My forthcoming birthday is as good an occasion as any to announce my retirement from my remaining duties with the Sierra Club: my membership in the Sierra Sage management committee will end at the end of the year, along with my editing of the Sierra...

By Linda Pauer and Chelsea Mendoza  Historically, tidewater gobies are known to have inhabited 150 lagoons and estuaries along the California coast. They are nearly unique among Pacific coast fish in that they inhabit the fresh-saltwater...

When Joni Mitchel wrote “Big Yellow Taxi” in 1969, she was only 26 years old. She sang, “… they paved paradise and put up a parking lot…” The iconic environmental anthem asks, “Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til...

By Linda Pauer (photo credit: Surfrider Foundation)Millions of Americans oppose offshore drilling which threatens marine life, coastal business and the communities that enjoy our beaches. The Sierra Club, alongside other...

by Ed Maurer Nationwide, EV sales for Q1 2026 were down 27% year-over-year, which isn’t as bad as California’s 40.2% drop! Alex Nieves writes in Politico on April 23, 2026 that “California drivers purchased roughly 57,000 EVs between January...

The City of Orange has announced a public scoping meeting, and it is important that members of the Sierra Club attend this meeting. Although no decisions about the project will be made at this meeting, this is the place to voice the Club’s...

The Board authorized flood control maintenance contracts for channel cleaning and runoff pollution reduction. This work removes trash, debris, and silt and clears vegetation around access roads and critical infrastructure.  This contract...

Vicki Hazley, chair of Sierra Sage of South Orange County took pictures of wild things we encountered along the way on a recent Wednesday hike.We would like to share your pictures of what you see on your walks and hikes with Sierra Sage; please mail...

Book review and call to action by Ed Maurer of Bill McKibben's well-timed effort to get us off our duffs...

By Ed Maurer Taking down my old external frame Kelty Pack from a shelf high up in our garage brings back fond memories of hiking on the East Coast, including Vermont’s Green Mountains and New York’s Catskills and Adirondacks. It also carried my...