CRC held its annual meeting on January 26, and the board has elected new officers. Elly van Gelderen is the new Secretary. Michele Lanan served in that position for several years and moves to the Advisory Council. Curt Bradley became the Vice President. Former VP Dirk Sigler is our new President. Wynne Brown (President 2012 to the present) remains on the board.
We look forward to working with all our many board members, advisors, and other volunteers.
The Chiricahua Regional Council is pleased to announce the election of board member Dirk Sigler to serve as Vice President of the organization. As a lifelong backcountry enthusiast, Dirk makes his home in Portal, AZ where he built his first home in 2005. His background is in construction and the visual arts. Having involved himself…
Wynne Brown, CRC president, received this snail-mailed update regarding the South Fork Day Use Area on Friday, October 15. We are grateful to the USFS for giving thoughtful consideration to the many objections that were submitted.
Wild Arizona, a partner with CRC in conservation and trailwork, announces today’s proclamation by President Biden, establishing the new Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. The new Monument surrounds the existing National Park, and protects the region and its tribal lands from threats such as that posed by…
Environmental groups, including the Center for Biological Diversity, the Chiricahua Regional Council, Natural Allies, Wild Arizona, and Conservation CATalyst, filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s plan to build new roads and allow increased motorized access through three sensitive canyons in the Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona. Roads in these remote canyons would put…
As an environmental group pledged to protect intact habitats and natural resources, CRC acknowledges that groundwater pumping for industrial scale agriculture and mining poses very real threats to underground aquifers and the health of riparian habitats. Wildlife and human communities depend on reliable water resources. Aquifers are being over exploited in many parts of the…
The U.S. Air Force held a public meeting yesterday in Animas, NM, about their proposal to expand military training in our area, and we wanted to share some of what happened there. It is noteworthy that this meeting was the only one near the Tombstone MOA, although it was held outside the actual MOA and over a…
