Blog posts from around the country

Washington State Chapter
On October 27th, we closed the climate week of action in Washington state by standing in solidarity with the Lummi Nation. Together, we are committed to protecting the Salish Sea, salmon, qwe’lhol’mechen (orcas), treaty rights and indigenous ways of…
North Star Chapter
Two utilities, Dairyland Power in Wisconsin and Minnesota Power in Minnesota, are asking regulators for permission to build a new $700 million fracked gas power plant in Superior, the proposed Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC). They want to double…
Wisconsin Chapter
On September 21st, the Environmental Advisory Committee of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress unanimously passed the resolution to Oppose the Back Forty Proposed Metallic Sulfide Mine.
Angeles Chapter
Sierra Club Dirty Fuels campaign in Los Angeles in deep partnership with the Angeles Chapter's Clean Break Committee has hired on 4 temporary canvassing staff to do outreach in the Great Bal
Grand Canyon Chapter
SILVER CITY, N.M.— Leading scientists and wolf conservationists today urged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to adopt an entirely new approach to Mexican gray wolf management in a letter to the agency.
Grand Canyon Chapter
(Tusayan, AZ) Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon Chapter, among many others, is urging the U.S. Forest Service to reject a controversial and environmentally damaging project that would cram 1.8 million square feet of commercial space and hundreds, if not…
District of Columbia Chapter
Sierra Club DC Chapter volunteer Jean Stewart testified before the DC Council in support of the District of Columbia Office of Resilience Establishment Act of 2019.
Central Piedmont Group / North Carolina Chapter / North Carolina
Thanks to the terrific volunteers who made the Service Outing a success! Watch for new opportunities to give back to the parks and nature preserves we love.  
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
For our October General Meeting, we had guest speaker Kelly Norrid, Urban a Wildlife Biologist at Texas Parks and Wildlife. He spoke to us on the topic of Urban Coyotes with the goal of “clearing up myths and talk about facts” about coyotes. ... (…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Cheryl Conley, TWRC Wildlife CenterRecently, the journal Science published a study showing that we have lost more than 1 in 4 birds from the United States and Canada since 1970. That’s 3 billion! The study was conducted by scientists at the…