New Mexico & El Paso
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.
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
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
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
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.
There was a lot of interest after we issued a press release criticizing the Public Education Department’s draft science standards. Here are some examples of news articles: Santa Fe Reporter – The Same, But Different KOB Channel 4 – Science teaching
New Mexico’s Public Education Department released proposed science standards that scrubs climate change and even the age of the Earth from our schools. This is the response of the Rio Grande Sierra Club.
In response to Secretary Zinke’s call to change management of our newest national monuments, the Rio Grande Chapter has organized rallies across the state.
Celebrate National Public Lands Day on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) Saturday, September 30, by volunteering to work on popular multi-use trails that need a little TLC.
Rio Grande Chapter outings report – Wheeler Peak, 9/9/2017