Thank you all so much for your great work and contributions to our garage sale to help raise money to fund presentations for our group with Wildlife Rescue. Our goal was $200 and our total raised was $370! We will
First Friday Arts – October 2017
Flowers in the Artist’s Eye: Photographs by Sondra Diepen Please join us this week for First Friday Art at the Sierra Club Albuquerque headquarters! Enjoy light refreshments, new friends, and the beautiful photography of Sondra Diepen. When: 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct.
Sierra Club and Santolina developers agree
Finally, our Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter and Santolina developers agree on something: Tim Keller won’t sell Albuquerque’s water out to sprawl development. The Albuquerque Journal reported that the developers of the proposed Santolina megasprawl project were behind the discredited attack ads against
Will Sandoval County choose oil and gas over people?
By Miya King-Flaherty, Chapter Public-Lands Fellow On September 21, the Sandoval County Commission voted 4-1 to consider an oil and gas ordinance that would shut out public input and endanger drinking water. But there’s still time to stop it. Planning and
Caring for our water
There are several upcoming events when you can learn and be proactive about water in Santa Fe County. Stormwater Santa Fe is one of five cities nationwide selected by the EPA to receive assistance with stormwater planning. A brainstorming session
No Climate in Science
On Sept. 13, the NM Public Education Department quietly released a draft of new science standards – deleting climate change, evolution and the age of the earth.
Sierra Club weighs in on proposed science standards
There was a lot of interest after we issued a press release criticizing the Public Education Department’s draft science standards. Here are some examples of news articles: Santa Fe Reporter – The Same, But Different KOB Channel 4 – Science teaching
Gov. Martinez’s twisting of science is dangerous and bad for education
New Mexico’s Public Education Department released proposed science standards that scrubs climate change and even the age of the Earth from our schools. This is the response of the Rio Grande Sierra Club.
New Mexico Residents Respond to Zinke’s Public Lands Recommendations
In response to Secretary Zinke’s call to change management of our newest national monuments, the Rio Grande Chapter has organized rallies across the state.
National Public Lands Day, September 30
Celebrate National Public Lands Day on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) Saturday, September 30, by volunteering to work on popular multi-use trails that need a little TLC.