This is the stunning, unique and precious Rio Chama Watershed, New Mexico

Rio Arriba Concerned Citizens

September 8, 2026

Senator Martin Heinrich met with Rio Arriba ranchers, acequia parclantes and Land Grand heirs at the Forest Service Canjilon Ranger Station to speak out against uranium mining and to discuss the Mesa Arc Project - on August 28th.

It's important to keep our issue front and center in the public eye - so when Gamma Resources refiles their permit request with the Forest Service (it was returned due to not addressing certain issues) - probably early in 2027 that we are ready to fight to protect our land and water.

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Rio Arriba Concerned Citizens

September 8, 2026

Tonight in Santa Fe - the first People's Public Hearings about the current administration's attempt to undo the Roadless Rule. PUBLIC OUTCRY is always he best defense! When we SPEAK UP and OUT- THEY BACK DOWN! A great letter below opposing the action. Read on.

From the Sierra Club-Rio Grande Chapter - a Reminder that tonight is our FIRST Roadless Rule defense town hall, at 6 p.m. located at Tumbleroot Brewing in Santa Fe (2791 Agua Fria Street).

And now, a letter from Fred Helms, telling us what is at stake if Trump repeals these protections:

Rescinding Roadless Rule will hurt all Americans
Don't let the Trump administration deceive you. The administration's proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule is not a wolf in sheep's clothing. It is almost unabashedly a wolf in wolf's clothing.

The administration claims that the rescission would enhance fire prevention, but over the past year and a half it has gutted the U.S. Forest Service's fire prevention and mitigation programs. Simply put, the rescission is meant for the benefit of three groups of people, and the American public and taxpayers are not among those groups.

The sole beneficiaries of this will be oil, logging and mining companies that will use the new roads to despoil these wilderness areas for temporary financial profit, leaving American taxpayers to pay the tab for the devastation they wreak, and the American public with diminished outdoor recreational opportunities.

Moreover, the resulting ruination of these undeveloped forest wilderness areas poses a direct threat to vital water resources during a time of critical drought in the West, and the loss of crucial habitat for fish and game as well as threatened and endangered species throughout the country.

Concerned citizens of every political stripe should oppose this proposal.

Fred Helms
AlbuquerqueWe NEED your voices to support the Roadless Rule. Since 2001 this public land rule has protected more than 45 million acres (1.6 million in New Mexico) of pristine forests from new road construction, which in turn protects these lands, water, and wildlife from harmful industries such as mining, logging and extraction.

The Trump administration hopes to sneak this by you by offering a smaller public comment period and NO public meetings.

So environmental orgs like ours are taking matters into our own hands. First, please visit sc.org/roadlessrule and sign our action alert by MIDNIGHT, SEPTEMBER 21st. Please leave a personalized message to increase the visibility of your comment.

Second, our partners with New Mexico Wilderness Alliance and The Wilderness Society will host town halls across New Mexico starting Monday, September 9th. Please consider attending one in your neck of the woods and also share our flyers on your social channels.

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Rio Arriba Concerned Citizens

September 3, 2026

A GREAT start! Tomorrow, September 4th, New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard will be issuing an Executive Order PROHIBITING new uranium leasing on state trust lands.

This signals to other New Mexico politicians to get on board with a uranium moratorium statewide and those intent on "exploring" uranium development - makes it clear where we stand.
THANK YOU Commissioner Garcia Richard!

RSVP to attend in person-to Joey Keefe, Assistant Commissioner of Communications, at jkeefe@nmslo.gov or 505-470-2965

To attend by ZOOM:
us02web.zoom.us/j/83848988315?pwd=GmXxRBSMZg8PYJTMq2fhUob0hjkbli.1

Meeting ID: 838 4898 8315
Passcode: 198497

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