Southern New Mexico Group

Submit your public comments by January 31, 2020 to Peaceful Gila Skies

Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) in Alamogordo wants to expand its F-16 pilot training airspace across southwestern New Mexico. Although the Air Force acknowledges that current airspace is adequate for F-16 combat training, it proposes an annual additional of 10,000 sorties, discharge of 15,000 flares and 15,000 bundles of chaff. The future of Holloman AFB is not at risk. We shouldn’t sacrifice the Gila, America’s first wilderness, and other special places in southwestern New Mexico. This region is critical to state and local tourism, retiree, and outdoor recreation economies.

Holloman’s Alternatives 2 and 3 would create a 7 million-acre Military Operations Area (MOA) over southwestern New Mexico including training ...

It's been five years since President Obama signed an executive order establishing Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument. Come join us on May 18 in Las Cruces to celebrate ...

Please join the Sierra Club Southern New Mexico Group for a holiday potluck and general membership meeting at the Southwest Environmental Center at 6-8 p.m., Wednesday December 12.

We will discuss our past year and what we look forward to in 2019. Please consider bringing a dish to share with all, The Southern New Mexico Group will provide drinks and light snacks.

Please RSVP to Howie Dash at howiedash@aol.com.

We look forward to seeing you!
Howie Dash
Chair | Southern New Mexico Group

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Flowing out of America’s first Wilderness Area, the Gila River is New Mexico's last major undammed river. It's home to seven threatened or endangered species and is proposed for long-term protection under the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act. Attend a rally on July 2 in Albuquerque to oppose the expensive and destructive proposed dam ...