Press Releases

March 27, 2026

Bill would provide grants to states to expand outdoor recreation programming for veterans

March 20, 2026

On Tuesday, March 24, the Sierra Club is hosting a virtual panel discussion with conservation, wildlife, tribal, and legal experts to highlight the growing movement working to defend our public lands from the impacts of border walls and detention centers. WHAT: Virtual panel hosted by the Sierra Club, open to the public and mediaWHEN: 4pm PT / 7pm ET on Tuesday, March 24, 2026

March 12, 2026

TERLINGUA, TEXAS — The Sierra Club has joined more than 130 conservation groups, outfitters and rural Texas businesses in urging Congress to block federal funding for border wall construction in Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park.

December 16, 2025

Study analyzes 8 major cities: D.C., Minneapolis, Denver, Philadelphia, Detroit, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, and Atlanta

October 27, 2025

Daily parking fee would double under proposed changes

August 22, 2025

MIAMI – A federal judge has ordered a stop to expanding operations at “Alligator Alcatraz,” the controversial immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades.

July 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Federalized National Guard troops equipped for military operations moved into Los Angeles’s MacArthur park, located in one of the city’s most immigrant-heavy communities, in a choreographed show of force intended to stage for follow-on law enforcement operations in the community. The sudden occupation caused the evacuation of children to a recreational facility.

April 16, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – The Trump administration yesterday announced an emergency transfer of nearly 110,000 acres of land along the U.S.-Mexico border from the Department of the Interior to the Army.

March 24, 2025

ALPINE, TX – During a Friday press briefing, the White House announced that around 500 troops and combat vehicles would be deployed along the border, including in Big Bend National Park. According to reports, around 200 troops are already in the area.

August 1, 2024

The Sierra Club Military Outdoors campaign released a report surveying the military community’s experiences with the outdoors, including a set of recommendations for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Task Force on Outdoor Recreation for Veterans to improve outdoor accessibility for the veteran and the military community. The report was developed in partnership with the University of Kentucky’s Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky.