Policy Mailer #3: Environment

The only leader with the experience to protect our air, land and water

Heather has worked on environmental issues for almost 20 years, including wildfire prevention, water policy, and land use. She convened some of the state’s very first public deliberations on the relationship between water supplies and climate change. She also contributed to the passage of the NM Forest and Watershed Restoration Act and energy reforms that reduced vented and flared oil field emissions by 50%.

The ONLY leader to protect against fires
Fiercely protective of the Rio Grande Bosque, Heather will work with community leaders in Corrales, Sandia Pueblo, Bernalillo, Albuquerque, and Rio Rancho to improve coordinated fire suppression and prevention. Heather will also work with Placitas to prevent the types of “controlled burns” that led to the Calf Canyon/Hermit’s Peak fires in northern NM. She recognizes that our river and high-desert environments are increasingly fragile and – were they to catch fire – might take decades to recover.

The ONLY leader to protect our land and water
Heather will work to protect our region’s limited, and changing, water supply. Heather knows we must address Bernalillo’s aging municipal water system, groundwater monitoring in Placitas, and the irrigation repair of the Corrales siphon in a manner that is also respectful of Sandia Pueblo’s tribal sovereignty.

Raised in an agricultural family, Heather supports continued farmland preservation in Corrales. And, she will work to preserve Clean Water Act protections for all of NM’s rivers and streams.

Heather's candidacy is qualified by the Conservation Voters of New Mexico.