Moshannon Group

The Sierra Club is a dedicated grassroots environmental organization inspired by and pursuing John Muir’s goals: to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the Earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the Earth’s ecosystems and resources; and to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment. The Sierra Club Moshannon Group serves eleven counties in Pennsylvania: Bedford, Blair, Cameron, Center, Clearfield, Elk, Huntington, Jefferson, Juniata, McKean and Mifflin Counties.

Upcoming events

Annual SCMG fundraiser: Banff Mountain Centre Film Festival

Friday April 5th and Saturday April 6th at the State Theatre in State College.

Showtime is at 7 pm.

Recent events

Local environmental groups get together

Local groups came together in March to introduce themselves and talk briefly about their mission. Check out the video of this event.

Legacy Tire Clean-up with CCRRA and local volunteers

On Saturday, December 16th, 9 volunteers worked with the landowner and two CCRRA employees to clean up an old tire dump site in the Bald Eagle Valley. The site was located about 1/3 mile from the Soaring Ridge Wetland project. This cleanup was complicated by access and the fact that most of the tires were larger truck tires. An excavator and dump-trailer were used to expedite loading and unloading. In the end, 3 roll-offs of tires and 1 roll-off of scrap metal were filled. CCRRA coordinated the proper disposal of these materials and reported a total weight of 27,420 pounds and 153 tires for the cleanup.

Amongst the participants were several conservationalists working to create the Bald Eagle Conservancy (see the link above to a draft flyer describing their vision).

A special thanks to Triangle True Value Rental of Bellefonte for a discounted rental rate on the dump trailer used.