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    Month: June 2015

    Strenuous hike to Pecos Baldy Lake

    Hike to Pecos Baldy

    Strenuous hike to Pecos Baldy Lake, with optional summit of East Pecos Baldy. Early start from Eldorado, long day, 16 miles, plus another mile to summit, 2600 or 3800-foot gain.  Limit 8, 2 dogs. Contact Dag Ryen at 466-4063 by

    combatbutter June 30, 2015July 9, 2019 Events, Northern New Mexico Group, Outings Read more

    ‘Save the Bag’ comes to Los Alamos

    Photo of a plastic bag as trash for the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter website

    If you have read comments in the Los Alamos Monitor, Los Alamos Daily Post, or savethebaglosalamos.blogspot.com, you have seen that well-meaning people are either uninformed, misinformed, or have been activated by the American Chemical Association (ACA) to fight a ban

    Backup Administrator June 28, 2015March 28, 2026 Land, Latest News, Pajarito Group, Zero Waste Read more

    Thank you, Margot Wilson!

    Photo of Margot Wilson

    We wish Margot Wilson a relaxing and rewarding retirement! From forest-restoration projects to travel management plans to injudicious mining proposals to State Game Commission meetings, Margot Wilson has advocated for the outdoors, our wildlife, our water and our natural landscapes

    combatbutter June 28, 2015July 9, 2019 Around the Chapter, Latest News, Southern New Mexico Group, Wildlife Read more

    Sunshine on the Gila River process

    Gila River, photo by Alan Stark

    Allyson Siwik, Chapter Executive Committee Gila Resources Information Project As the dust settles on the 2015 legislative session, I’m heartened by many of our state senators who voted to hold the Interstate Stream Commission (ISC) accountable for its misguided and

    Backup Administrator June 28, 2015July 9, 2019 Latest News, Southern New Mexico Group, Water Read more

    The importance of the Pecos

    Nambé Lake in the Pecos

    Norma McCallan, Chapter Vice Chair The 223,637 acres of the Pecos Wilderness, which straddles the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, have long been a key destination for locals and visitors alike, to hike, backpack, birdwatch, climb, fish, ride horses, take photos, hunt, or just

    combatbutter June 28, 2015September 3, 2015 Land, Latest News, Northern New Mexico Group Read more

    Chaco Coalition challenges BLM

    Chaco Coalition challenges BLM

    By Teresa Seamster March 11, 2015, was 108 years to the day that President Theodore Roosevelt declared Chaco Canyon to be a historical monument in 1907. The threat to Chaco in that time was the looting of archaeological treasures and

    combatbutter June 28, 2015February 14, 2017 Climate Change, Land, Latest News, Northern New Mexico Group Read more

    Assault on Mining Act stalls in House

    coal mine

    Allyson Siwik, Chapter Executive Committee, Gila Resources Information Project Director With only 16 days left in the 60-day legislative session, mining giant Freeport-McMoRan, owner of the Chino, Cobre and Tyrone copper mines in Grant County, tried to push through a

    combatbutter June 28, 2015October 28, 2026 Climate Change, Land, Latest News, Southern New Mexico Group Read more

    PNM’s last-ditch attempt to lock N.M. into aging coal plant

    PNM’s last-ditch attempt to lock N.M. into aging coal plant

    ALBUQUERQUE – On May 1, the Public Service Company of New Mexico filed a draft, non-binding coal supply agreement and ownership contract for the San Juan Generating Station. As support for the San Juan Generating Station continues to plummet, PNM

    combatbutter June 28, 2015September 2, 2015 Climate Change, Latest News Read more

    Transition at Valles Caldera

    Transition at Valles Caldera

    By Tom Ribe The Valles Caldera National Preserve is beginning its Sierra Club-supported transition from experimental National Trust to the National Park Service following the December passage of Senate Bill 285. The transition will largely be complete next July, and

    combatbutter June 28, 2015October 28, 2026 Land, Latest News Read more

    Groups ask Game Commission to oppose cougar-trapping

    Cougars, traps, Game Commission

    SILVER CITY, N.M.— Eight conservation organizations in the TrapFree New Mexico coalition sent a letter on May 1 urging state game commissioners to reject the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish’s proposed cougar-trapping season. The coalition letter highlights the

    combatbutter June 28, 2015September 3, 2015 Latest News, Wildlife Read more
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