Thank you all so much for your great work and contributions to our garage sale to help raise money to fund presentations for our group with Wildlife Rescue. Our goal was $200 and our total raised was $370!
We will use the money for our November 4 presentations with Wildlife Rescue and give that important group a donation as well. Special thanks to adult helpers Jessica Krichels, Karen Lyall, Julie Hudson, Charlie and Heather Hanley, Louisa Barkalow, Sandy Garriot-Stejskal, Diane Glenn, Jeff Pilgrim, Allison Theoret, Nick Babic, Fernando Pizarro, David and Noralyn Parsons, Marcia Walton, and Lena Gleria!
Special thanks to all the kids who helped especially Larkin, Clementine, Elia, Elise, Amelia, Chris, Naveli, and Lori. And thank you to ...
Flowers in the Artist’s Eye: Photographs by Sondra Diepen
Please join us this week for First Friday Art at the Sierra Club Albuquerque headquarters! Enjoy light refreshments, new friends, and the beautiful photography of Sondra Diepen.
When: 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6
Where: Sierra Club office, 2215 Lead Ave. SE, Albuquerque
Sondra Diepen grew up in a small town in northern California, next to the foothills where she rode her horse and explored hillsides, marshy places and shaded ravines where different wildflowers found their niche. After studying art at UC Davis, she moved to the Bay Area and on to the sun-drenched climate of New Mexico. In 2002 photography became her medium of choice, and flowers became her subject matter. She is ...
Finally, our Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter and Santolina developers agree on something: Tim Keller won’t sell Albuquerque’s water out to sprawl development.
The Albuquerque Journal reported that the developers of the proposed Santolina megasprawl project were behind the discredited attack ads against Tim Keller. Why? Probably because they know they can’t buy him off.
After vetting the candidates in Albuquerque’s mayoral race, our Sierra Club Central New Mexico Group agrees:
Tim Keller has the best environmental record and is the most committed to preserving our water, our climate and our Bosque.
Our Central New Mexico Group has also endorsed Diane Gibson, a champion for the Bosque and the environment, for City Council District 7, and Cynthia Borrego , a strong Bosque supporter, for City ...
By Miya King-Flaherty, Chapter Public-Lands Fellow
On September 21, the Sandoval County Commission voted 4-1 to consider an oil and gas ordinance that would shut out public input and endanger drinking water. But there’s still time to stop it.
Planning and Zoning Commissioner Dan Stoddard’s ordinance would give one county staffer sole authority to approve or deny drilling applications — with no public notice or input, no hearings, and no commission vote.
All an oil or gas company has to do is to fill out an application. The staff is only required to make sure it is complete — then within 10 days the department director must grant a permit.
This means a well could be drilled anywhere in the county ...
For immediate release: Sept. 14, 2017
Last week, the Sandoval County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3-2 to recommend an oil and gas ordinance that would bypass public input and endanger drinking water. But there’s still time to stop it.
Commissioner Dan Stoddard’s ordinance, recommended Tuesday with few changes by the P and Z Commission, would give county staff sole authority to approve or deny drilling applications.
“Staff could allow oil and gas drilling without public notice, hearings or a vote by the county commission,” Rio Grande Sierra Club Public Lands Fellow Miya King-Flaherty said.
“All an oil or gas company has to do is to fill out an application. The staff is only required to make sure it is ...
