People, Plants, and Pollinators - March Edition

People, Plants, and Pollinators - March Edition

From The Garden Journal by Alexa Bradford, Kaitlin Haase, Lissa Johnson, Nina Rosenburg

March 21, 2026 · 29 min

About this episode

Kaitlin Haase interviews Janie Chodosh about the Wild Friends civics education program and its impact on wildlife conservation legislation in New Mexico.

This episode's guest is Janie Chodosh, Educator with the Wild Friends Program at the UNM School of Law. Janie and host Kaitlin will discuss the Wild Friends civics education program offered to public schools in New Mexico, the amazing students and teachers who participate, and the recent and past wildlife conservation legislation this program has supported in the New Mexico state legislature. wildfriends.unm.edu

People in this episode

Host: Kaitlin Haase

Guest: Janie Chodosh

Topics covered

  • civics education
  • wildlife conservation
  • public schools
  • New Mexico
  • student engagement

Keywords

  • Wild Friends
  • civics education
  • wildlife conservation
  • New Mexico
  • public schools
  • students
  • legislation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wild Friends Program, UNM School of Law

Places: New Mexico

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