Chapter Updates

by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairJust as the Redwood Needles was going to press the Chapter was delighted to learn that Sonoma County has received a $1.7 million federal grant to build eight miles of new trails at Taylor Mountain Regional...

By Shirley Johnson-Foell, Sonoma Group Climate and Energy ChairDreams do come true! I am a dreamer, putting a BMW i3 on my wish list two years ago, and am now leasing one. Things clicked and it happened with sweet timing much like Chopra’s ...

Though at the Federal level the Nov. 8 election results were a hard pill to swallow, at the state and local levels progressives and environmentalists saw plenty to be excited about.From the statewide ban on plastic bags to Sonoma County’s...

There’s no way to minimize the shock, horror and disbelief Donald Trump’s victory has brought to all of us who care about the environment. But in the words of Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, “This is our moment to refuse to give up....

by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter Wilderness ChairIt’s hard to believe that ten years have passed since the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act (“Wilderness Bill”) became law, but this momentous anniversary took place on...

The Chapter took a big step recently. In order to strengthen the dialogue with our members and raise the profile of the Club among the general public, early in November, after searching for several months and evaluating more than 75 candidates, we...

As reported in a previous edition of the Redwood Needles, a multi-partner agreement to remove four antiquated dams on the Klamath River was signed in April. Now another essential step has been taken towards what would be the largest dam removal...

Nearly a week after the calamitous Presidential election results saddened, angered, and bewildered so many of us, resolve is emerging from despair, energy from anger, and vision from bewilderment. This mental pivot was abundantly obvious at the...

As we have done in the past, the national Sierra Club is organizing a major get-out-the-vote campaign in battleground states, with the main focus being Washoe County, Nevada. Not only is the presidential contest too close to call in the state of...

The very sad news of the September 6 death of Redwood Chapter’s longtime Conservation Chair Diane Fairchild Beck reached us just as the Redwood Needles was going to press. This article, by North Group Chair Gregg Gold,  originally appeared as...