Member Appreciation Picnic – June 15
Thank you, passionate Sierra Club members, for your dedication and hard work. Time to do something fun ...

New Staff Bios

New Staff Bios
We bid farewell to Mona Blaber and Luis Guerrero, and welcome to Caroline Funk and Melissa Bernardin ...

2023 Year in Review

2023 Year in Review
2023 started and ended with Asha, the wandering Mexican gray wolf. In between was the legislative session. disagreements over implementation of the Energy Transition Act, regulating methane pollution, fall elections and clean cars and trucks. Join us for a look back ...

Rio Grande Chapter Executive Committee:

Anita Gonzales

A native New Mexican, Anita was born in Las Vegas, NM, to the Lopez family of Villanueva, NM, and the Gallegos family of Las Vegas, NM. A middle child, Anita moved between Las Vegas and Albuquerque and graduated high school from West Mesa High School. After completing the majority of her degree at Texas A&M University, she returned home to Las Vegas to complete her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at New Mexico Highlands University. She is the mother of a 9-year-old son and currently lives in Las Vegas, NM.

Anita has worked at New Mexico Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (NM MESA), Inc for over 17 years – which empowers and motivates New Mexico’s culturally ...

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Carole Evans, a passionate activist, passed away in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 31, 2023 at the age of 78. We are deeply grateful to Carole's family for their commitment to and concern for enjoying and protecting the Bosque.  We share in their loss ...
Hiring: Chapter Climate Organizer & Chapter Coordinator
Our Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, representing over 35,000 members and supporters in New Mexico and West Texas, is hiring for two positions: chapter coordinator and climate organizer ...

Bridge to the Ancestors

Bridge to the Ancestors
From March 24th through April 2nd, Antoinette Reyes joined the Carrizozo Comecrudo tribe in their bridge to the Ancestors Walk / run across Texas, which the tribe hosted to bring attention to the impacts of oil and gas extraction on people, sacred indigenous sites, communities and our landscapes as a whole ...