Blog posts from around the country
New Jersey Chapter
“The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife is celebrating their 125th year but their management has hardly changed since then. Within the DEP, the Division of Fish and Wildlife has been unfunded and unable to modernize. Instead of having their…
San Gorgonio Chapter
Mountaineering in EcuadorThe monthly meeting of the Los Serranos Group of the Sierra Club is Tuesday, March 21, at 7:00 PM. Jim Vanderaa will talk about his recent trip to Ecuador. Meeting is held upstairs in the First Presbyterian…
North Star Chapter
The U.S. State Department hosted a public meeting in Bemidji Tuesday to get public comments on a permit to increase the amount of tar sands piped through northern Minnesota. Instead of putting its best foot forward, the State Department offered a…
Wisconsin Chapter
Aquila Resources, a Canadian exploration company, has proposed an open pit mine deeper than the height of Wisconsin’s tallest building, Milwaukee’s U.S. Bank tower.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
This article is one of several that will be written over the four-year period during the revision of the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT) Forest Plan (FP). The planning process includes... (Read More)
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The intent of public participation in the assessment phase is to provide opportunities for the public to share its knowledge of existing forest conditions and identify concerns about trends and perceptions of risk to social, economic, and ecological…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
March 2017, the U.S. Forest Service (FS), begins a four-year process to revise the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT) Forest Plan (FP). FPs are revised every 10-15 years, however our FP is 21 years old! We are overdue for a…
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for March 2017. Click the title to see the news this month.