Chapter Updates

By Chris Benz, Chair, Sierra Club Napa GroupSierra Club has endorsed a ballot initiative to improve protections for Napa County’s watershed and oak woodlands. Voters will face the initiative in June, and, if passed, it will be a historic, precedent...

By Tom Roth, Redwood Chapter Conservation ChairThe state Fish and Game Commission shut down the last abalone fishery in California for the 2018 season, the result of a collapse of the North Coast’s once vibrant kelp forest ecosystem.  Red...

When we talk about the cataclysmic wildfires that ravaged our region in October 2017, we talk about our personal experiences of compassion, fear, anxiety, helplessness or confusion, the cause of the fire, the response to the fire, the resilience of...

By Shoshana Hebshi, Redwood Chapter Communications CoordinatorFire has left an impression on Gregory Simon. He was 17 when the Tunnel Fire ripped through his neighborhood in the Oakland Hills, sparing his home but destroying everything around it....

By Nancy Tamarisk, Napa Group Vice Chair When we were evacuated out of Circle Oaks after midnight on the morning of October 9th, we were unaware that just over our ridge the fast-moving Atlas Peak fire had already killed 6 people and destroyed...

By Shoshana Hebshi, Redwood Chapter Communications Coordinator Since the fires struck, the dominant story has been one of resilience and community support throughout the North Bay. As days passed, deeper stories of causality, urban growth, housing...

by Shoshana Hebshi, Redwood Chapter Communications CoordinatorWhile our communities rebuild from the devastating wildfires that began Oct. 8 and 9 and swept across our region, we are heartened by the outpouring of support and community-building...

by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairIn August Congressman Jared Huffman held a series of well-attended public meetings in the northern part of Redwood Chapter to gather input on new legislation he is considering introducing. The draft bill,...

by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairOn August 24 Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke presented the long-awaited results of his “review” of 27 national monuments, including our own Berryessa Snow Mountain. Instead of the specific details that had...

What's the SMART train and what's so good about it? The Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) service restores passenger trains to the rail right-of-way to allow commuters to travel without a car between Sonoma and Marin counties.The rail service...