• Sunday, March 9 • Petroglyph Monument Hike – Volcanos, petroglyphs, and fine vistas! This will be a one-way (car shuttle) hike from the Volcanos on Albuquerque’s West Mesa to the Rinconada petroglyphs. We’ll walk about 6 miles via trails, cross country and boulder scrambling. Bring lunch, liquids, and layers, and meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Rinconada trailhead parking lot on Unser Blvd. (roughly 1.5 miles south of Montaño) for carpooling. This hike is within city limits so driving time is minimal and we should be finished by mid-afternoon. For more information call Carol Chamberland (505/341-1027).
• Saturday, March 22 • El Malpais Exploratory Hike – El Malpais National Monument contains a variety of landscapes, and this hike will explore the sandstone bluffs on the eastern edge of the lava flows. Arches, petroglyphs, and great vistas will be featured. No trails, strictly cross-country and boulder scrambling; we’ll walk 6 to 8 miles. Bring lunch, liquids, and layers, and meet at Smith’s parking lot at Carlisle and Menaul in Albuquerque at 8:30 a.m. for carpooling. Driving distance: 80 miles one-way. For more information call co-leaders Tom Petencin (505/271- 9928) or Carol Chamberland (505/341-1027).
• Saturday, March 29 • Desert Exploratory Hike – Come and visit some of New Mexico’s most incredible and beautiful landscapes hidden in its desert places. These hikes are not difficult but will require a sense of adventure on the part of participants. There will rarely be a trail and the route will be very rocky and uneven at times. We may encounter dense growth and downed logs in canyon bottoms, though we will try to minimize this. Sometimes we scramble (easy climbing) over rock surfaces and walk narrow ledges, if this can be done safely. Typical hike length is between 6 and 10 miles and we may gain 500 to 1500 feet of elevation. Leader determines outing details and meeting time by the previous Wednesday, so you may call for details at that time. Please contact the outing leading no later than the Thursday preceding the hike. You may also request to be included on an email list for receiving the same info so you won’t have to call. Meeting time will vary from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. Meeting place is Smith’s parking lot at Carlisle and Menaul. Both Sierra Club and Outdoor Adventures For Singles are invited for these outings. Contact Tom Petencin (505/271-9928, tompeten@juno.com).

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• Tuesday, March 18. Ken Hughes, Chapter Conservation Chair, will give a slide show on his trip to the Galapagos Islands. Snacks will be served. Please RSVP to Lori Healy. At UNM Law School, Stanford and Tucker Blvd, Room 2405, 7:00-9:00 p.m. (Meetings occur every other month. Driving directions.)

The Executive Committee meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Sierra Club office at 142 Truman NE, Albuquerque. 

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• Wednesday, March 26. We would like to invite you to an activism training and lecture by renowned author Bill McKibben and climate activist Mike Tidwell. They will lead an hour and a half training about building a more effective climate movement in New Mexico, followed by a lecture by McKibben. We invite anyone who has an interest in making a difference around climate to attend this free event.
    Both the training and the lecture will be held at the Student Union Ballroom on the UNM campus in Albuquerque. The training will run from 5 p.m. to 6:30, and the lecture will begin at 7.p.m. In order to plan for enough space, we are asking that anyone interested in attending either the training or the lecture respond to Deborah Stephens at deb@1skynewmexico.org with their contact information.

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To stay up to date on upcoming outings and to receive reminders of previously announced outings, sign up be sending a message to outingsnmcentral@att.net. For more information, call David Ther (260-1553).

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