Lots of water issues on tap in New Mexico
The Rio Grande Chapter is working on a lot of issues related to water - transfer of water rights, radioactive waste, rule changes and stream monitoring ...

Zero Waste compost tour

Zero Waste compost tour
On September, 14 the Northern New Mexico Group's Zero Waste Committee led a tour of five large composting sites in Santa Fe County ...
Support your chapter! Exhibition by Santa Fe artist Thais Mather
Artist Thais Mather will donate a portion of the exhibition proceeds to the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club ...
UNEARTHED: The Real Story of Oil and Gas in New Mexico

You are invited to join the launch of CAVU’s multi-media project, UNEARTHED: The Real Story of Oil and Gas in New Mexico.

WHAT:  Short film screening and panel discussion moderated by NPR’s Tara Gatewood.

WHEN:   Thursday, November 16th, 2017, 6:30 PM public reception, 7:00 program begins.

WHERE:  Lensic Theater, 211 West San Francisco Street, Santa Fe

TICKETS: Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Lensic.org.  505-988-7050

More about UNEARTHED. The year-long initiative in designed to educate and engage the public in a productive, depoliticized conversation about climate change and energy production in New Mexico and work towards state-based solutions that protect our environment, health and cultural resources while working to bolster our economy. Join the conversation – everyone who calls New Mexico home should ...

Sentinels test Santa Fe River for hormones

By Irina Goldstein, Water Specialist and
Teresa Seamster, Northern New Mexico Group chair

Sierra Club’s Water Sentinel program is one of several grassroots initiatives that help to supplement federal and state efforts to monitor national surface-water resources.

As part of this initiative, the Sierra Club Northern New Mexico Group conducted water-quality testing for presence of hormones, PCBs and heavy metals in the Santa Fe River downstream from the City of Santa Fe’s wastewater treatment plant.

The water samples were analyzed for 17 hormones. The results detected presence of two hormones in water samples:

  1. Androstenedion is an androgenic steroid hormone that regulates sexual characteristics and is used to enhance athletic and sexual performance.
  2. Androsteron is a metabolite of androstenedion and ...
Drones record Chaco fracking sites 
The River Healers have sent drones to multiple fracking sites in the Greater Chaco Area impacted by explosions, fires, spills and methane ...
The Living River Ordinance - Keep the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve Alive!
Text of the presentation made to the NM Public Utilities Commission on March 1, 2017 ...

Caring for our water

Caring for our water

There are several upcoming events when you can learn and be proactive about water in Santa Fe County.

Stormwater

Santa Fe is one of five cities nationwide selected by the EPA to receive assistance with stormwater planning. A brainstorming session is happening Tuesday 26th of September from 5-7 pm at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. The issues range from small but important (dog poop) to huge (what happens after a unplanned watershed fire?). The risk comes from big intense storms, where everything in our streets, yards, and watershed is picked up by the flowing surface water, and is deposited into the Santa Fe River.How can we keep the pollutants to a minimum?  How can we reduce the destructive force?

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