Hundreds of Thousands Speak Out Against Rollback of Methane Protections
At EPA’s only public hearing on the proposed methane rule rollback held in Denver last month, the overwhelming majority of speakers testified in favor of existing protections. Opponents of rolling back these commonsense protections had submitted nearly 400,000 comments urging EPA to keep them in place ...
Opponents to Rally in NM Over Sale of Public Lands for Drilling
Opponents will rally at the BLM headquarters in Santa Fe on December 5, one day ahead of Thursday's planned online sale that includes 46,000 acres in the culturally significant Greater Chaco region ...
Bear talk at PEEC - October 19
Join James Cain at the Los Alamos Nature Center on Friday, October 19 to learn about how black bears in the Jemez Mountains have responded to recent wildfires and subsequent forest restoration treatments ...

What is in Chaco’s Air?

What is in Chaco’s Air?
At the Navajo Counselor Chapter, sitting at the intersection of Highway 550 and the county road to Chaco Culture National Historic Park, the air looks clean and the wind often blows strongly across the mesas and through the valleys. But for the past 3 years, residents have complained of chest pain, headaches, coughing, wheezing, sinus problems and skin and eye irritation ...

Drilling Mora County

Drilling Mora County
Join us on in Santa Fe on September 12 as we screen the documentary, "Drilling Mora County," and host a Q&A afterwards ...
Desert Choral Santa Fe discount concerts
The Santa Fe Desert Choral is offering discounts to members for concerts dedicated to stewardship of the natural world ...
Volunteer profile: John Buchser

John Buchser is the former longtime Rio Grande Chapter chairman, and he remains out Water Team chair and has been a member of the Rio Grande Chapter for decades.

Question: What is your position in the Rio Grande Chapter?

John Buchser: Water issues chair

Q: How long have you been active in the chapter?

JB: About 30 years

Q: What is your favorite memory of environmental activism, protection or participation?

JB: The women’s march to the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, Jan. 21, 2017. The biggest protest march I have ever participated in. Friends came from out of town to join. It gave me hope we could overcome what was likely to be a horrible four years of Republicans turning the clock backwards on environmental protections, and setting a horrible ...

Beaver-treated water in Santa Fe
Photographs of the Santa Fe River from the 1930s show a wide, meandering river with many side channels — created by beavers — flowing down a rural valley with the little city of Santa Fe in the distance.  ...