Blog posts from around the country

Atlantic Chapter
 by John Szalasny, Niagara Group & Roger Downs, Conservation Director
Middle Tennessee Group / Tennessee Chapter / Tennessee
Randy Hedgepath, Tennessee's State Naturalist remembers his mentor, Mack Prichard. 
Maryland Chapter
Today the Maryland Board of Public Works voted 2-1 to advance Governor Hogan's proposed luxury toll lane project. Maryland Sierra Club Director Josh Tulkin gave this statement.
New Jersey Chapter
Five New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories due to high levels of fecal bacteria. The beaches include L Street beach in Belmar, South Bath Avenue beach in Long Branch, Brooklyn Avenue beach in Lavallette, Stockton Avenue beach in Long…
Woods & Wetlands Group / Sierra Club Illinois Chapter / Illinois
Fritz Edler, a veteran railroader and railroad safety activist, offers actions that would help protect the public from catastrophic train events. Learn what you can ask your legislators to do.
Piasa Palisades Group / Sierra Club Illinois Chapter / Illinois
After an 18-month hiatus, the Pere Marquette Park Preservation Project (PM3P), formerly known as the Cabin Restoration Project, is back to restoring historically significant structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s in Pere…
Woods & Wetlands Group / Sierra Club Illinois Chapter / Illinois
Now that the threat of the Route 53 tollway extension is behind us, the question is, “What should we do with the 13-mile long strip of largely undeveloped open space once earmarked for the controversial highway project?”
Woods & Wetlands Group / Sierra Club Illinois Chapter / Illinois
Eddie Flores, a steering committee member with Clean Power Lake County, spoke about environmental justice on WTTW - Chicago's "Latino Voices."