Mid-Hudson Group

The Mid-­Hudson Group of the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter includes Ulster, Dutchess, and parts of Columbia, Greene, Delaware, and Orange counties. We have over 2,500 members, and we'd love to add you to our group. If you enjoy the outdoors, want to support our efforts to protect the environment and are concerned about the future of our planet, we invite you to join us.

Local Issues

Sierra Club Action

Energy: The Alternatives to Fossil Fuels

Why are Hudson Valley electricity costs increasing? As with any product or service, balancing supply and demand is critical in providing a stable and predictable marketplace for consumers. When demand exceeds supply, the costs...
BESS Utility Grade

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

Battery Electrical Storage Systems (BESS): why is BESS necessary?Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are essential because they provide a "buffer" for modern power grids, which were originally built to produce and consume electricity...
Route 17 Expansion

The Expansion of Route 17

The $1.4 billion dollar proposal to widen Route 17 from two to three lanes in both directions between exit 131 (Harriman) and exit 113 (Wurtsboro) that has the support of Governor Hochul and the New York State Department of Transportation, will...
Six Senses guest house and horse barn

Six Senses Hudson Valley

In 2022, the international $20 billion InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) purchased the “Old Stone Farm” (aka “The Dutchess”) 236-acre property at 2450 Route 9G & 68 Naylor Rd sitting mostly in the Town of Clinton, partly in the Town of Hyde...
Colarusso Hudson Waterfront

The Hudson City Waterfront

Industry versus the Public’s Health and Safety This is an issue that has embroiled Hudson for 11 years. The dock, owned by A. Colarusso & Sons, receives crushed rock from the 113-year-old company’s quarry in neighboring Greenport. The...
Save Roundtop

Save Round Top

The proposed project is a massive, ultra-luxury resort and high-density “residences” on the former Blackhead Mountain Lodge property in Round Top, NY, a hamlet abutting Catskill State Park. It involves constructing at least 87 new buildings—...
Winston Farm Development aerial view

Winston Farm Development

Proposed Development at Winston Farm Threatens the Rural Nature of Our Region Known for hosting the 25th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival in 1994, the Winston Farm property in Saugerties, New York, dates back to the time of construction of the...
Zena site

Zena Development

In 2023, Woodstock National LLC presented a proposal to the Woodstock Planning Board for a private luxury home community with an 18-hole golf course, short term rentals, villas, and a heliport on 624 acres of forest in the towns of Woodstock and...
Iroquois Pipeline Rally in Albany, NY

Iroquois ExC Pipeline Expansion

The Mid-Hudson Sierra Club Group continues to oppose the proposed Iroquois ExC project, which would augment compressor stations In Athens and Dover in New York State and two stations located in Connecticut. The pipeline expansion would double the...
Bluestone Forest, Onteora Lake, Pickerel Pond

Bluestone Wild Forest

Help Stop the Steel & Concrete Fabrication Plant next to the Bluestone Wild Forest, Onteora Lake and Pickerel Pond! We have made a lot of progress, but the battle continues. The orange area in the map above is the development site. A Recent...