Give Back – Make a Difference!

You are needed!

Be part of a long and important Sierra Club legacy of citizen activism. The Rio Grande Chapter is volunteer-led, and a volunteer corps is at the heart of our effectiveness. Please join us. We look forward to meeting you.

Lend your passion, time, and skills. Help protect our climate, water, air, land, and wildlife right here in New Mexico and West Texas. Come help us with…

  • Event organization
  • Communications and engaging the public
  • Computer and database management
  • Business and finance
  • Fund development
  • Volunteer training and development
  • Graphic arts and photography
  • Expertise in environmental policy & law, water, energy, air, lands and wildlife
  • Outdoor adventure leadership
  • Mentoring for Global Warming Express

And, last but not least, our all-important everyday letter-writing,  data entry, and phone calling!

Things you can do

Otero Mesa

Otero Mesa
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, ... Read More

Roadless areas

Roadless areas
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 ... Read More

Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Statement on Gutting of Federal  Roadless Rule 

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 ... Read More

Two Futures. One Vote.

Two Futures. One Vote.
In February, the New Mexico Senate defeated the Clear Horizons Act (SB18), a bill which would have codified greenhouse reduction goals that have worked successfully for eight years. This bill would have reduced our pollution to what it was in ... Read More