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The latest edition of the Riogrande Sierran is now online: Riogrande Sierran, January/February 2009 issue of the newsletter (1.9 megabyte pdf file).  

  photo by Ken Hughes, Railrunner in Santa Fe.

Tom Friedman writes: "While Detroit Slept".  In the meantime, Oregon gets it. How about it,"filling up" for less than a dollar.

Sales of Toyota's big gas guzzling SUVs increase, as gas prices plunge, while fuel efficient autos such as the Prius fall as much as 48%. See Bloomberg article. Time for a Gas Tax increase? "Ray thinks so."   Also, read the New York Times editorial.

  photo by Bogdan, Hike on Los Griegos Ridge, summer 2008.

Prof. James Hansen of NASA writes a plea to Obama. Read James Randerson's article in the guardian.co.uk

Click for Carl Pope's latest message, the Compass, and The Green Life.

View Santa Fe National Forest's Proposed Action for Travel Management (pdf, from July 2008).

UPCOMING OUTINGS:

Check out National Sierra Club Outings and local NM hikes below.

Thursday outings in Santa Fe: Easy/moderate hikes.
Dogs OK. Hikers will leave at 9am from the Walgreeens, intersection of Zia and St. Francis. Call Eliza Schmid beforehand at 505/474-5846.

Riogrande chapter's special outings:

• Saturday, January 10: Moderate/Strenuous Snowshoe Calaveras and Cebolla Canyon areas of Jemez, 8 miles, 100' gain. Michael Di Rosa (505/667-0095, 505/663-0648 – Pajarito Group).
• Saturday, January 10: Moderate/Strenuous Hike to Red Mesa west of Bernalillo, 6-7 miles, 1300’ gain, offtrail, dogs ok. Bogdan Mihaila (661-4184 – Northern Group).
• Thursday-Monday, January 15-19: Tanque Verde Ridge backpack, Rincon Mountains, Arizona – Strenuous 4-day backpack in one of the most recently designated National Parks, near Tucson. 4900' gain. Rollin Wickenden (rwickgila@aol.com – El Paso Group).
• Saturday, January 17: Red House Mountain hike, southern end of the Caballo Mountains – Moderate. Home of bighorn sheep. Visit to petroglyphs. Margot Wilson (575/744-5860 – Southern Group).
• Saturday, January 17: Moderate Hike, Snowshoe, or XC Ski depending on snow conditions, to Frijoles canyon overlook, 2-3 miles. John Varner (795-5948 – Northern Group).
• Sunday, January 18: Continental Divide Trail hike – 7-9 miles, Moderate. 145- mile RT drive. Carol Chamberland (505/341-1027 – Central Group).
• Sunday, January 18: Tour SF County Thornton Ranch open space, in Galisteo Basin rolling terrain with local historian Bill Baxter. Visit site of Kennedy RR station, where AT&SF tracks intersected NM Central line, and see Petroglyph Hill. Meet at office or at church in Galisteo. Dogs ok, 4-5 miles. Norma McCallan (505/471-0005 – Northern Group).
• Saturday, January 24: Beginners snowshoe clinic. Marcia Skillman (505/699-3008 – Northern Group).
• Sunday, January 25: Moderate Hike in La Bajada area. About 8 miles 600' gain. Mostly offtrail, some rough sections. Dogs ok. Norbert Sperlich (505/474-4354 – Northern Group).
• Sunday, January 25: Desert exploratory hike. Please go to Central Group's Events' page for details. Tom Petencin – Central Group.
• ...more on Selected outings page.

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