The July 27 County Commissioners meeting had a Vulcan Mine settlement vote scheduled. ES-CA held a meeting on July 21st outlining the settlement agreement. The proposed settlement is essentially 9 and one half more years of mining with the site along the southern border being completed and reclamation started in 5-6 years and the remaining … [read more]
News
Repeal of Methane Rule Voted Down
With no votes to spare, Senate Democrats orchestrated a huge setback to President Trump’s plans to repeal Obama-era clean air and conservation rules this morning. With the help of three Republican Senators, the US Senate voted 51-49 to stop the repeal of the Methane Rule. New Mexico’s Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, key votes … [read more]
How climate change and fires are altering New Mexico’s landscape
The Heart of Darkness A walk through the scorched landscapes where our forest used to be and a glimpse of our future fires May 17, 2017, 12:00 am By Laura Paskus First there’s a spark, and then the fire. We all stare at the sky, smell the smoke. After the trees and brush and roots … [read more]
La Cienequilla Petroglyphs Hike
The magnificent 7 opened this year’s hike through LPA last month with a hike to see these petroglyphs near the Santa Fe Airport. The hike was enjoyed by all and be ready to join us for the next hikes planned for 11 June and 24 September
Tesuque Creek Trail
This is a nice trail in the Santa Fe National Forest on the road going up to the ski area. The trail head will be on your left as you are heading up. This roughly 4 mile trail uses 3 different trails to makeup this triangular loop. Trail 150 from the parking lot and then … [read more]
Tent Rocks Hike
The trail which is made up of two parts after the first 1/2 mile mark where you can do the 1.2 mile Cave Loop Trail which is easy and returns you back to the parking lot at the trail head after viewing a cave from the pathway. The more difficult, but certainly worth the effort … [read more]
Native Plant Hike
The Las Placitas Association is pleased to announce this month’s native plant hike led by Michael Crowfoot. On April 22nd Michael invites you join him to see what the open space looks like as the warm weather has already forced many flowers to bloom. His March hike found Fuzzy asters and Fendler’s bladderpod. The hike … [read more]
Danger from Placitas pipelines
Did you know that there are five commercial pipelines running underneath Placitas? These single-wall pipelines move toxic materials like butane, crude oil, and gasoline under extremely high pressure, and if one was to leak or rupture (as pipelines often do), it could spell disaster for Placitas. Recently, two pipeline operators applied for and were granted … [read more]