Rio Grande Chapter

It was a busy year for the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club - outings, rallies, politics and environmental issues ...

Join us Monday, January 28th in Santa Fe to develop your lobbying skills for the upcoming legislative session ...

Meet Sierra Club life member Barbara McIntyre ...

Meet Sierra Club life member Jonatan Brinkerhoff ...

As we look toward the 2019 legislative session, one topic you’ll hear a lot about is the so-called “rocket docket,” a suite of state bills that passed within the last two years, only to be vetoed by Gov. Martinez. Our priorities this session include increasing the renewable energy portfolio standard and ending cruel treatment of wildlife ...

Sierra Club attorneys and others objecting to the Holtec proposed nuclear-waste facility in southeast New Mexico will present oral arguments to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board on Jan. 23.  Please attend to raise your voice in opposition to this ill-considered radioactive-waste dump. The public may only be allowed to observe at the hearing, but our lawyer has asked for supporters to be there for his arguments to show opposition to the proposed “temporary” storage site between Carlsbad and Hobbs ...

Meet our southern New Mexico representative ...

Garcia Richard’s decision is a victory for sound wildlife management For immediate release: Jan. 10, 2019   Contact: Mary Katherine Ray, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Wildlife chair, 575-772-5655, mkrscrim@gmail.com On Thursday, New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard announced a ban on cruel coyote-killing contests on the 9.5 million acres of state trust land. The ban also applies to other non-protected species. “We applaud Land Commissioner Garcia Richard’s announcement prohibiting the competitive killing of our state’s wildlife on state trust ...

Derrick Toledo interviews Camila Feibelman on oil and gas production and pollution ...

Meet our new regional New Outdoor Activities Coordinator, Sergio Avila ...