Apr 7, 2021 | Newsletters
As the world wakes up in 2021, Rio Arriba Concerned Citizens has also taken a look at our purpose and our service, and has refined its mission. “We are a grassroots organization that defends against Oil and Gas development in the Rio Chama Watershed, NM while... Sep 2, 2020 | Action Alerts, Newsletters
Our watershed matters in the new Resource Management Plan Amendment You have a say on how our public lands are used. This is a big deal folks! A very dated Resource Management Plan (RMP) that was implemented in 2003 is finally being updated by the BLM. The... Jun 29, 2020 | Newsletters
BLM Extends Comment Period for RMP As reported by our local news source, the Abiquiu News, the Bureau of Land Management has extended the comment period for the Farmington Resource Management Plan: Mancos-Gallup Amendment. The project type is described as an amendment... Apr 14, 2020 | Newsletters
A Surge in the Darkness by Barbara Turner At night, through the thick walls of my house here by the El Rito Creek, I can hear the spring runoff beginning. The sound of the water surging over the rocky creek bottom inserts itself into my dreams and is both soothing and... Feb 20, 2020 | Newsletters
Jack Loeffler’s Local Aural History Comes To Abiquiu Remember RACC’s chapbook publication from a few years back entitled, Thinking Like the Rio Chama Watershed? The New Mexico author, Jack Loeffler was, on many levels, a real inspiration for this chapbook... Dec 14, 2019 | Newsletters
Our Efforts to Protect Our Waters On December 10th I was fortunate to be soaking at Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs on the one day each year that the Tibetan Monks hold their ceremony and blessing for the waters. It was a unique opportunity to drop out of the endless... 