Rio Grande Chapter

March 12th, 2pm (MST)
Conference Call (712) 432-3100, code 253385

To all New Mexico students, faculty, staff and community members:
Climate and clean energy policy is one of the defining issues of our time, stirring nationwide debates across college campuses and in Congress.

Monday, March 15
University of New Mexico

A one day workshop to address ecological conditions on New Mexico’s rivers as impacted by hydrologic (flow) alterations. The goal of the workshop is to provide stakeholders, decision-makers and agencies with some perspectives on environmental flow management, such as has been initiated in other states and countries, and ascertain the state of the science in New Mexico.

The discussion will be led by a distinguished group of scientists, e-flow practitioners and local, public and private stakeholders.

7pm Monday, March 22
Location: O’Niell’s Pub, 4310 Central Ave. SE, Albuquerque 87108

Kit McGurn, the Sierra Club’s National Arctic Organizer, will visit Albuquerque to deliver a presentation entitled “Chill the Drills: Oil Development and Climate Change in America’s Arctic”.

When: Tuesday, March 23, 7pm
Where: Santa Fe Preparatory School
What : Climate Change Seminar Series - Free and open to the public
Who: Dr. Janie Chermak, Professor of Economics at UNM, will give a talk on the economic impact of climate change on New Mexico.

Directions to Santa Fe Preparatory School
1101 Camino De Cruz Blanca.

6:30pm-8:00pm March 25
REI, 500 Market Street in the Railyard, Santa Fe
by Rochelle Gerratt - Sierra Club International Trip Leader

Rochelle Gerratt is leading a Sierra Club National Outings trip to Copper Canyon, Mexico from November 7 to 19, 2010. Join her in this slide show of the scenic wonders of Copper Canyon in the Sierra Madre.

Wednesday, April 7, 7:00 p.m.
Mesa Public Library, Los Alamos
Upstairs Meeting Rooms

Robert Tohe: Threats of Uranium Mining to Mount Taylor Traditional Cultural Properties

April 8-11
Berkeley, California.

The conference, sponsored by the Sierra Club & the California Wilderness Coalition will bring grassroots wilderness advocates together from across the country at the University of California in Berkeley.