The Silver City Watershed Keepers (SCWK) will kick off its Adopt-A-Stream Program with a Stream Stewardship Workshop on Saturday, August 28th from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Big Ditch Park. The Adopt-A-Stream program empowers citizens to steward our waterways by monitoring environmental quality of streams, cleaning up litter, and restoring riparian areas. The Stream […]
HELP US PROTECT THE RIVERS, STREAMS AND LAKESTHAT YOU CARE ABOUT The federal Clean Water Act and the New Mexico Water Quality Act require the State toreview its surface water quality regulations at least every three years in a public hearingprocess called the Triennial Review. The hearing offers the public an opportunity toadvocate for stronger […]
For Immediate ReleaseThursday, June 8, 2021 Contact: Rachel Conn at 575-770-8327 or rconn@amigosbravos.org Allyson Siwik at 575-590-7619 or allysonsiwik@gmail.com Paula Garcia at 505-231-7752 or lamorena@lasacequias.org Liliana Castillo at 575-219-9619 or liliana@cavu.org. Charlie DeSaillan at 505-819-9058 or cdesaillan@nmelc.org New Mexico Water Advocates Applaud Biden Administration Decision to Repeal Trump-era Dirty Water RuleCurrent law leaves 90% of […]
The New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Mining and Minerals Division (MMD) will hold a virtual public hearing on the application by Freeport‐McMoRan Tyrone Operations (Tyrone) for a proposed expansion of the Little Rock Mine, located just west of the Tyrone Mine, approximately ten miles south of Silver City. How to access the Public Hearing […]
Saturday, May 8 is Give Grandly! —a 24-hour local community-giving marathon to support 58 nonprofit organizations in southwest New Mexico. While we are asking our community to celebrate philanthropy through a donation to protect our community health and environment, we’d also like to update you on some of GRIP’s recent successes. Through our Responsible Mining Program, we pressured […]
Gila Earth Day is being celebrated this month, providing a variety of opportunities to take action on behalf of our planet. The international theme for this year’s event is “Restore Our Earth”, and the Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP) and Gila Earth Day planning committee have organized multiple activities: virtual programming from participant organizations, classrooms, […]
Community leaders and nonprofit organizations are applauding New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for signing House Bill 200 into law today. The legislation, which was co-sponsored by Reps. Matthew McQueen and Nathan Small and Senate President Pro Tempore Mimi Stewart and Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill, ends the proposed Gila diversion project and fast-tracks the spending […]
GRIP and its partners submitted scoping comments to the Gila National Forest on the Bronco Creek Exploration proposal for exploratory drilling in the Malone Mining District in the Burro Mountains. Drilling for copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver is proposed to take place on the west side of Knight Peak, a popular recreation area between […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts:Mark Allison, New Mexico Wild, mark@nmwild.org, 505-239-0906Todd Schulke, Center for Biological Diversity, tschulke@biologicaldiversity.org, 575-536-3879Allyson Siwik, Gila Conservation Coalition, allysonsiwik@gmail.com, 575-590-7619Joey Keefe, New Mexico Wild, joey@nmwild.org, 505-259-4471 Holloman Air Force Base decision a victory for New Mexico wilderness, public lands ALBUQUERQUE (January 30, 2021) – Headquarters, U.S. Air Force has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess […]
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has told a Federal Court in New Mexico that it “intends to withdraw” its decision to allow the development of a Dolomite mine on public land in the Florida Mountains south of Deming, New Mexico. A Motion for Stay of All Proceedings in Case Number 2:20-cv-00924, filed January 11, 2021, […]
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