Events

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 ...

The Bosquitos are the youth-centered group of the Bosque Action Team. Our mission is to learn about Albuquerque's Bosque, the animals and plants that live there, and ways to take care of the Bosque and our earth as a precious natural space. Please join us for our fall outings – and bring a friend! ...

Sandoval County residents: join us in a viewing of the documentary, Split Estate, to become informed about the potential impacts of oil and gas drilling in our county ...

Explore the Durand Open Space Bosque
Sunday, July 9, 5:30 to 8:30 pm
Leader: Richard Barish

The Bosque Action Plan, the City plan governing the bosque, designated the southernmost part of the Rio Grande Valley State Park as a “Wildlife Preserve.”  The County created the Durand Open Space on the west side in the far South Valley, giving access to the Wildlife Preserve area.  The residents of the far South Valley now have local access to lovely bosque trails, but at the expense of chipping away at the wildlife preserve area.  Is this a good thing or a bad thing?  I don’t have an easy answer to that question, but since it is there, we will explore it.

Meet at ...