Located south of Alamogordo, Otero Mesa covers 1.2 million acres in New Mexico, much of it managed by the Bureau of Land Management's Las Cruces District Office. The Rio Grande Chapter is part of the Coalition to Protect Otero Mesa, which in 2024 asked the BLM to designate the heart of the Mesa an Area of Critical Environmental Concern. We work alongside Tribal leaders, conservation and sportsmen's groups, and local communities toward permanent protection for the Mesa's grasslands, water, wildlife, ...
Since 2001 more than 45 million acres of land (1.6 million acres in New Mexico) have been protected and untouched by new road construction, thanks to the federal government’s “Roadless Rule." The Trump administration has moved to repeal this rule ...
New Mexico methane coalition condemns EPA rollback as state moves to strengthen methane protections
The EPA issued a draft rollback of the 2024 federal Methane Rule, a rule that established new requirements to reduce methane and other harmful air pollution from oil and gas operations. ...
2026 General Election Endorsements
Rio Grande Sierra Club endorsements for contested races in the 2026 general election – statewide races, state House of Representatives, local races and constitutional amendments ...
Word to the wise: Early voting is election protection
Vote early if you can, mail ballot asap. Want to help out? Become a poll monitor, take a two-hour course from Common Cause and make sure your family and friends vote ...
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter outings for October - December 2026. We look forward to seeing you outside! ...
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Responds to Haaland Data Center Announcement
New Mexico’s progress on curbing climate pollution stands to be erased by massive data centers that emit more greenhouse gases than our largest cities. These facilities also deplete our water resources, harm our quality of life and could massively increase electric bill affordability. We support a moratorium on data centers until serious and enforceable guardrails are in place. Today we were encouraged to see gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland announce that she’d enact a moratorium on her first day, if elected, ...
“Roadless Rule” Town Halls across New Mexico
Trump’s Forest Service has moved to repeal the Roadless Rule, an essential piece of environmental regulation that protects 45 million acres of pristine land (1.6 million acres in New Mexico) from road construction and the inevitable logging, mining, and extraction that follows. Plan to attend a town hall meeting to protest this change ...
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Statement on Gutting of Federal Roadless Rule
On August 18, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the U.S. Forest Service had filed a proposed rule to rescind in its entirety the national 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule ...
Stop Trump from Desecrating the Greater Chaco Landscape
The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is joining our Pueblo, Diné, and Tribal neighbors as well as other environmental and community groups in opposing Trump’s plan to expose the Great Chaco Landscape to oil and gas drilling ...
