State water permits for Mid-Currituck Bridge defy logic, threaten environment
September 19, 2025
The controversial and long-stalled Mid-Currituck Bridge project has received two key state permits, reviving concerns about the potential for severe environmental threats to some of North Carolina's most sensitive and iconic natural areas.The...
USDA moves to rescind Roadless Rule, threatening NC's national forests
August 27, 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an official rulemaking process to rescind the Roadless Rule, a landmark conservation policy enacted in 2001 that protects more than 45 million acres of pristine lands in national forests...
Speak up: Protect roadless areas in NC, nationwide
August 13, 2025
We're fighting back against the Trump administration's efforts to revoke the Roadless Rule, which protects the pristine swaths of our national forests in North Carolina and nationwide. You can help!
Mattamuskeet protected from planned toxic chemical experiment
July 23, 2025
A federal court has halted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s plans to turn Lake Mattamuskeet — the 40,000-acre centerpiece of an iconic migratory bird sanctuary in eastern North Carolina — into a testing ground for a chemical that is toxic to...
Craggy Mountains could be NC's first National Scenic Area
September 18, 2023
A swelling grassroots effort is pushing NC's congressional delegation to back the Great Craggy Mountains as our state's first National Scenic Area. NC Chapter executive committee member Drew Ball tells us about the work and where it stands.
NC Sierra Club at 50: A win for wilderness areas
March 18, 2020
This year, the North Carolina Sierra Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a separate chapter of the nation's oldest environmental advocacy organization. As the year progresses, we'll occasionally share a story of some of the issues close to...