert tortoises and California condors, in the face of a changing climate, drought, and increasing development. Bryan has expertise in conservation of forests, riparian ecosystems and rare species habitats. He has worked to restore Mexican gray wolves in the Sky Islands-Greater Gila Bioregion of New Mexico and Arizona for over a decade. Bryan holds a M.S. in Biology from New Mexico State University and a B.S. in Biology, from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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The Mexico Border Wall—What Does it Mean for Wildlife & Natural Resources in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas?

WASHINGTON (April 3, 2017) – The proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall follows decades of binational collaboration and investment in conservation of our shared landscapes. While being built to stop people from illegally crossing the U.S. and Mexican border, the wall will do more to prevent wildlife and not humans from migrating. In addition to the effects on human communities, the wall will harm a diversity of wildlife and vast expanses of pristine wildlands and waterways, including critical wildlife movement corridors. Harm will be amplified by wall-related infrastructure and activities including alteration of water flows in streambeds and floodplains, construction, improvement and maintenance of border patrol roads, camps and facilities, removal of vegetation, and traffic from patrols.

The Southwest’s landscapes are as diverse as the wildlife that call the region home. The U.S. border contains desert, wetlands, grasslands, rivers, mountains and forests. It’s important to protect these landscapes and waters so that they can continue to support abundant, diverse wildlife. All species play an important role in the ecosystem, and without one present, the health of the ecosystem deteriorates. This has major implications for public health – from recreational opportunities to drinking water quality.

Maintaining connected habitats is especially important for imperiled species struggling to survive in the face of multiple and cumulative threats such as the ocelot, Mexican gray wolf, jaguar and Sonoran pronghorn. For some species, the wall will completely block the regularly traveled paths through the landscape that wildlife has depended on for centuries. If the wall fragments populations and prevents animals from reaching necessary habitat, exchange genes between populations, and/or reach vital food sources, these species are unlikely to remain healthy and contribute to their ecological landscapes.

There are several scientific and conservation-minded solutions to extending the wall, including virtual fencing and wildlife-friendly vehicle barriers that are passable only to wildlife. There are also short-term measures that can be taken to support wildlife on America’s borders such as increased funding for environmental protection, improved environmental training for Border Patrol agents, and greater commitment to existing environmental laws. Protection of the irreplaceable parks, refuges, forests and wilderness areas and the intricate web of life that depends on them should be a central and fundamental consideration of border security.

What is the connection between protecting public lands and endangered species recovery? And how would the border wall affect this important relationship?

With scientists declaring a sixth mass extinction, how will the border wall affect endangered species on the brink of vanishing?

What three places along the border are most critical for endangered species?

The following are State-specific concerns and affected endangered animal species from Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas:

· In Arizona, the border wall significantly affects the Sonoran Desert, home to endangered Sonoran pronghorn, cactus ferruginous pygmy owls and desert tortoises, and the world-renowned Sky Islands, so named for the “islands” of forested habitat rising out of a “sea” of surrounding desert and grasslands. The Sky Islands are among the most diverse ecosystems in the world, supporting well over half the bird species of North America, 29 bat species, 104 species of mammals and over 3,000 species of plants. Jaguar, ocelot, Mexican gray wolf, cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, Sonoran pronghorn antelope, Mojave desert tortoise, black bear, cougar, desert mule deer, southwest willow flycatcher, yellow-billed cuckoo, desert fishes.

· In California, any extension of the border wall would bisect the Tijuana River that meanders through the locally protected Marron Valley in San Diego County and the federally protected Jacumba Wilderness Area. This would cut off important migration routes for the highly endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep, devastating Peninsular bighorn sheep recovery efforts. Peninsular bighorn sheep, Mojave desert tortoise, black bear, cougar, desert mule deer, southwest willow flycatcher, yellow-billed cuckoo, desert fishes.

· In New Mexico, important wildlife habitats are found in the state’s ‘boot heel,’ a mosaic of public and private lands largely managed for conservation. There are also expansive U.S. Forest Service lands in the state that are critical for jaguar movement between the U.S. and Mexico. Jaguar, Mexican gray wolf, black bear, cougar, desert mule deer, American bison, southwest willow flycatcher, and black-tailed prairie dog, yellow-billed cuckoo, desert fishes.

· In Texas, walls and barriers block people and animals from access to the Rio Grande River, an iconic and vital water source for communities and wildlife alike. Rising as a clear, snow-fed mountain stream more than 12,000 feet above sea level in the Rocky Mountains, the Rio Grande descends across steppes and deserts, watering rich agricultural regions as it flows on its way to the Gulf of Mexico. Ocelot, jaguarundi, sea turtles, manatee, yellow-billed cuckoo, desert fishes.

· AP reported that the Government Accountability Office estimates it would cost on average $6.5 million a mile for a fence to keep out people who try to enter on foot and $1.8 million a mile for vehicle barriers. There are currently 354 miles of pedestrian fencing and 300 miles of vehicle barriers.

· Reuters reported that an internal report from the Department of Homeland Security estimated the cost of the wall to be $21.6 billion and that it would take three and a half years to build.

How will Defenders be involved? Defenders of Wildlife’s long term strategy will employ science and reason to persuade those responsible for border security to avoid further wall or fence construction altogether or at very least avoid and mitigate any impacts on wildlife and the habitat we share with our international neighbors. This strategy will include gathering and synthesizing the most current scientific research on effects of border security infrastructure on wildlife and updating Defenders’ 2006 report, On The Line. We will work with allies to convene an advisory committee of scientific experts to convince Homeland Security Department, Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol to seek solutions that won’t drive wildlife to extinction.

Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities. With more than 1.2 million members and activists, Defenders of Wildlife is a leading advocate for innovative solutions to safeguard our wildlife heritage for generations to come. For more information, visit www.defenders.org/newsroom and follow us on Twitter @DefendersNews.

Indigenous people whose land includes parts of Mexico and Arizona are unable to access resources due to border restrictions:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tohono_O'odham

Native Architect David Sloan speech at UNM-Gallup 4/4/17

Renowned Native architect and University of New Mexico (UNM) alumnus, David Sloan, spoke at the UNM-Gallup branch campus on April 4, 2017.

Mr. Sloan was born in Rehoboth on February 13, 1949, into the Toaheedliinii (Water Flows Together) clan from the Chaco Canyon-Lake Valley community in northwest New Mexico. He graduated with a BFA, majoring in Architecture from the University of New Mexico in the spring of 1975. Mr. Sloan believes that while our cultures are diverse —with different languages, customs, art, and architecture — we share many common visions, values and history.

Navajo Housing Authority Media Site Visit 02/23/17 - Morning Prayer

On February 23, 2017, KGLP and other media representatives attended a Navajo Housing Authority (NHA) media site visit to outline the organization's reform efforts and to highlight the impact of the five-year expenditure plan.

This segment features a prayer from Roberta Roberts to start the meeting.

The visit included a tour of current and past projects in Fort Defiance, AZ; Navajo, NM; and Window Rock, AZ; including meetings and interviews with current tenants and home buyers, and a visit to a housing provider receiving NHA funds.

More information is available at http://www.navajohousingauthority.org/

or at the NHA Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/NavajoHousingAuthority