Rio Grande Chapter

Alleycat with Gatos Calleros touring Albuquerque's toxic SuperFund sites. Come ride and learn about toxic waste in Albuquerque and how to protect its cleanup. Brought to you by the UNM Sierra Student Coalition ...

Text of the presentation made to the NM Public Utilities Commission on March 1, 2017 ...

Sign-up is by contact with leader (phone, or email if shown).  To go you’ll need to sign a waiver that leader will provide.  Dogs only allowed as noted.
Trips are normally free (pay when carpooling) and open to non-members, although we do like it if you join the Club to increase our local and national clout. Please RSVP the leader unless otherwise stated. Updates on some outings may be available on the Santa Fe Outings Meetup page. October outings Sunday, October 1: Borego Trail. ...

Thank you all so much for your great work and contributions to our garage sale to help raise money to fund presentations for our group with Wildlife Rescue.  Our goal was $200 and our total raised was $370! We will use the money for our November 4 presentations with Wildlife Rescue and give that important group a donation as well.  Special thanks to adult helpers Jessica Krichels, Karen Lyall, Julie Hudson, Charlie and Heather Hanley, Louisa Barkalow, Sandy Garriot-Stejskal, Diane ...

Flowers in the Artist’s Eye: Photographs by Sondra Diepen Please join us this week for First Friday Art at the Sierra Club Albuquerque headquarters! Enjoy light refreshments, new friends, and the beautiful photography of Sondra Diepen. When: 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6
Where: Sierra Club office, 2215 Lead Ave. SE, Albuquerque Sondra Diepen grew up in a small town in northern California, next to the foothills where she rode her horse and explored hillsides, marshy places and shaded ravines where different wildflowers ...

Finally, our Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter and Santolina developers agree on something: Tim Keller won’t sell Albuquerque’s water out to sprawl development. The Albuquerque Journal reported that the developers of the proposed Santolina megasprawl project were behind the discredited attack ads against Tim Keller. Why? Probably because they know they can’t buy him off. After vetting the candidates in Albuquerque’s mayoral race, our Sierra Club Central New Mexico Group agrees: Tim Keller has the best environmental record and is the most committed ...

By Miya King-Flaherty, Chapter Public-Lands Fellow On September 21, the Sandoval County Commission voted 4-1 to consider an oil and gas ordinance that would shut out public input and endanger drinking water. But there’s still time to stop it. Planning and Zoning Commissioner Dan Stoddard’s ordinance would give one county staffer sole authority to approve or deny drilling applications — with no public notice or input, no hearings, and no commission vote. All an oil or gas company has to do ...

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 ...

On Sept. 13, the NM Public Education Department quietly released a draft of new science standards – deleting climate change, evolution and the age of the earth ...

For immediate release: Sept. 14, 2017
Last week, the Sandoval County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3-2 to recommend an oil and gas ordinance that would bypass public input and endanger drinking water. But there’s still time to stop it. Commissioner Dan Stoddard’s ordinance, recommended Tuesday with few changes by the P and Z Commission, would give county staff sole authority to approve or deny drilling applications. “Staff could allow oil and gas drilling without public notice, hearings or a ...