John Buchser is the water issues chair for the Chapter, and immediate past chapter chair. He retired in 2016 as computer system architect for the NM Office of the State Engineer. John initially got involved in the Club in the early 1980’s working for better public lands protections.
He is currently particularly interested in supporting endorsed political candidates, staying abreast of current developments in water (like funding the strategic water reserve and pursuing a state water plan that actually PLANS), and working on preventing all the nation’s used nuclear fuel cores being dumped in New Mexico without adequate protections.
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I am a retired professor of music (violinist/symphony conductor) living in El Paso for forty-nine years now. A Sierra Club member since 1981 and dedicated backpacker, I have served as El Paso Group Chair and Rio Grande Chapter Secretary for nineteen years now. I serve out of a feeling of obligation to “preserve and protect” our world. My philosophy is that small contributions from many of us will get the job done. I’m a grass-roots guy who believes the club should be driven from the bottom up as opposed to the top down.
...As our 55th-anniversary year comes to a close, we’d are featuring profiles of some of our Life Members, who make the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter what it is.
From Madeline Aron:
The first 10 years of my life were spent in the Berkshire Hills in Lenox, Massachusetts. My parents were 1st-generation Eastern European Jewish-Americans. They established a culturally and racially inclusive hotel and arts center that helped change the discriminatory practices of the area.
With the down payment given to them through a like-minded friend, they purchased a gilded-age mansion when it was under foreclosure so they could create an affordable and inclusive inn where anyone could come and enjoy the beautiful Berkshire hills and the Boston symphony summer concerts at ...
