New Mexico & El Paso
By Teresa Seamster, Northern New Mexico Group chair For the past year, legal efforts and public comments have failed to halt leases to develop Mancos Shale oil on 13 parcels covering 20,000 acres of the Santa Fe National Forest north
By Allyson Siwik, Gila Resources Information Project and Chapter Water Committee There is no limit to how far global mining giant Freeport-McMoRan will go to get its way and legally pollute New Mexico’s groundwater. And the Martinez administration has proved
By Mary Katherine Ray, Rio Grande Chapter Wildlife Chair Trapping season officially opened on November 1, but trappers usually are most active from December through February. That is when animal pelts are the thickest and most lucrative for sale. And
By Jim Tolbert El Paso Group On December 8, the El Paso City Council voted unanimously to oppose the proposed rate increases and the “attack” on solar homeowners. El Paso Electric Company must now look toward the Public Utility Commission
by Mary Katherine Ray Rio Grande Chapter Wildlife Chair (575) 772-5655 The Game Commission made some terrible decisions about carnivores and wolves last year, but your presence and protests showed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that we support them. This
The City of Albuquerque will be holding a public meeting this Thursday, January 7 at Los Duranes Community Center, 2920 Leopoldo Rd NW, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., a trail in the Bosque to be built from I-40 to Campbell
For all outings, details and trip leader information is available on our calendar. Saturday, January 2 Moderate cross-country ski; location to be determined; 4-8 miles Saturday and/or Sunday, January 2/3 Strenuous snowshoe in Taos or Santa Fe; possibly 3 dogs;
By Robert Tohe Our Wild America New Mexico representative A December 4 public hearing by the New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division regarding Rio Grande Resourses Corp.’s application to move Mount Taylor uranium mine from “standby” to “active” status raised many
By Allyson Siwik Gila Resources Information Project and Chapter Water Committee The Bureau of Land Management in November issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Copper Flat copper mine in Hillsboro, Sierra County, N.M. The agency has extended the
Some claim that the official El Paso flag is the plastic grocery bag. When the wind blows, it adorns ocotillos and hangs in trees. Several years ago an effort to ban the bags did not make it past a City