Blog posts from around the country

Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has acquired a 6,900-acre tract of land in Anderson County which it has named, “Trinity River Wildlife Management Area” .
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
September 19, 2025, the Houston Sierra Club (HSC) saw how President Donald Trump’s war against public lands is affecting the National Wildlife Refuge System near Houston.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The next Water for People and the Environment Committee will take place virtually on Monday, October 6, and the topic will be 'Understanding Proposition 4 with Texas Water Experts'.
Oregon Chapter
The City of Portland's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability recently released a "Discussion Draft" outlining four potential paths forward for the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub. None of them are aggressive enough.
Pennsylvania Chapter
Every year, the membership of the Chapter and the Groups have the opportunity to elect their Executive Committee (ExCom) members and delegates. This is an important part of membership, and as with other elections, your vote is your voice.
Pennsylvania Chapter
Sierra Club has a resource that you may not be familiar with, called MyAccount. Here’s why you should create a password and log in, if you haven’t already.
Wisconsin Chapter
We’re thrilled to launch our new dashboard and interactive map, a powerful tool to explore Wisconsin’s lands and waters through the lens of the global 30x30 initiative—the ambitious goal to protect 30% of lands and waters by 2030.
Pennsylvania Chapter
Each year, the Allegheny Group of the Sierra Club administers grant awards made possible by funding from the Huplits Foundation Trust. A committee of Sierra Club members appointed by the Allegheny Group Executive Committee solicits funding proposals…
Pennsylvania Chapter
News and science reports about PFAS (which stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) also known as ‘forever chemicals’ because they are practically indestructible once in the environment, continue to abound, and as you might expect with a…
Pennsylvania Chapter
In June, I joined my local Sierra Club Lancaster Group’s book discussion of Peter Wohlleben’s and Jane Billinghurst’s Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America. This is the same author and translator of the bestselling The…