Blog posts from around the country
Observations in Sam Houston National Forest at Big Creek Scenic Area and About the Sabine Wake-Robin
By Brandt Mannchen - At the end of February, on behalf of the Sierra Club, I visited Big Creek Scenic Area and Compartment 96 where a unique and rare plant, the Sabine Wake-robin (Trillium gracile), lives.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Brandt Mannchen - In February, I hiked the 25-acre Peckinpaugh Preserve and the 2,100-acre Spring Trails Preserve in Montgomery County, Texas.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
On March 14, 2026, the Houston Sierra Club hiked 2 miles in Jones State Forest. This 1,700-acre state forest was created in 1926 and is managed by Texas A&M University (Texas Forest Service).
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
The Houston Sierra Club and its Bay Area Sierra Club subgroup visited and enjoyed wetlands, wildflowers, ponds, and walking trails at Exploration Green.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Peach Creek Woods has become the Houston Audubon Society’s 18th nature sanctuary. One of our own, Tom Maddux, has come through again.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Brandt Mannchen - On March 5, 2026, a town hall meeting in the Channelview area was about barges and air pollution: The San Jacinto Pollution Town Hall: Chemical Barges.
Maryland Chapter
[update: the legislation was amended on March 17 to limit the size of the cut to Empower]
New Jersey Chapter
TRENTON, NJ – Today, members of the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee, including Assemblyman Kennedy, Assemblywoman Collazos-Gill, Assemblyman Bhalla, and Assemblyman Spearman, released two critical scrap metal bills, A2401(Moen)…
Loma Prieta Chapter
Understanding the need for sea level rise adaptation presentation, nature's hidden climate heroes, POST purchases ranch above Coyote Valley, Forest Protection Forum, BCDC planning essentials webinar series, hikes roundup, committee meetings, and…