Local environmental articles
Watershed Nature Center Outing
July 9, 2015
Join us on July 12th at 10:00 am at the Watershed Nature Center in Edwardsville Illinois. The Watershed Nature Center promotes itself as “a unique green space where you can relax and reconnect with nature.” The Watershed Nature Center was founded...
Summer Picnic
July 9, 2015
Happy Summer Fellow Sierrans!This year we will be having our Summer Picnic on August 29th at McCully Heritage Project in Kampsville, IL. Our schedule is tentative, but we hope to do an easy, guided hike at 10 a.m., enjoy a potluck dinner, and hear...
Solar Event at Lewis & Clark Tower
June 9, 2015
Members of several local astronomical organizations will offer the opportunity to look at the sun like never before using special solar telescopes which safely allows sun gazers to view the sun through hydrogen Alpha, calcium, and white light. In...
Save the Dates!
June 1, 2015
The Outings team is putting together a collection of nearby very easy hikes for the year. They will also be very informative, highly interesting, and of course, you'll be with an awesome group of fellow hikers! July 12 ...
Cynthia Gayle Borman April 23 1943 – April 23 2015
June 1, 2015
By Richard C. KeatingWinner of the Piasa Palisades Group 2015 Spirit of Sierra Award.Gayle began coming to Sierra Club meetings about a decade ago and she immediately began to participate in a variety of ways. It would be easy enough, and non-...
Second Annual Beertasting Fundraiser!
June 1, 2015
By Jon ClarkLast year was great and this year is shaping up to be even better! Join the members of Piasa Palisades Group of the Sierra Club for our 2nd Annual Craft Beer Tasting at the Jacoby Arts Center!This year will have a tremendous...
Speaker Series: June What's Up With the Upper Mississippi River System?
June 1, 2015
Dr. John Chick, an aquatic ecologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey–University of Illinois, and the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, will present an overview of ongoing long-term monitoring and research activities that...
Graham Hollow, Epidemic Diseases, and Discoveries of the CCC
May 15, 2015
By Richard C. KeatingAfter years of gathering background on Pere Marquette State Park, I fancied I had solved most solvable mysteries. Then this month I stumbled on another treasure trove of historical notes and documents. For most of May 7, I sat...
Correction
April 30, 2015
In last month's article, "Sierra Club Storms Capitol Hill," I meant to say that there are fewer than 10,000 coal jobs in Illinois, but I accidentally typed 1,000. There are approximately 8,000 coal jobs in our state, compared with 100,000 renewable...
Up the Creek
April 30, 2015
Do you have a canoe or kayak? Enjoy paddling with others? We are starting an email list to bring area paddlers together for adventures on the water and more. To join the list email Amitie Flynn.