NEWS

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks As we observe National Wildlife Day with the prairie dog photo on our Waypoints  header, it seems appropriate to suggest a visit to the Prairie Dog State Park. The park is located near the...

Melvern Lake is located near I-35 in east central Kansas.The Corps of Engineers is authorized to operate Melvern Dam and Lake to provide flood damage reduction, recreation, water supply storage, fish and wildlife management, and downstream water...

During August, National Water Quality Month, it is appropriate to recognize the work that the efforts of the Kansas Chapter and the national Sierra Club are doing to make our water clean and affordable for drinking, for recreation, and for wildlife...

Change is always hard, but insect metamorphosis is extreme. There are four stages or “waypoints” in the life of a butterfly: egg, larva or caterpillar, pupa and adult.

Sixty years ago Bob Dylan wrote this famous protest song, The Times They Are A Changin’. It’s still relevant today. The Kansas Chapter has reached a critical inflection point as Sierra Club makes structural changes to balance fiscal...

    Sierra Club Kansas lobbyist Zack Pistora talks about plastics bag bans and Kansas energy policy  

By Mimi Moffat, Kansas Chapter Fundraising Chair Sierra Club was founded 130 years ago to organize outings for the enjoyment and protection of California mountains and wilderness.  We can't organize mountain outings in Kansas but we...

Note from the Editors This is what a lake should look like. Lake Wilson is the clearest lake in Kansas, according to the US Army Corps of Engineers. It is free from toxic waste runoffs from factory farms. Text by Keith Miller "The...

This year we should  remember two important environmental milestones. The Sierra Club Kansas Chapter was formed 50 years ago and 2024 also marks the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act that established America’s National Wilderness...

Protecting Our Water We're back in court fighting CAFO permits which threaten water quality in rural Kansas. Fifty years after passage of the Clean Water Act, Kansas water is still heavily impaired because of industrial meat production....