Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter Blog

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Protecting Our Community: Opposition Grows Against the Mid-States Corridor — guest blog from Mark Nowotarski

September 4, 2025

I have always been an advocate for protecting our environment. It wasn’t until I retired and moved back to rural Southwest Indiana that I became an environmental and climate activist.

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September update from Uplands Network, connecting Monroe and surrounding counties

September 3, 2025

September is Public Lands Month! We have many opportunities to get outdoors with the Sierra Club this month, and we hope you can join us on the trail.

A man with a neat gray beard, glasses, and a tan hat and shirt, sitting in a chair in a yard. He is smiling, and holding a framed award which says Award of Appreciation for Outsanding Achievement presented to Doug Johnson by Julie Lowe, Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter on May 9, 2023.

Winding Waters Group Newsletter for September 2025

August 29, 2025

The kids are back in school, and cooler temperatures are here! Indiana is a beautiful place to enjoy fall, and after a hot summer, it’s time to get out and hike! Please join the Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter and Winding Waters Groups’ many planned...

A group of seven adults and children walking in the woods. They all have their backs to the camera and are concentrating on the trail and navigating the roots of the trees and observing the nature around them. It's a sunny day and dapples of sunlight are on the forest floor.

August update from Uplands Network, connecting Monroe and surrounding counties

August 6, 2025

“Mushroom! Caterpillar! Slug!” Shouts of discovery echoed through Griffy Lake Nature Preserve this morning as families walked along the Nature Trail. Our annual Art in Nature Family Hike was underway with our partners, Artists for Environmental...

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Winding Waters Group Newsletter for August 2025

August 1, 2025

The Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter and Winding Waters Group have been busy this summer! Have you been able to join us in our activities? We still have many more to enjoy while the weather is warm!

Two people sat at a rally - they are holding signs. One has a crossed-out crown with the words "not a subject" and the other says Librety & justice for all - Democracy is our choice.

July update from Uplands Network, connecting Monroe and surrounding counties

July 8, 2025

Recently during the monthly national Climate Forests Coalition call to discuss current issues threatening our forests, we got word that Sec. Rollins of the USDA was announcing plans to rescind the Roadless Rule. The proposed rollback of the 2001...

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Winding Waters Group Newsletter for July 2025

July 4, 2025

Not sure how to make a difference in today’s changing world? Your local Sierra Club group has a busy schedule of events this summer, and the only thing missing is you!

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The Future of Briar East Woods — guest blog from Anne Sedlacek

June 18, 2025

Currently, there is a public comment period open on the Governors Parkway bridge project in Hammond, Indiana, which stands to destroy 12.2 acres of a 32-acre dune woodland known as the Briar East Woods.

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Public lands day of action — blog from volunteer leader Lora Kemp

June 18, 2025

As the Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter kicked off the Protecting Indiana Forests Campaign, we took a field trip to explore some of Indiana’s great waterways and spectacular forests.

Three people standing outside a Hoosier National Forest building. Two of them are holding signs - one says Protect our Forests, the other Dump Trump Evict Elon!

June update from Uplands Network, connecting Monroe and surrounding counties

June 5, 2025

As Greg and I traveled back from the Pacific Northwest last week, the person seated next to me shared his window view of the tall redwoods and mountains in the distance. We quickly discovered we were both headed home to Bloomington, and he began to...