Eastern Sandoval Citizens Association (ESCA)
Signpost article, August 2021 Edition
Eastern Sandoval Citizens Association (ESCA) Report
By Jean Roberts, ESCA Board of Directors
ESCA and the Las Placitas Association recently sent a joint letter to Melanie Stansbury, the new representative of District 1 in the US House of Representatives, requesting that she reintroduce the Buffalo Tract Protection Act. The goal of the legislation is to prohibit gravel mining in the Buffalo Tract, which is immediately adjacent to the northern border of Placitas neighborhoods. Senator Martin Heinrich has already reintroduced the bill in the Senate.
We are also contacting new management of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which oversees the Buffalo Tract. The Rio Puerco Resource Management Plan that includes the Buffalo Tract remains in draft form and not yet available for public comment.
During the past month, the ESCA board asked our membership to approval a revision to ESCA bylaws and articles of incorporation. The vote passed, with nearly 92 percent of voters in favor of the change. The revision will allow the board the flexibility to donate to charities within the ESCA corporation area that need extra help for special purposes, consistent with our mission to maintain our quality of life in our community.
As New Mexico opens up after our long battle with COVID, we urge everyone to stay safe this summer and to get your COVID vaccination.