“This toxic pollution flows down from Los Alamos into the Rio Grande above the drinking water diversions for both Santa Fe and Albuquerque,” said Rachel Conn, projects director with Amigos Bravos. “It is long past due for EPA to take action to protect New Mexicans’ public health and environment by requiring that these toxic discharges be controlled and monitored.”

Everyone is invited to join the 2019, 13th Annual Taos Rivers and Lands Cleanup, a countywide effort to clean our watershed, community and hiking trails.

DATE: Saturday, June 22, 2019. TIME: 8am – 2pm (Lunch served at 1:00pm)
TAOS AND QUESTA VOLUNTEERS: 8am meet at St. James Episcopal Church (Taos), and 8am in Questa at the Questa Visitor's Center.

This Spring, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposed a new water rule. This proposed “Dirty Water Rule” would have devastating impacts to our state by leaving up to 96% of New Mexico’s water unprotected.

On February 14th, the EPA published their proposed Waters of the US Rule (we are calling it the “Dirty Water Rule”) in the federal register, starting a 60-day comment period. This rule would strip Clean Water Act protections from streams that do not flow year round and from any wetland that is not directly connected to a stream that flows year round. 

This Green Infrastructure Guide, put together by Amigos Bravos and the Environmental Law Institute, provides a step-by-step process that local governments can use to integrate community input into their green infrastructure projects. It starts with a review of the benefits of involving the public in the decision-making process. It then sets out eight steps t…