You will be seeing this poster around Placitas – reminding folks of the date of the BLM community meeting and where to submit your comments. BLM poster plain LPA has drafted a sample letter for your use. The word document can be downloaded and modified. If you don’t have Word, download the pdf version as … [read more]
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BLM Gravel Mining Community Meeting Comment Suggestions
Data gathered over the past 15 years to support the cumulative adverse effects another gravel mine will have on Placitas. Please use this data when formulating your oral comments for the BLM Community Meeting on 11/14 at 5:30 at the community Library. Oral comments will be limited, so expand on your input with written comments … [read more]
Take Your Creative Spirit to Chaco Canyon with LPA
Here is the plan for our 50th Anniversary fundraising adventure to Chaco Canyon on Saturday, October 21, tailored for photographers and other visual artists but open to everyone. Download your application here or contact us at theboard@lasplacitas.org. LPA has worked with a 40-year veteran Chaco hiker/photographer/author and other resources to prepare the itinerary and reference … [read more]
June News published in the Sandoval Signpost
Hikes: On Saturday, May 20, five hikers headed out for the Sandia Cave, a 1.1 mile out and back trail in Las Huertas canyon. Our next hike will be in July – watch for the announcement in the July Signpost. Placitas Hike/Bike Project: Did you know that 65% of New Mexicans participate in outdoor recreation? … [read more]
Be Bear Aware
Being bear aware not only protects your home and property, it can save a bear’s life. “Every time a bear gets a treat — a bird feeder, a hummingbird feeder, or trash — it teaches the bear that people mean food,” There are an estimated 5,000-6,000 black bears in New Mexico. They are not aggressive … [read more]
Proposed BLM Public Lands Rule
Come out to the Bureau of Land Management‘s public meeting in Albuquerque, NM on 5/30 from 5-7 PM MT. The BLM will discuss a proposal that would balance its mission to focus on cultural lands protection, conservation, recreation, wildlife, and more. Currently, 90% of lands managed by the BLM in the lower 48 states are … [read more]
LPA September News
While there is no breaking news on gravel mining, pipeline safety or funding the feasibility study for the Hike/Bike Placitas project, there is plenty of good news this month. Victory: Pathways reports that the Sandia – Jemez Mountains Bernalillo Corridor is included in the state’s high priority wildlife corridor projects. Recommendations include overpasses, underpass culverts, … [read more]
LPA July activity report
We are increasingly optimistic that the feasibility study for the Bike/Hike Placitas Project may happen this year as funding looks promising. We are in receipt of a letter from our congressional delegation to Secretary Haaland requesting that the BLM lands in Placitas be administratively removed from mineral development pending passage of legislation. This is a … [read more]