The upcoming week’s holidays include #OptOutside Day, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday.
You can participate by volunteering your time and becoming part of a long and important Sierra Club legacy of grassroots activism. The Rio Grande Chapter is volunteer-led, and that corps of volunteers is at the heart of our effectiveness.
Lend your time and skills to our team. Help protect our climate, water, air, land and wildlife right here in New Mexico and West Texas with your fellow Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter supporters. Skills needed include:
— Event organization
— Communications and engaging the public
— Computer and database management
— Business and finance
— Fund development
— Volunteer training and development
— Graphic arts and photography
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Below are statements of candidates for Rio Grande Chapter Executive Committee and for Northern New Mexico Group Executive Committee. Only candidate statements for contested races are listed here:
Rio Grande Chapter (three open spots):
Dale Doremus
I have lived and worked in New Mexico for 32 years as a hydrogeologist and environmental scientist.
For most of my professional career, I managed water quality and water resource programs for the New Mexico Environment Department and Interstate Stream Commission. My educational qualifications include a BS degree in Geology and an MS in Hydrogeology.
Currently, I serve on the Legislative Committee and Water Committee of the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter. I also served on the Santa Fe River Commission for ...
By Denise Fort
Our state received another dubious honor recently, this time for being the most water stressed
state in the United States, paired with the United Arab Emirates. There is so much that should be
done in New Mexico, like charging for all water use, and so much that shouldn’t be done, like
exporting our water in the form of dairy products. It’s way too much to cover here, so I will just
focus on some of the environmental issues that are key.
The Trump Administration is moving to strip protections from rivers and other waters, the so-called WOTUS rule. As you’ve heard, New Mexico is one of the hardest hit states from this rollback.
My conclusion, based on ...
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