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    Month: April 2016

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    Spring Bosque Outings

    Albuquerque bosque

    May 8 – Bosque Exploratory Hike Sunday May 8, 1:30 to 3:30. Call for directions. This outing will explore a little-visited part of the Bosque around the outfall of the South Diversion Channel, south of Rio Bravo.  This is often a

    Ellen Loehman April 26, 2016July 9, 2019 Read more

    Camping trip to Chaco Canyon

    Star Trails over Chaco Culture National Heritage Park

    Robert Tohe, senior representative for Sierra Club’s Our Wild America, is organizing a tour of the greater Chaco Canyon and outliers. The purpose of the trip is to call national attention to the ongoing impacts of oil and gas to

    Ellen Loehman April 26, 2016February 26, 2020 Read more

    City violates process agreement, extends Bosque trail

    Photo of Albuquerque bosque with city-bulldozed trail

    By Richard Barish, Central Group Bosque Issues chair Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry has disregarded his agreement on a process for public involvement in Bosque decisions in order to rush through plans to extend the developed Bosque trail this winter for

    Ellen Loehman April 20, 2016 Read more

    Water monitoring news for Northern New Mexico

    photo Rio Grande near Taos

    The Water Sentinels Rios de Taos are kicking off the 2016 water-monitoring season with a planning and training meeting in late May. We are also interested in monitoring other parts of New Mexico outside Taos County.  If you have a concern about a  possibly

    Ellen Loehman April 19, 2016September 25, 2018 Read more

    Rally: More Wolves, Less Politics

    photo of wolf

    Mary Katherine Ray Wildlife chair, Rio Grande Chapter Please join fellow wolf supporters at the “More Wolves, Less Politics” rally to urge the US Fish and Wildlife Service to stop dithering and release more wolves to the wild. On April

    Ellen Loehman April 19, 2016July 9, 2019 Read more

    Mother Earth Day (Pachamama) celebration

    Mother Earth Day (Pachamama) celebration

    Lets honor our beautiful mother earth. Razzio and Baracutanga will make you dance all afternoon. Also, $1 per glass of the Rio Bravo Amber will go to the Sierra Club Community inspection team of natural gas and oil facilities in

    Ellen Loehman April 12, 2016April 26, 2016 Read more

    Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground

    Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground

    Alex Renirie, Sierra Club Organizing Representative, Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign On April 20th, the Bureau of Land Management will hold its next federal fossil fuel lease sale in Santa Fe at the Courtyard Marriott. On the heels of growing opposition to lease

    Ellen Loehman April 5, 2016July 9, 2019 Read more

    Just say No to Copper Flat Mine

    This is from THEMAC company's presentation to investors at http://www.slideshare.net/themacresourcesgroup/copper-flat-project-investor-presentation-v2

    Allyson Siwik,  Rio Grande Chapter Executive Committee Gila Resources Information Project Executive Director New Mexico Copper Corporation wants to re-establish a polymetallic mine and processing facility near Hillsboro. The Copper Flat Mine is not the answer to Sierra County’s economic

    Ellen Loehman April 5, 2016August 25, 2020 Read more

    Fact sheet: Hearing on PNM rate case April 7

    PNM is proposing another rate increase at the Public Regulation Commission. There will be a public hearing at the PERA Building, 1120 Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe, at 9 a.m. April 7. While some aspects of the rate increase are

    Mona Blaber April 5, 2016April 19, 2016 Read more

    Tell BLM to just say “No” to reopened Copper Flat Mine

    Tell BLM to just say “No” to reopened Copper Flat Mine

    New Mexico Copper Corp. wants to re-establish a polymetallic mine and processing facility near Hillsboro, N.M. The Copper Flat Mine is not the answer to Sierra County’s economic woes. Just like Grant County’s copper mines, it will be subject to

    Mona Blaber April 4, 2016July 9, 2019 Read more
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