Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this episode of Indigenously Positive, reporter Bella Davis visits the Mescalero Apache reservation to learn how high school students are creating wildfire and flood sensors to protect their community from natural disasters. Indigenously Positive is a collaborative series from NMPBS and nonprofit newsroom New Mexico In Depth telling joyful stories from Native communities around our state.
Read more about the students’ work at https://nmindepth.com.
This episode was supported by the Indigenous Journalists Association and the Solutions Journalism Network through the Climate Beacon Newsroom Initiative Indigenous Climate Solutions Cohort.
Credits:
Host / Producer: Bella Davis (Yurok)
Director / Producer: Benjamin C Yazza (Diné)
Music: LUNAREH - Waterfall PSMGMTJ4YQZIOGOX
Strength to Last - Gridline Getaway HNOCBUCAFVN66TRG
Issac Joel - Cabbage Parachute TAO0MFSXR0US2U76
Guests:
Cody Rice, Mescalero Apache School junior
Anavay Wheeler, Mescalero Apache School junior
Audrina Reynold, Mescalero Apache School sophomore
Hendrick Aldava, Mescalero Apache School junior
Nate Raynor, Mescalero Apache School STEM director
East Padilla, Mescalero Apache Tribe Division of Resource Management and Protection employee
John Salazar, Mescalero Tribal Fish Hatchery supervisor
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In this episode of Indigenously Positive, reporter Bella Davis visits the Mescalero Apache reservation to learn how high school students are creating wildfire and flood sensors to protect their community from natural disasters. Indigenously Positive is a collaborative series from NMPBS and nonprofit newsroom New Mexico In Depth telling joyful stories from Native communities around our state.
Read more about the students’ work at https://nmindepth.com.
This episode was supported by the Indigenous Journalists Association and the Solutions Journalism Network through the Climate Beacon Newsroom Initiative Indigenous Climate Solutions Cohort.
Credits:
Host / Producer: Bella Davis (Yurok)
Director / Producer: Benjamin C Yazza (Diné)
Music: LUNAREH - Waterfall PSMGMTJ4YQZIOGOX
Strength to Last - Gridline Getaway HNOCBUCAFVN66TRG
Issac Joel - Cabbage Parachute TAO0MFSXR0US2U76
Guests:
Cody Rice, Mescalero Apache School junior
Anavay Wheeler, Mescalero Apache School junior
Audrina Reynold, Mescalero Apache School sophomore
Hendrick Aldava, Mescalero Apache School junior
Nate Raynor, Mescalero Apache School STEM director
East Padilla, Mescalero Apache Tribe Division of Resource Management and Protection employee
John Salazar, Mescalero Tribal Fish Hatchery supervisor
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This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support NMPBS: bit.ly/nmpbs-donate
Subscribe to the New Mexico in Focus channel for more clips: youtube.com/@nminfocus
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