Maryland Chapter Blog

Summer 2017 has gotten off to a great start thanks to our wonderful interns! Check out this post to learn more about them and what they're doing to help the Maryland Chapter.

The Baltimore City Council has unanimously passed a resolution to uphold the Paris Climate Agreement! This exciting victory took place on June 19th and indicates Baltimore City’s commitment to environmental justice while denouncing President Trump’s...

Happy National Pollinators Week 2017! Pollinators are so important to life as we know it, seeing as they are responsible for the production of almost one third of the food we eat and are vital to the functioning of healthy ecosystems. Despite their...

On Sunday, June 11 an adventurous group of Sierra Club hikers decided to tackle the U.S. National Arboretum. The hike was split into two sections, the first loop beginning at 9AM and the second loop beginning right after a lunch break. I might have...

On Tuesday, June 6, 2017, the Charles County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to approve the establishment of the Watershed Conservation District (WCD), effectively rezoning 36,000 acres of land in the Mattawoman Creek and Port Tobacco River...

The One Day Hike Picnic was held this past weekend on the C&O Canal at Carderock. Each year the Sierra Club Potomac Region Outings (SCPRO) holds a hike and picnic to celebrate that year’s One Day Hike (ODH), now in its 45th consecutive year! The...

On Saturday, June 3 we celebrated a beautiful National Trails Day with a hike around the Potomac. In fact, our hike was the only National Trails Day hike in the United States that visited a foreign country-- the Swedish Embassy, that is! Our group...

On Monday, June 5th the Howard County Council voted 4-1 to pass Council Bill 30 (CB30) to establish the Howard County Citizens’ Election Fund, which will be in effect for the 2022 election cycle. This bill creates a voluntary program for small donor...

We are currently reaching the point of the year where deer tick season is the worst. If you wish to lead hikes, we recommend to hike in areas with good deer control, and to do so from mid-July through mid-April when the seasonal risk of Lyme disease...

The climate action winning streak continues in Maryland!  Following our victories to increase the state’s renewable energy standard, strengthening its nationally-renowned energy efficiency programs, and securing a ban on fracking, today the...