GRIP’s voice is strengthened if you can help us by taking action on important environmental issues confronting our community, from groundwater protection from mining contamination to keeping our Gila River free flowing!
Photo: Ben Lilly Overlook, Dennis O’Keefe Speak up to protect the Gila National Forest from a massive new mining exploration project being developed by Ivanhoe Electric, a U.S.-based mineral exploration company. In 2024, the company’s subsidiary, Pinos Altos Exploration, staked 642 lode claims covering 13,264 acres of Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and […]
Find out more about GRIP’s projects and activities by checking out the latest issue of Get A GRIP. Hard copies are available at the Silver City Food Co-op, Silver City Public Library, O’Keefe’s Bookshop, and the GRIP office. The winter issue covers the Southwest New Mexico Community Forestry Network, Grant County AIR-WISE, new staff, updates […]
The United States Air Force is proposing to modify ten existing Military Operations Areas (MOAs) that stretch across southern Arizona into southwest New Mexico as part of their Special Use Optimization Strategy to expand low-elevation combat training. The plan will authorize thousands of additional low-elevation fighter jet maneuvers and low-elevation supersonic flights that cause sonic […]
Save the Date for Gila Earth Day and Continental Divide Trail Days Festival set for April 20th in Gough Park The Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP) and the Continental Divide Trail Coalition (CDTC) will hold the Gila Earth Day x Continental Divide Trail Days festival on Saturday, April 20th, 10 am -2 pm at Gough […]
Want to get connected to volunteer opportunities through GRIP? Sign up for our new Volunteer App and browse upcoming volunteer opportunities offered by GRIP’s programs Silver City Watershed Keepers, Pick It Up-Toss No Mas, Friends of Big Ditch Park and Gila Earth Day. You can sign up to volunteer for opportunities of your choosing and keep […]
The Mining and Minerals Division will hold a hybrid public hearing (both in person and virtually) on Tuesday, August 16th at 5 pm at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center (next to Ace Hardware) on Freeport-McMoRan’s proposed new open pit at the Tyrone Mine. Public Notice The public hearing on the Emma […]
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 […]
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC is reviewing the license for the Waste Control Specialists/Interim Storage Partners’ proposal for interim storage of spent nuclear fuel in Andrews, TX, outside of Eunice, NM. This proposal will transport 40,000 tons of dangerous spent nuclear fuel from reactors across the country. The waste will be dangerous for millions of […]
Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich introduced the M.H. “Dutch” Salmon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to protect segments of the Gila and San Francisco rivers as Wild and Scenic. Thank the senators for their leadership and dedication to long-term protection of New Mexico’s last wild river. Take action
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC is reviewing the license for Holtec International’s proposal for interim storage of all of the nation’s spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at a site in Lea County, NM just 16 miles north of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. This proposal poses a significant public health risk to New […]
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