New Mexico & El Paso
By Teresa Seamster, Northern New Mexico Group chair We did it! The Northern New Mexico Group has published the eighth edition of our popular Day Hikes in the Santa Fe Area. And this is not your grandfather’s guidebook. The eighth edition contains 410
By Laura Paskus, New Mexico In Depth | 08/09/2016 From New Mexico In Depth Water issues throughout the arid West are complicated. And when it comes to water, people tend to stand solidly in their own camps, wielding anecdotal information when a fight
As oil and gas development draws closer to Chaco Canyon, citizens await answers about the Delaware-sized methane “hotspot” looming above the Four Corners, and new national regulations reduce toxic emissions from the oil and gas industry. Come hear an update
By Richard Barish, Bosque Issues Chair The City of Albuquerque has begun its public process to obtain input on Phase III of its trail construction. This phase will extend the groomed trail for almost two miles, from Campbell Road to Montaño.
By Miya King-Flaherty, Chapter Public Lands fellow In June, the Bureau of Land Management announced that it would postpone a planned lease of three Chaco Canyon-area parcels intended for oil and gas development until at least January. But the BLM’s Farmington
By Allyson Siwik, Chapter Executive Committee and Gila Resources Information Project With just a few months left before initiation of the environmental-compliance phase and with no proposed action identified yet, the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission continues its push for
By Mona Blaber, Chapter Communications Director PNM is hitting speed bumps in its efforts to recover its costs from a nuclear-energy purchase and raise customer rates. The PNM rate case, under consideration now at the state Public Regulation Commission, contains both
By Susan Martin, Rio Grande Chapter Executive Committee The national Sierra Club’s Honors and Awards Committee notified Eric Patterson on June 25 that he was the recipient of the Club’s 2016 Special Service Award, which honors Sierra Club members for
By Eric Patterson, Water Sentinels — Rios de Taos It’s been a busy summer so far for Water Sentinels and our youth group, the Tiger-Salamanders. Here are some highlights: May 6: The Taos High School Tiger-Salamanders attended a fishing derby at
By Teresa Seamster, Northern New Mexico Group chair Norma McCallan was the Rio Grande Chapter vice chair, Outings chair, Northern New Mexico chair and the heart of our chapter. If there is one person who would echo Henry David Thoreau’s words