10/8/2017 From leader Aku: The weather stabilized beautifully for Sunday’s Sierra Club Frijoles Canyon loop hike, providing a perfect fall outing for Larry, Heidy, Bojan, and Aku in Bandelier. Box elders and many other lower elevation, deciduous trees and shrubs
Municipal Waste Alleycat Race, October 20
Alleycat with Gatos Calleros touring Albuquerque’s toxic SuperFund sites. Come ride and learn about toxic waste in Albuquerque and how to protect its cleanup. Brought to you by the UNM Sierra Student Coalition.
The Living River Ordinance – Keep the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve Alive!
Text of the presentation made to the NM Public Utilities Commission on March 1, 2017.
Fall 2017 Outings
Sign-up is by contact with leader (phone, or email if shown). To go you’ll need to sign a waiver that leader will provide. Dogs only allowed as noted. Trips are normally free (pay when carpooling) and open to non-members, although
Bosquitos garage sale a success!
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.