New Mexico & El Paso
Come celebrate endings & new beginnings Saturday, December 10th, 5:00 -7:00 pm at the Santa Fe Women’s Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail in Santa Fe Wine, drinks & refreshments Featuring: Invocation from Standing Rock with Jim Klukkert & John Buchner Our honored speaker
By Fred Houdek, Central New Mexico Group chair The Bosque Action Team continues to meet monthly, and our hikes and activities in the Bosque are increasing in attendance. The City of Albuquerque has begun the public-input process on Phase 3
By Camilla Feibelman, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter director We’re all feeling gutted by the national election results, and as we take time to process, we also must prepare to fight. But here in New Mexico, your hard work for
Get ready for Sierra Club and Beers this Friday, November 41! Our featured speaker is Jennifer Owen-White, who manages the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge. Valle de Oro is the state’s newest wildlife refuge, now in its fourth year of
By Carol Chamberland Chicago native Tom Petencin already loved the desert when he moved to Albuquerque circa 1992. He joined the New Mexico Mountain Club, hoping to meet fellow hikers and learn about places to explore. Eventually Tom realized there
By Jody Benson, Pajarito Group chair On a very hot June 18, during the Valles Caldera Marathon, a mother bear attacked marathoner Karen Williams, who ran too close to one of her cubs. The injuries required Williams to be transported
By Mona Blaber Seamster is chair of the Northern New Mexico Group. What is your role with Sierra Club? The chair of our group has many responsibilities: running monthly excom meetings, keeping members informed of group activities, submitting comments and
Teresa Seamster, Northern New Mexico Group There is not much to top spending a day in the late-summer sunshine, wading and checking the waters of some of our northern rivers. Eric and Nora Patterson are the linchpins of the Taos
By Robert Moss, Eco El Paso board member El Paso is again “The Sun City,” but it now has an opportunity to be “SolSmart” too. In a surprising settlement of its rate case in Texas, El Paso Electric in
By Rick LoBello, El Paso Group Executive Committee The El Paso Sierra Club Group and the Greater Big Bend Coalition are petitioning U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and President Obama to establish an international park