Five Mexican gray wolves were found dead in November, bringing the 2018 total to 17. The known population numbers only 114.
NM environmental champs win big!
WOW! With the stunning victory for Xochitl Torres Small, the results are in, and your votes and volunteering helped environmental champions win nearly every race the Sierra Club endorsed in New Mexico!
2018 Rio Grande Chapter Endorsements: Federal, N.M. Statewide
Read the Rio Grande Sierra Club endorsements for the 2018 statewide New Mexico races.
EPA: Oil and Gas Wells Can Keep on Polluting and Wasting Methane
For Immediate Release: September 11, 2018 Contact: Camilla Feibelman, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org, 505.715.8388 Agency Guts Leak-Reduction Safeguards; Citizens Protest Today, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler proposed weakening the EPA’s Methane Rules, which have been in force for almost a
What is an endangered wolf worth?
The Department of Justice revealed that public-land rancher Craig Thiessen pleaded guilty to trapping and killing an endangered Mexican wolf with a shovel. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $2,300 and sentenced to a year’s probation. How is that justice?
Sierra Club & (Root) Beer – Friday July 6
Join the Central NM group on Friday, July 6, for a demonstration on how to release pets caught in leg traps. Stay to discuss the issue of trapping on public lands.
Endorsements for the 2018 New Mexico primary
The Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club has endorsements for the New Mexico 2018 primary.
Our endorsements for March 6 Santa Fe city elections
Our volunteer-led Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter works to elect environmental champions who seek equity and inclusion. Our thousands of members in the Santa Fe area are part of a grassroots organization dependent on volunteers acting locally to achieve national
Rio Grande Chapter Year in Review
2017 had challenges – with losses and successes. Take a stroll through our most significant events.
Winter 2018 Outings
Rio Grande Chapter outings for January-March 2018. 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.