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Representation by Amigos Bravos CASE TYPE Colonias Development Council 16 Communities for Clean Water Uranium Mining Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety & Reclamation Earthworks Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium 9 Mining (ENDAUM) Federal Facilities Friends of Santa Fe County (LAN L/ KAFB) Gila Conservation Coalition 5 Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP) Air Quality Honor Our Pueblo Existence (H .O.P.E.) Individuals 5 Lea County Concerned Citizens Hardrock Mariano Lake Chapter Citizens Mining Mesquite Community Action Committee Multicultural Alliance for a Safe 4 Environment (MASE) Water Right s& Speculation New Mexico Health Equity Working Group Nuclear Watch New Mexico 4 Oil and Gas Accountability Project 2016 Year In Revie w: Oil & Gas Pajarito Village Association Drilling Red Water Pond Road Community Assoc. 3 Rio Bonito Preserve Pr otecting New Mexico’s communities Industrial Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club Dairies Rio Valle Concerned Citizens and our air, land and water in the fight 5 SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) for environmental justice. Other Taos Pueblo TEWA Women United Turner Ranch Properties Cover photo: Protesting the proposed Santolina mega-development, courtesy of SWOP
2016 Unaudited Financial Report 2016NMELC Annual Report By the end of 2016 we knew the road ahead was going to be a ( Januar y1,2016 – Decembe r31,2016) rocky one. We didn’t know then just how difficult it would be. But as I write this letter in spring 2017, it’s clear that our environment – and low-income communities and communities of Bequests realized • • Special Events, Products, Interest 2017 Law Center Board of Directors color that often bear the brunt of environmental degradation – Fees &Cost • & market gains Michael Casaus, Albuquerque, President are going to be even more vulnerable over the next four years. reimbursements 5% 1% 5% Eileen Gauna, Albuquerque , Vice-Pre sident In New Mexico, we have been dealing since 2011 with an Ramón Padilla, Jr., Las Cruces, Secretary administration that favors the financial interests of industry Harry Browne, Treasurer, Silver City and development over the basic protections of individual Myron Armijo, Santa Ana Pueblo residents’ health and wellbeing. We fought hard every day Stuart Bluestone, Santa Fe of 2016 to preserve protective regulations, promote safe and 31% Sandy Buffett, sustainable industry practices, and to defend the right of the Individuals & Albuquerque public to participate in rulemaking processes. Green Business Susanne Hoffman-Dooley, Santa Fe Partners 58% Donna House, Alcalde As you’ll see in our Top 10 list of case highlights through the year, Foundations Renee Ingold, Fallbrook, CA we achieved a number of important successes. Environmental law A. Paul Mitchell, Albuquerque is a long game. Some victories, such as the hard-won termination Terry Odendahl, Boulder, CO of the Churchrock uranium permit, are meaningful outcomes for Kitty Richards, Albuquerque our clients. Other successes came in the form of simply preserving Juan Reynosa, Albuquerque the right to keep fighting. This is important, as while we are fighting , Frank Sanchez, Roswell often the destructive activity we are fighting against cannot move Total Income: $815,347 forward. Law Center Staff Administration We vow to fight just as hard when rollbacks of federal regulations & general • Jonathan M. Block, Staff Attorney and decimation of protective agencies such as the Environmental Juana Colón, Protection Agency itself threaten harm to the air we breathe, the Public Education Officer 7% water we drink, and the land we inhabit here in New Mexico. Eric Jantz, Staff Attorney And we promise to keep fighting our own state administration Janiece Jonsin, Administrative Assistant when necessary to protect our resources and our communities 15% Shelbie Knox, Development Officer as well. The fight can only happen with your support. Development Elizabeth Lee, Director of Philanthropy & fundraising Douglas Meiklejohn, Executive Director Yana Merrill, Director of Administration & Finance 78% Jaimie Park, Staff Attorney Program Expenses Baxter, Brisa and Lulu, Office Dogs General community & Native American Thank you for making it possible. representation If you have any questions about our accounting, please contact Douglas Meiklejohn Yana Merrill, Director of Exe cutive Director Administration and Finance, at [email protected] or call Total Expenses: $935,321 (505) 989-9022.
Foundation revenue does not include multi-year grants pledged in 2016 and does not include revenue from multi-year grants booked in earlier years, as required by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. 2 ww w.nmelc.org Photo: ©2015 Marjorie Kamine 3 Cover photo: Protesting the proposed Santolina mega-development, courtesy of SWOP
2016 Unaudited Financial Report 2016NMELC Annual Report By the end of 2016 we knew the road ahead was going to be a ( Januar y1,2016 – Decembe r31,2016) rocky one. We didn’t know then just how difficult it would be. But as I write this letter in spring 2017, it’s clear that our environment – and low-income communities and communities of Bequests realized • • Special Events, Products, Interest 2017 Law Center Board of Directors color that often bear the brunt of environmental degradation – Fees &Cost • & market gains Michael Casaus, Albuquerque, President are going to be even more vulnerable over the next four years. reimbursements 5% 1% 5% Eileen Gauna, Albuquerque , Vice-Pre sident In New Mexico, we have been dealing since 2011 with an Ramón Padilla, Jr., Las Cruces, Secretary administration that favors the financial interests of industry Harry Browne, Treasurer, Silver City and development over the basic protections of individual Myron Armijo, Santa Ana Pueblo residents’ health and wellbeing. We fought hard every day Stuart Bluestone, Santa Fe of 2016 to preserve protective regulations, promote safe and 31% Sandy Buffett, sustainable industry practices, and to defend the right of the Individuals & Albuquerque public to participate in rulemaking processes. Green Business Susanne Hoffman-Dooley, Santa Fe Partners 58% Donna House, Alcalde As you’ll see in our Top 10 list of case highlights through the year, Foundations Renee Ingold, Fallbrook, CA we achieved a number of important successes. Environmental law A. Paul Mitchell, Albuquerque is a long game. Some victories, such as the hard-won termination Terry Odendahl, Boulder, CO of the Churchrock uranium permit, are meaningful outcomes for Kitty Richards, Albuquerque our clients. Other successes came in the form of simply preserving Juan Reynosa, Albuquerque the right to keep fighting. This is important, as while we are fighting , Frank Sanchez, Roswell often the destructive activity we are fighting against cannot move Total Income: $815,347 forward. Law Center Staff Administration We vow to fight just as hard when rollbacks of federal regulations & general • Jonathan M. Block, Staff Attorney and decimation of protective agencies such as the Environmental Juana Colón, Protection Agency itself threaten harm to the air we breathe, the Public Education Officer 7% water we drink, and the land we inhabit here in New Mexico. Eric Jantz, Staff Attorney And we promise to keep fighting our own state administration Janiece Jonsin, Administrative Assistant when necessary to protect our resources and our communities 15% Shelbie Knox, Development Officer as well. The fight can only happen with your support. Development Elizabeth Lee, Director of Philanthropy & fundraising Douglas Meiklejohn, Executive Director Yana Merrill, Director of Administration & Finance 78% Jaimie Park, Staff Attorney Program Expenses Baxter, Brisa and Lulu, Office Dogs General community & Native American Thank you for making it possible. representation If you have any questions about our accounting, please contact Douglas Meiklejohn Yana Merrill, Director of Exe cutive Director Administration and Finance, at [email protected] or call Total Expenses: $935,321 (505) 989-9022.
Foundation revenue does not include multi-year grants pledged in 2016 and does not include revenue from multi-year grants booked in earlier years, as required by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. 2 ww w.nmelc.org Photo: ©2015 Marjorie Kamine 3 Im pact Report To p10 Stories of the Ye ar P
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Once again, the Law Center held the line at the State Legislature! Thanks to persistent efforts by executive y s e t
director Doug Meiklejohn and our many allies at the Roundhouse, not a single bad environmental bill got r u o
through in the 2016 session. C
o t o h 2 In a case that threatens drinking water for half a million residents of Albuquerque, the Law Center Photo: Kirtland AFB P entered into negotiations with the US Air Force to push for expedited cleanup of more than 24 million gallons of highly carcinogenic jet fuel that was discovered in 1999 to be leaking from a facility on the 7 Bringing the (former) might of the EPA down on local polluters, the agency decided to Kirtland Air Force Base. The toxic underground plume is moving toward several drinking water wells. investigate the Albuquerque Air Board for civil rights violations after Law Center staff The Air Force requested the confidential negotiations after the Law Center filed intent of notice to sue on attorney Eric Jantz and our client SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) filed a complaint behalf of SWOP, two state senators and several Albuquerque residents. against it for ignoring poor air quality in environmental justice neighborhoods. Following the EPA notice, the Board agreed to respond to complaints in writing and to engage in informal n ó l
o dispute resolution with SWOP . Since Trump took office, however, the Board has taken no substantive C
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L 8 In an Inspection of Public Records Act request related to In 2016, the New Mexico State Engineer gave Augustin Plains Ranch, LLC E
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o which constitute an attempt to limit public participation in C
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, contaminants. A hearing will be held in the future. C 3 we won our case to force the State to terminate a groundwater L
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discharge permit for a new, controversial uranium mine proposed near Church Rock, NM. Eight years after it began, the Law Center and our client, : o t
Without a valid permit, mining cannot begin at the site. o the Rio Bonito Preserve, closed a successful case that will h P help keep water running in the beautiful Rio Bonito, © 4 In a very disappointing decision, the New Mexico Supreme Court declined to hear our which flows through Lincoln County. appeal of the Pit Rule , which governs the storage and disposal of wastes at oil and gas drilling pits in the state. Serving as co-counsel with the New Mexico Wilderness 10 Culminating more than four years of fighting the statewide Alliance, representing Earthworks’ Oil and Gas Accountability Project, the Law Center Copper Rule, the Law Center presented oral argument had been fighting to overturn the Rule since it was gutted in 2013. before the state Supreme Court. The rule, adopted in 2013, is 5 In a major victory for our clients fighting the proposed Santolina mega-development P on the first regulation since the state’s I R G
the western edge of Albuquerque, the 2nd Judicial District Court denied three attempts by our adoption of its Water Quality Act in 1967 that allows an entire industry to f o
y
opponent to get our appeals of the Level A Master Plan dismissed. As of press time, we are waiting for intentionally pollute groundwater. The court’s ruling will set s e t r u
a ruling on our arguments against the scheme, including that the developers have not proven the project precedent for how New Mexico protects water at industrial o C
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has water. Executive director Doug Meiklejohn and staff attorney Jaimie Park continue to fight approval sites throughout the state. As of publication , the court has t o h
of the next step in the developer’s path, the Level B Master Plan. not yet issued its decision. This was our last line of P defense – until the next governor takes office… 6 Law Center staff attorney Jon Block and our client, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Security, the for-profit operator of Los Alamos National Laboratory, over failure to meet critical cleanup milestones under a 2005 “Consent Order” they agreed to with the New Mexico Environment Department . Our suit claims 12 violations of missed deadlines, of up to 675 days each . Our initial cost estimate of the alleged violations? $300 million and counting!
4 © Photo: Nuclear Watch NM © Background photo: NMELC, Shelbie Knox 5 Im pact Report To p10 Stories of the Ye ar P
2016 O W S
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1 o
Once again, the Law Center held the line at the State Legislature! Thanks to persistent efforts by executive y s e t
director Doug Meiklejohn and our many allies at the Roundhouse, not a single bad environmental bill got r u o
through in the 2016 session. C
o t o h 2 In a case that threatens drinking water for half a million residents of Albuquerque, the Law Center Photo: Kirtland AFB P entered into negotiations with the US Air Force to push for expedited cleanup of more than 24 million gallons of highly carcinogenic jet fuel that was discovered in 1999 to be leaking from a facility on the 7 Bringing the (former) might of the EPA down on local polluters, the agency decided to Kirtland Air Force Base. The toxic underground plume is moving toward several drinking water wells. investigate the Albuquerque Air Board for civil rights violations after Law Center staff The Air Force requested the confidential negotiations after the Law Center filed intent of notice to sue on attorney Eric Jantz and our client SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) filed a complaint behalf of SWOP, two state senators and several Albuquerque residents. against it for ignoring poor air quality in environmental justice neighborhoods. Following the EPA notice, the Board agreed to respond to complaints in writing and to engage in informal n ó l
o dispute resolution with SWOP . Since Trump took office, however, the Board has taken no substantive C
a
n or meaningful steps toward addressing the problems. a u J
, C
L 8 In an Inspection of Public Records Act request related to In 2016, the New Mexico State Engineer gave Augustin Plains Ranch, LLC E
M a chance to resubmit its failed application for more than 17 billion gallons
N proposed ground water regulation amendments, s taff
:
o of water annually. NMELC represents nearly 100 residents of west-central t
o attorney Jaimie Park discovered a literal "Hit List" of
h New Mexico in their effort to defeat the Ranch's speculative scheme. P protective environmental regulations that the state © Environment Department had targeted for attack. Jaimie filed comprehensive comments on the proposed amendments to surface and groundwater regulations, n ó l
o which constitute an attempt to limit public participation in C
a
n the permitting process and roll back standards for certain a u J
, contaminants. A hearing will be held in the future. C 3 we won our case to force the State to terminate a groundwater L
In a hard-fought and welcome victory, E M
N 9
discharge permit for a new, controversial uranium mine proposed near Church Rock, NM. Eight years after it began, the Law Center and our client, : o t
Without a valid permit, mining cannot begin at the site. o the Rio Bonito Preserve, closed a successful case that will h P help keep water running in the beautiful Rio Bonito, © 4 In a very disappointing decision, the New Mexico Supreme Court declined to hear our which flows through Lincoln County. appeal of the Pit Rule , which governs the storage and disposal of wastes at oil and gas drilling pits in the state. Serving as co-counsel with the New Mexico Wilderness 10 Culminating more than four years of fighting the statewide Alliance, representing Earthworks’ Oil and Gas Accountability Project, the Law Center Copper Rule, the Law Center presented oral argument had been fighting to overturn the Rule since it was gutted in 2013. before the state Supreme Court. The rule, adopted in 2013, is 5 In a major victory for our clients fighting the proposed Santolina mega-development P on the first regulation since the state’s I R G
the western edge of Albuquerque, the 2nd Judicial District Court denied three attempts by our adoption of its Water Quality Act in 1967 that allows an entire industry to f o
y
opponent to get our appeals of the Level A Master Plan dismissed. As of press time, we are waiting for intentionally pollute groundwater. The court’s ruling will set s e t r u
a ruling on our arguments against the scheme, including that the developers have not proven the project precedent for how New Mexico protects water at industrial o C
o
has water. Executive director Doug Meiklejohn and staff attorney Jaimie Park continue to fight approval sites throughout the state. As of publication , the court has t o h
of the next step in the developer’s path, the Level B Master Plan. not yet issued its decision. This was our last line of P defense – until the next governor takes office… 6 Law Center staff attorney Jon Block and our client, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Security, the for-profit operator of Los Alamos National Laboratory, over failure to meet critical cleanup milestones under a 2005 “Consent Order” they agreed to with the New Mexico Environment Department . Our suit claims 12 violations of missed deadlines, of up to 675 days each . Our initial cost estimate of the alleged violations? $300 million and counting!
4 © Photo: Nuclear Watch NM © Background photo: NMELC, Shelbie Knox 5
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Thank you! Your generous support makes our work possible. 1 New Mexico 2016 Law Center Supporters 0 Environmental Law Center Green2 BusinessPartners Institutional Funders Ann Hardy Batum Spin Dunbar Diane Jacoby Susan Morgan Ira and Lorraine Schwartz Time and Talents Given By: Anonymous Anne E. Beckett Ellen and Bill Dupuy Patricia Jahoda Letitia Morris Norman A. Segel Diana Baker Albuquerque Community Foundation, Sage Fund Susan Bell Greg Dye and Estevan Trujillo Suzanne Jamison Susan Morris Donna J. Seifert Lynda Brown For more information about our Partner program, contact Elizabeth Lee Herb Block Foundation Reed and Melinda Benson Mary Dykton Kitty Jansen Linda G Mowbray Bruce Shah Lara Christensen at 505.989.9022 x118, or [email protected]. Brindle Foundation Jean L. Bergeron Kathleen Economy Amy Jenkins Virginia Mudd and Clifford Burke Geoff and Catherine Shandler Colin Cox Caprock Fund of Tides Foundation, on the Amy Bertelli Connie Eichstaedt & Alan Osborne Tom and Carlyn Jervis Werner and Helen Muller Laurence Shandler , M.D., & Joan Shandler Jamie Douglass recommendation of Ms. Kappy Wells Crawford Best Elizabeth Elliston Sam and Isabel Jewell Ann Mumford Deborah Shapiro Bruce Frederick, Esq. Combined Federal Campaign of the National Paul and Ellen Biderman Bernard Ewell and Sali Randell Richard and Ella Jones James Murphy Patricia A. Sheely Robert L. Hiller, Esq. Capital Area Garland Bills Allison Muller Fabara Mark and Susan Kalin Paula Musetta Betsy Sheils Tracy M. Hughes, Esq. Con Alma Health Foundation Sallie Bingham Fairholm Builders, Inc. Norty and Summers Kalishman Phil Musser and Carol MacLennan Danielle Shelley Paul Hultin, Esq. Dawn Hill Fund Susan Binneweg and Owen Jones James Faris Marjorie Kamine Shirley Ann Myers Betsy and Tom Shillinglaw Marjorie Kamine Desert Southwest Combined Federal Campaign Fred and Daryl Black Stuart Feen and Sunny Sonnenschein Heather Karlson and Bill Leeson Julia and Albert Nathanson Linda Siegle Warren Marr Dottie J. Barrett Giving Account Billie Blair and Gene Weisfeld Maria Fellin Diane Karp Judith Naumberg Janet Simon Marilyn Maxwell Douglass Family Foundation Joyce Blalock Ella Joan Fenoglio Dr. Kirt Kempter Jean Neblett Pat Simons Pat McDaniel EMA Foundation Stuart M. Bluestone, Esq. Elizabeth Ferguson Cynthia Kiersnowski Sharon Kellum Neuman and Ken and Martha Simonsen Colin McKenzie James M. Ewell Charitable Foundation Michele Boccia & Lewis Sawatzky Kathleen Fiero Larry J King Richard Neuman Water Singing-on-the-Rocks Michelle Mosser W.K. 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Thank you! Your generous support makes our work possible. 1 New Mexico 2016 Law Center Supporters 0 Environmental Law Center Green2 BusinessPartners Institutional Funders Ann Hardy Batum Spin Dunbar Diane Jacoby Susan Morgan Ira and Lorraine Schwartz Time and Talents Given By: Anonymous Anne E. Beckett Ellen and Bill Dupuy Patricia Jahoda Letitia Morris Norman A. Segel Diana Baker Albuquerque Community Foundation, Sage Fund Susan Bell Greg Dye and Estevan Trujillo Suzanne Jamison Susan Morris Donna J. Seifert Lynda Brown For more information about our Partner program, contact Elizabeth Lee Herb Block Foundation Reed and Melinda Benson Mary Dykton Kitty Jansen Linda G Mowbray Bruce Shah Lara Christensen at 505.989.9022 x118, or [email protected]. Brindle Foundation Jean L. Bergeron Kathleen Economy Amy Jenkins Virginia Mudd and Clifford Burke Geoff and Catherine Shandler Colin Cox Caprock Fund of Tides Foundation, on the Amy Bertelli Connie Eichstaedt & Alan Osborne Tom and Carlyn Jervis Werner and Helen Muller Laurence Shandler , M.D., & Joan Shandler Jamie Douglass recommendation of Ms. Kappy Wells Crawford Best Elizabeth Elliston Sam and Isabel Jewell Ann Mumford Deborah Shapiro Bruce Frederick, Esq. Combined Federal Campaign of the National Paul and Ellen Biderman Bernard Ewell and Sali Randell Richard and Ella Jones James Murphy Patricia A. Sheely Robert L. Hiller, Esq. Capital Area Garland Bills Allison Muller Fabara Mark and Susan Kalin Paula Musetta Betsy Sheils Tracy M. Hughes, Esq. Con Alma Health Foundation Sallie Bingham Fairholm Builders, Inc. Norty and Summers Kalishman Phil Musser and Carol MacLennan Danielle Shelley Paul Hultin, Esq. Dawn Hill Fund Susan Binneweg and Owen Jones James Faris Marjorie Kamine Shirley Ann Myers Betsy and Tom Shillinglaw Marjorie Kamine Desert Southwest Combined Federal Campaign Fred and Daryl Black Stuart Feen and Sunny Sonnenschein Heather Karlson and Bill Leeson Julia and Albert Nathanson Linda Siegle Warren Marr Dottie J. Barrett Giving Account Billie Blair and Gene Weisfeld Maria Fellin Diane Karp Judith Naumberg Janet Simon Marilyn Maxwell Douglass Family Foundation Joyce Blalock Ella Joan Fenoglio Dr. Kirt Kempter Jean Neblett Pat Simons Pat McDaniel EMA Foundation Stuart M. Bluestone, Esq. Elizabeth Ferguson Cynthia Kiersnowski Sharon Kellum Neuman and Ken and Martha Simonsen Colin McKenzie James M. Ewell Charitable Foundation Michele Boccia & Lewis Sawatzky Kathleen Fiero Larry J King Richard Neuman Water Singing-on-the-Rocks Michelle Mosser W.K. Kellogg Foundation Tony Bonanno Kristina Fisher and Phil Carter Holly Kinley News Corp Giving Daryl and Lucia Smith Phil Musser Charlotte L. Kiser Charitable Trust Karen Bonime and Richard Weiner Barbara Fix Gayle Kinsey Betsy Nichols Jane Smith-Decker William Olson, P.E. Lannan Foundation Adriano Bravo Thomas & Nancy Florsheim Family Fdn Don Kirby and Joan Gentry Charles Noble Leona Sonne Alice Sealey Max and Anna Levinson Foundation Jane Brickner Richard and Karen Ford Richard Klein and Claire Zoeller Steven Oakey Sherill Spaar John Stroud, Esq. Livingry Foundation Grace Brill and Daniel Schwartz Wallace and Valerie Ford Pat Klock Elizabeth O'Brien Theodore Spencer Cathie Sullivan Maki Foundation William Briney Lisa Foster Shelbie Knox and David Clark Christopher O'Connor Elliot Steinberg, Esq. Alice van Buren Mills Family Foundation Michael Browde Jennifer Fowler-Propst Sandra Koenig Terry Odendahl Natali Steinberg Roderick Ventura, Esq. 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NMELC 2016 DOC KET 20 16 Clients:
Representation by Amigos Bravos CASE TYPE Colonias Development Council 16 Communities for Clean Water Uranium Mining Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety & Reclamation Earthworks Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium 9 Mining (ENDAUM) Federal Facilities Friends of Santa Fe County (LAN L/ KAFB) Gila Conservation Coalition 5 Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP) Air Quality Honor Our Pueblo Existence (H .O.P.E.) Individuals 5 Lea County Concerned Citizens Hardrock Mariano Lake Chapter Citizens Mining Mesquite Community Action Committee Multicultural Alliance for a Safe 4 Environment (MASE) Water Right s& Speculation New Mexico Health Equity Working Group Nuclear Watch New Mexico 4 Oil and Gas Accountability Project 2016 Year In Revie w: Oil & Gas Pajarito Village Association Drilling Red Water Pond Road Community Assoc. 3 Rio Bonito Preserve Pr otecting New Mexico’s communities Industrial Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club Dairies Rio Valle Concerned Citizens and our air, land and water in the fight 5 SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) for environmental justice. Other Taos Pueblo TEWA Women United Turner Ranch Properties