Blog posts from around the country

TUCSON, Ariz. – Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) quietly released its final San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA) plan in southeast Arizona by posting it to the agency’s website with no public notice. The plan will…

There are 3 HIGH E. coli alerts at Big Canoe Creek, Hokes Bluff & Little Canoe Creek and 1 MODERATE E. coli alert at Big Wills Creek.

Featured Sierran Joi L. Travis, Esquire of the Cahaba Group is interested in air and land pollution, urban sprawl and waste disposal.

It's quiet - too quiet - in Raleigh as the N.C. General Assembly is caught in a parliamentary wrestling match over Gov. Roy Cooper's budget veto. Meanwhile, environmentally important bills that are being followed by the N.C. Sierra Club are also in…

Marc Stirdivant December 6, 1948 - July 30, 2019 

Birmingham Audubon is currently seeking volunteers for their Alabama SwiftWatch project monitoring Chimney Swift roost sites throughout Alabama from late July through October. Email their Science & Conservation Director for more info.

“It’s a significant event because 20 years ago conservation and environmental voices did not have a presence in the political realm, electoral realm, advocacy and legislature at the state level,” former Conservation Alabama director Joe Turnham said…

Sierra Club is partnering with nonprofit Current on H2NOW Chicago, a pilot project to monitor microbial pollution in the Chicago River.

By Brandt Mannchen On June 11, 2019, on behalf of the Lone Star Chapter and Houston Regional Group of the Sierra Club, I attended a workshop on Lichen bio-monitoring that was presented by the U.S. Forest Service.... (Read more)

When we talk about wildlife in Texas, we often think about game animals like White-tail Deer, Fox and Gray Squirrels, Wild Turkey, and myriads of ducks, geese, and doves. However, every animal that is not a game or exotic animal, is classified as…