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 18, 2020 | Action Alerts, Updates
Hi everyone, On this beautiful fall day here in the Rio Chama Watershed I am writing to remind you that if you’d like to submit a comment to the BLM regarding their Resource Management Plan Amendment for our public lands, the due date is... 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... Sep 21, 2019 | Newsletters
RACC Lends Support to Challenge of Energy Transition Act August 26, 2019For Immediate Release Case Filed in New Mexico Supreme Court Challenges Unconstitutional Provisions of the Energy Transition Act SANTA FE, N.M. — New Energy Economy (NEE), joined by other... Feb 12, 2019 | Newsletters
March Oil and Gas Lease Sale Protest Period Begins Now! RACC is joining forces with the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club to protest the BLM March Oil and Gas Lease Sale in New Mexico. While there are no parcels in our watershed this time around it is still... Jan 27, 2019 | Newsletters
In Gratitude As I write the newsletter today, I look out a window above my art room desk and see an oak forest, snow-blanketed, and awaiting the imprint of tracks from our local band of wild turkeys. The other windy winter day while taking a morning walk with a friend... 