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Partnerships Help Protect America's Natural Heritage
Across the country, Sierra Club leaders are building trust and sharing ideas with labor unions, hunting and fishing groups, and other community groups to help create a new and more powerful conservation movement. Time spent on the trail, at community fairs, or fishing by the river is strengthening bonds between neighbors as they explore, enjoy and protect the planet together.
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The Sierra Club partnered with the United Steelworkers in Missouri and Ohio to hold AK Steel accountable for air and water pollution. In this picture, Sierra Club Water Sentinels train Steelworkers to test water quality outside of polluting facilities. |
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To promote grizzly bear recovery and keep backcountry recreationists safe, the Sierra Club announced a program to provide free inert bear pepper spray training canisters for use at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' hunter and bowhunter education courses.
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In South Dakota, Sierra Club has organized the support of more than 20 rod and gun clubs and worked closely with Native American tribes to protect prairie wilderness along the Cheyenne River, including the largest remaining roadless area in the Great Plains. |
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In Minnesota, Sierra Club helped organize over 5,000 duck hunters and other conservationists to rally in support of protecting wetlands. |
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Activists in Puerto Rico formed the Sierra Club's first Spanish speaking chapter in 2005 to protect the forests, wetlands and coral reefs of their coastal jewel. The Club is working with local fishermen to fight mega-resort developments that threaten fishing grounds and leatherback turtle nesting areas.
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