First Friday Arts @ Albuquerque Office
Julie Wilt,
Sierra Club Central New Mexico Group chair The Central New Mexico Group of the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter will be showcasing local artists as part of our First Friday art events at the Albuquerque office. This month the new gallery space will exhibit the work of Judith Shaw. Shaw’s work will be on display in the office through the month of February. Please join us at the opening event from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, February ...
Sierra Club Central New Mexico Group chair The Central New Mexico Group of the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter will be showcasing local artists as part of our First Friday art events at the Albuquerque office. This month the new gallery space will exhibit the work of Judith Shaw. Shaw’s work will be on display in the office through the month of February. Please join us at the opening event from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, February ...
Water, Wildlands, Wildlife Day at the Roundhouse
Rally in the Roundhouse! Please join us for New Mexico Land-Water-Wildlife Day at the Roundhouse! Meet with representatives from dozens of conservation organizations. Attend a lobby training session to learn how you can talk with legislators and be a crucial part of the law-making process to protect our natural heritage. Join us at the Rotunda for a press conference with legislators who work to protect our public lands, water resources and wildlife. This is an opportunity for everyone who cares ...
Glass recycling for El Paso is finally here
Laurence Gibson,
El Paso Group Chair All right, El Paso Sierrans…
We asked for it. We begged for it. And we waited and waited and waited for it!
Glass recycling for El Paso is finally HERE. Yes, it is only a pilot program. And there is no curbside collection…yet. But it is HERE. El Paso’s Environmental Services Department is now collecting glass at all five Citizen Collection Stations for processing into pulverized glass at the Pendale Road Station. All we ...
El Paso Group Chair All right, El Paso Sierrans…
We asked for it. We begged for it. And we waited and waited and waited for it!
Glass recycling for El Paso is finally HERE. Yes, it is only a pilot program. And there is no curbside collection…yet. But it is HERE. El Paso’s Environmental Services Department is now collecting glass at all five Citizen Collection Stations for processing into pulverized glass at the Pendale Road Station. All we ...
Jody Benson,
Pajarito Group Newsletter editor Many of the Pajarito Group leadership are emigrating or retiring. The Pajarito Group has many projects including: Limiting single-use shopping bags; supporting Los Alamos County’s 2040 carbon-neutral initiative, including persuading Los Alamos to join the UN-sponsored Mayors’ Compact to locally deal with climate change; leading hikes; and following local environmental issues. What are you are excited about? The leaders decide direction. Become a part of our busy and dynamic team. Change happens when we ...
Pajarito Group Newsletter editor Many of the Pajarito Group leadership are emigrating or retiring. The Pajarito Group has many projects including: Limiting single-use shopping bags; supporting Los Alamos County’s 2040 carbon-neutral initiative, including persuading Los Alamos to join the UN-sponsored Mayors’ Compact to locally deal with climate change; leading hikes; and following local environmental issues. What are you are excited about? The leaders decide direction. Become a part of our busy and dynamic team. Change happens when we ...
Carbon-neutral Los Alamos 2040
Jody Benson,
Pajarito Group Newsletter editor We refuse to do it on the national level, but with your help, we can certainly begin right here in Los Alamos. Support the local attempts to mitigate climate change. The Los Alamos Forum will have a series of Forum questions about whether the community wants to continue its already substantial investment in renewable resources as well as mitigation efforts (bike paths, free Atomic City Transit, recycling, gray-water use, hydro power…) ...
Pajarito Group Newsletter editor We refuse to do it on the national level, but with your help, we can certainly begin right here in Los Alamos. Support the local attempts to mitigate climate change. The Los Alamos Forum will have a series of Forum questions about whether the community wants to continue its already substantial investment in renewable resources as well as mitigation efforts (bike paths, free Atomic City Transit, recycling, gray-water use, hydro power…) ...
Valles Caldera National Park Preserve — finally!
Jody Benson,
Pajarito Group Newsletter editor Congratulations on your victory. In 1980, Pat Dunnigan — who had protected the 89,000 acres of the Valles Caldera Baca location from development and even offered to sell it cheap to the Park Service in the late 1970s (blocked by Congress) — died. His sons held onto the Baca for almost two decades, but in 1998 they met with the ranch investors to discuss building a ski resort with home sites, stores, and ...
Pajarito Group Newsletter editor Congratulations on your victory. In 1980, Pat Dunnigan — who had protected the 89,000 acres of the Valles Caldera Baca location from development and even offered to sell it cheap to the Park Service in the late 1970s (blocked by Congress) — died. His sons held onto the Baca for almost two decades, but in 1998 they met with the ranch investors to discuss building a ski resort with home sites, stores, and ...
Progress on Endangered Species in Los Alamos
Jody Benson,
Pajarito Group Newsletter editor Los Alamos County Council almost joined Doña Ana and Santa Fe counties in approving a resolution requiring the state and Congress to fully fund the Endangered Species Act. White Rock resident Donald Jones introduced the citizens’ petition at the Council meeting on November 17. It reads, “The County fully supports the Endangered Species Act and strongly encourages Congress to continue full funding and enforcement without interfering with science-based decisions about the level of endangerment ...
Pajarito Group Newsletter editor Los Alamos County Council almost joined Doña Ana and Santa Fe counties in approving a resolution requiring the state and Congress to fully fund the Endangered Species Act. White Rock resident Donald Jones introduced the citizens’ petition at the Council meeting on November 17. It reads, “The County fully supports the Endangered Species Act and strongly encourages Congress to continue full funding and enforcement without interfering with science-based decisions about the level of endangerment ...
Chapter statement on BLM methane rule
Friday, Jan. 22, is a promising day for New Mexico taxpayers and for our health and climate. On Friday morning, most of New Mexico’s congressional delegation sent a letter urging EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to not only strengthen and finalize its rule to reduce methane waste from new oil and gas drilling operations, but to issue a new rule addressing existing sources. New Mexico’s senators and U.S. Reps. Ben R. Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham noted the health benefits of ...
Volunteers drive Bandelier restoration
By Kevin Stillman,
Bandelier National Monument As a result of the Conchas fire in the summer of 2011 and subsequent flooding in Bandelier National Monument, the trail system experienced severe damage. The Monument’s trail work leader, Kevin Stillman, has been working on rebuilding and maintaining the trail system with the help of National Park Service trail crews, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps crews and the Bandelier Trail Volunteers, which is a group consisting of Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter members and ...
Bandelier National Monument As a result of the Conchas fire in the summer of 2011 and subsequent flooding in Bandelier National Monument, the trail system experienced severe damage. The Monument’s trail work leader, Kevin Stillman, has been working on rebuilding and maintaining the trail system with the help of National Park Service trail crews, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps crews and the Bandelier Trail Volunteers, which is a group consisting of Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter members and ...
Don’t let SandRidge frack in Sandoval County!
Julie Wilt, Sierra Club Central New Mexico chair What: Sandoval County Planning & Zoning Committee meeting to consider SandRidge Energy permit for fracking well near Rio Rancho
When: 6 p.m. January 28
Where: Commission Chambers, Sandoval County Administration Building, 1500 Idalia Road, Bernalillo
Act: Join our Sandoval County action team: riogrande.chapter@sierraclub.org Oklahoma-based SandRidge Energy Inc. has applied for a special-use permit to frack for oil in a residential zone just 2 miles from the Rio Rancho city limits. Please attend the January 28 county Planning and Zoning Committee meeting to ...
When: 6 p.m. January 28
Where: Commission Chambers, Sandoval County Administration Building, 1500 Idalia Road, Bernalillo
Act: Join our Sandoval County action team: riogrande.chapter@sierraclub.org Oklahoma-based SandRidge Energy Inc. has applied for a special-use permit to frack for oil in a residential zone just 2 miles from the Rio Rancho city limits. Please attend the January 28 county Planning and Zoning Committee meeting to ...
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