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2026 eNewsletters
April, Volume 2
Chapter brunch social and award-winning film screening, pollution from fast fashion, Where Does My Water Come From presentation, join a Bay Alive local team to shape solutions in your city, basic/wilderness first aid course, Earth's plastic seen from space, comment letters, upcoming committee meetings, and much more!
April, Volume 1
Earth Month, comment on Bay Area air quality, healthy Bay ecosystems, BCDC planning essentials webinar, support cleaner heating and cooling, learning to celebrate severe forest fires, hikes roundup, committee meetings, comment letters, and much more!
March, Volume 2
Urge local leaders to support cleaner heating and cooling, beautiful burned forests, mixed PFAS increases endocrine disruption risks for women, hikes roundup, committee meetings, community events from Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful, and much more!
March, Volume 1
Understanding the need for sea level rise adaptation presentation, nature's hidden climate heroes, POST purchases ranch above Coyote Valley, Forest Protection Forum, BCDC planning essentials webinar series, hikes roundup, committee meetings, and much more!
February, Volume 2
Cemetery would ruin Coyote Valley's valley, integrating climate resilience in City of San Mateo zoning code update, BCDC Planning Essentials webinar series, Redwood Shores Flood and Sea Level Rise Protection projects, committee meetings, comment letters, hikes roundup, and much more!
February, Volume 1
Loma Prieta outings love connections, Heritage Oaks Cemetery threat to Coyote Valley, new Cupertino City Team, Palo Alto City Council wrestle with artificial turf, SAFER Bay Project draft environmental impact report, committee meetings, hikes roundup and much more!
January, Volume 2
Thanks for voting in Chapter elections, soil and regenerative agriculture, forests on an overheating planet, Redwood Shores Sea Level Rise Protection Project, join the Bay Alive Campaign, housing in California is expensive, Loma Prieta Chapter organizational chart, protecting the O'Keefe Open Space Preserve, immersive I love nature activity books, 2026 backpacking course, and much more!
January, Volume 1
Quiet crisis facing oaks, the power of Bay advocacy, forests on an overheating planet, community power vs. warehouse pollution, hikes roundup, committee meetings, and much more!
2025 eNewsletters
December, Volume 2
Year-end giving, Pescardero Creek County Park Climate and Habitat Resiliency Plan, the power of Bay advocacy, California King Tide's project, hikes roundup, comment letter, and much more!
December, Volume 1
Vote in Chapter elections by Dec. 15th, year-end giving, support AB1083, Forest Protection Forum Dec. 15th, vote no on Steve Pearce, Redwood Shore: no place like home, outdoor Rx, Pescadero Creek County Park Climate and Habitat Resiliency Plan, celebrating three 2025 Leadership Awards from Sierra Club California, comment letters, hikes roundup, and much more!
November, Volume 2
Chapter Executive Committee voting is open, letter from Executive Director Loren Blackford on recent New York Times coverage, Diablo Range exploratory trip report, how we adapt to and prepare for sea level rise, what your Chapter Executive Committee does, hikes roundup, committee meetings, comment letters, and much more!
November, Volume 1
Vote for Executive Committee elections, air conditioning to heat pump reach codes, biodiversity and urban forest plan, hikes roundup, upcoming committee meetings, events in the community, and much more!
October, Volume 2
2025 Guardians of Nature recap, Permanente Creek Restoration update, Environmental Stewardship Program 2025-2026 launches, Bay Alive Campaign honors Jeremy Lowe, Bay Alive Campaign in the community, unprecedented forest degradation, the Mediterranean Oak Borer, comment letters, hikes and committee meetings roundup, and much more!
October, Volume 1
Palo Alto Airport Expansion, Electric Innovation Awards, Silicon Valley building electrification, Concar passage redevelopment, Vista de Almaden project appeal, and much more!
September, Volume 2
2025 Guardians of Nature Benefit, Loren Blackford new Executive Director, Sudden Oak Death, fire safety, unprecedented forest degradation, Baylands Specific Plan Project, Bay Alive presents to Redwood Shores, Redwood Life Project, building electrification, comment letters, and much more!
September, Volume 1
Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project canceled, Karen Maki receives 2025 Volunteer Service Award, 2025 Guardians of Nature Benefit early bird tickets end soon, home electrification rebates and tax credits, hidden threats from sea level rise, Redwood Shores and sea level rise, the Bay's health, Baylands Specific Plan Project, Environmental Stewardship Program 2025-2026, Giant Sequoia and High-Intensity Fire Revisited, forest management educational hike, synthetic and natural turf athletic fields, Palo Alto Stream Corridor Protection Ordinance, hike roundups, and much more!
August, Volume 2
Honoring Garnetta Annable, Permanente Creek restoration project, Environmental Stewardship Program 2025-2026, Foster City Summer Days, save marshlands from sea level rise, seeking volunteer librarian, community wildfire preparedness, comment letters, hikes roundup, committee meetings, and much more!
August, Volume 1
Environmental Stewardship Program 2025-2026, Permanente Creek Restoration Project, 2025 Guardians of Nature, what's at risk from sea level rise, community wellbeing at risk from sea level rise, seeking volunteer librarian, hikes roundup, committee meetings, comment letters, and much more!
July, Volume 2
Permanente Creek Restoration Project, volunteer at Foster City Summer Days, celebrate Garnetta Annable at 2025 Guardians of Nature Benefit, Environmental Stewardship Program 2025-2026, how sea levels are rising, Fix our Forests Act, defensible space Zones 1 and 2, Forest Protection Forum, comment letters, hikes roundup, and much more!
July, Volume 1
Seeking Chapter Executive Committee candidates, San Jose landmark project dropped, fighting for Climate Smart San Jose, celebrate Garnetta Annable at 2025 Guardians of Nature Benefit, why sea levels are rising, sea level rise planning webinar series, petition to save San Bruno Mountain, comment letters, and much more!
June, Volume 2
Purchase 2025 Guardians of Nature tickets, Fire Hazard Severity Zones, defensible space Zone Zero, seeking Chapter Executive Committee candidates, counties coordinating sea level rise plans with county agencies, presentation to Foster City's Citizen Sustainability Advisory Committee, save San Bruno Mountain petition, and much more!
June, Volume 1
Save San Bruno Mountain, seeking Chapter Executive Committee candidates, fire hazard severity zones, 2025 Guardians of Nature Benefit's honoree Garnetta Annable, Bay Alive Campaign watchdog network, Environmental Stewardship Program social and native garden tour, Forest Protection Forum, Loma Prieta Military Outdoors, Coyote Valley Monterey corridor study, Valley Water's draft water supply master plan 2050, and much more!
May, Volume 2
Seeking Chapter Executive Committee candidates, petition to save San Bruno Mountain, backyard ecology and biodiversity, home hardening against wildfires, join our Bay Alive Campaign watchdog network, the Brisbane Baylands Project, losses of domesticated bees, Soap Lake Ranch tour, Pacheco Reservoir expansion, comment letters, hikes roundup and much more!
May, Volume 1
Bay Alive Campaign watchdog network, Pacheco Reservoir Project update, Forest Protection Forum Chaparral at the Crossroads, mesoplastics and mosquitos, comment letters, hikes roundup, and much more!
April, Volume 2
Earth Day celebrations recap, The Earth on Your Plate, 16 kids' science and nature books, Redwood Life project, sustainable land use, green streets, urban tree canopy, urban waterways, changing the forest thinning narrative, comment letters, hikes roundup, and much more!
April, Volume 1
Happy Earth Month, Palo Alto and Los Altos Dark Sky ordinances, Forest Protection Forum, Environmental Stewardship Program, Bird Safe Design and Lighting Performance, hikes roundup, and much more!
March, Volume 2
Join our Bay Alive Campaign Watchdog Networks, wildfire preparedness opinion piece in San Mateo Daily Journal, spring appeal letter is coming, Redwood Life development, developing East Palo Alto's Ravenswood Business District, comment letters, hikes roundup, and much more!
March, Volume 1
Vote for Sierra Club Board of Directors, Ben Jealous coming to Stanford, 30x30 and light pollution, Sierra Club California statement on Newsom's suspension of CEQA and Coastal Act, help save the monarch butterfly, remembering Mike Flaugher, "The Bay is Rising, Let's Rise to the Challenge Together" webinar, sea level rise spreading toxins, Wilderness First Aid course, hikes roundup, and much more!
February, Volume 2
"The Bay is Rising, Let's Rise to the Challenge Together!" March 20th webinar, protect California water, love found on the trail, help save the monarch butterfly, plastic packaging waste, 2025 Basic Backpacking Course, hikes roundup, committee meetings, comment letters, and much more!
February, Volume 1
Santa Clara County artificial turf ban, Board of Directors election, wilderness first aid training, Loma Prieta Chapter on Bluesky, "The Bay is Rising, Let's Rise to the Challenge Together!" March 20th webinar, Redwood Shores Ecological Reserve, 80 Willow Road proposal, hikes and committee meetings roundup, and much more!
January, Volume 2
Protect burrowing owls, past and present of clearcutting in California, protect foothill yellow-legged frogs, Loma Prieta Pride Death Valley camping trip, youth volunteer accepted to Cornell, hike and committee meeting roundups, and much more!
January, Volume 1
Protect San Bruno Mountain, Hiker's Hut volunteers' reflections, King Tides Project, United States Army Corps of Engineers navigational dredging, Tru Players raising money through theater, State Route 25 corridor improvement project, hike roundup and much more!