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This week on "Voices of Taos," please enjoy this repeat presentation of a conversation between Laura Martin Baseman and J.R. Logan, Taos County Forest and Watershed Health Program Manager. Logan shares how his experience at the Taos News and the LOR Foundation laid the groundwork for his current role managing natural resources through contracts with Taos Soil and Water Conservation District and Taos County.

One of the projects Logan helps coordinate is the Forest Mayordomo Program, which employs locals adjacent to Carson National Forest to thin areas at risk of severe fire. Even with good management, Logan candidly warns that Taos County will likely see a catastrophic fire in the near future. He hopes this honesty won't paralyze people with fear, but encourages them to prepare. There are a lot of things people can do to protect their homes and land, including visiting the New Mexico State Forestry website on defensible space.

On Saturday, March 7, the Del Fuego Project invites the community to an interactive evening of film, dialogue and reflection on the role of wildfires in shaping Northern New Mexico. The event will be held at the TCA from 7 to 8:30 p.m.. You can reserve your seat at tcataos.org/calendar.

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This week on “Voices of Taos,” editor Geoffrey Plant talks with Contessa Trujillo, project manager of the Cultural Treasures Project, and Jessica Stern, director of the Taos County Economic Development Department and director of the Cultural Treasures Project.

The Cultural Treasures Project is a community-led initiative that works to catalogue the places, practices, and people that define the region’s identity. Through surveys, interviews, and focus groups, community members can help to identify and preserve what makes Taos so special.

Through community engagement, the Cultural Treasures Project team is working to identify and map cultural assets, such as acequias, cultural venues, stories, lost places, language, cultural practices, art forms, and anything else that residents may find valuable to the local community. This data will then eventually be used to help create policies and educational tools to guide responsible sustainable tourism and growth, safeguarding Taos County’s unique cultural and natural heritage.

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This week on “Voices of Taos,” editor Geoffrey Plant talks to Anne-Marie Emanuelli, mindfulness and mediation teacher and founder of Mindful Frontiers, a BCorp dedicated to promoting community wellness through mindfulness. Anne-Marie also writes a monthly column for the Taos News, “Families Meditating Together,” and offers guided meditation recordings through the Insight Timer app.

Geoffrey and Anne-Marie discuss how she became interested in meditation, why she first decided to bring mindfulness into the classroom, and why using meditation and mindfulness to help us “get out of our own minds” can be so helpful in today’s world.

Anne-Marie also talks about mindfulness practitioners who have influenced her — Ram Dass and Thích Nhất Hạnh — as well as methods to help give the mind something to focus on, such as labyrinths and breathwork. Through Mindful Frontiers, Emanuelli offers both groups and individuals a variety of ways to bring mindfulness and meditation into their lives.

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