North Star Blog

Fourteen people made their way to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge on April 25, 2015 for another beautiful one-way hike.The one-way option is especially attractive in a river valley, and is made possible here by the 539 bus from Mall of...

The Purpose is to Remove Federal Protections on Superior National Forest Lands. Lands that lie within a designated National Forest and are owned by the Federal government have a variety of critical protections. According to Rep. David Dill, D-...

It’s that wonderful time of year again, when Minnesotans are not only eager to gather outside and enjoy the fresh spring air, but also to rid their indoor spaces of the winter’s mess and clutter. As you know, there are many resources out there with...

On Earth Day, it’s important to celebrate and appreciate the beauty of our planet, as well as the many successes environmental activism has brought about since the green movement began in the 1960s. In the past year, Sierra Club North Star Chapter...

Inspired by the Paddle to DC expedition last year, three dedicated young women:Erin, Iggy and Lisa — wilderness guides from Voyageur Outward Bound School near Ely — are gearing up for the Bike Tour to Save the Boundary Waters,which begins in Winona...

On April 6th, the House Jobs and Affordable Energy Committee posted afinal energy package that was radically different from the Senate’s Clean Energy Plan (SF 1431) passed two weeks earlier. Evaluating and reforming energy and climate policy is...

A bill being considered at the legislature, SF 1515, fails to improve protections for wetlands and risks large scale destruction of wetlands in the Lake Superior Watershed and the rest of Northeastern Minnesota. On March 10, North Star Chapter...

I’ll admit that, being a city dweller for most of my life, I’ve only learned about the importance of agricultural buffers fairly recently. I grew up in a small Wisconsin town surrounded by cornfields and dairy farms, but it never occurred to me that...

Coming to the Capitol for a Citizen Lobby Day is one of the best ways to participate in the Sierra Club North Star Chapter’s work at the legislature! I was happy to join the Sierra Club and others for the Clean Energy and Jobs Campaign Lobby Day in...

Saturday, March 7, a group of about 20 hikers gathered at our historic St. Paul Union Depot for a Sierra Club urban parks hike. Though entirely on paved trail, the route is about 6 miles long and so is not easily doable as a round trip by average...