New Mexico & El Paso
All three candidates endorsed by the Rio Grande Chapter in the June 7 Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District election were victorious. This is an election where voting and volunteering by Sierra Club supporters can really make a difference, since so few eligible voters actually cast a ballot. Congratulations to all the candidates, and a big THANK YOU to all of you who made the effort to vote in this important election.
Even though New Mexico’s 30-day legislative session is months away, the wheels are turning for new laws and bills now. The interim legislative session runs from June to November, and it consists of joint House-Senate committees that travel the state to hear about issues that will likely show up as legislation in 2020.
Meet Rio Grande Chapter Director Camilla Feibelman.
Meet Rio Grande Chapter ExComm member Fred Houdek. He is also the Central NM Group chairman.
Meet Rio Grande Chapter ExComm member Susan Martin from Santa Fe.
Meet Rio Grande Chapter ExComm member Tom Gorman. He became involved in the Sierra Club as a volunteer in 2005, and has been active in public lands, wildlife, politics and legislative issues for the past 14 years.
Meet Rio Grande Chapter ExComm member Eric Patterson, from Taos.
The Chaco bill passed out of the Natural Resources Committee on July 17 and is another step further to becoming a federal law. Rep. Deb Haaland was excellent and a true champion for New Mexico in this Energy Dominance era. There is still much to get done and we continue to push and work on getting broader protections for the landscape, surrounding communities, and fight for environmental justice.
Reducing the oil and gas industry’s methane waste is a win-win proposition. Join us and raise your voices for common-sense safeguards in this series of public hearings.
On April 23, 2019 the Doña Ana County commission passed a resolution to cease using county funds for lethal predator and rodent control. But two months later, the commission repealed the resolution after pressure. There is still time to stop this backslide