Chapter Updates

by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairAs has been previously reported, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a massive trade deal being negotiated among twelve countries in the Pacific Rim, an area of immense environmental sensitivity that...

Redwood Chapter is excited to announce the recent publication of Bill Kortum: a Fifty Year History of Environmental Activism in Sonoma County. Written by the late John Crevelli, a retired SRJC history teacher, long-time Sierra Club member...

On August 5 Redwood Chapter Conservation Chair Diane Beck attended the meeting of the California Fish and Game Commission to urge that the Commission ban bobcat trapping in the state altogether, as was the original intent of the 2013 “Bobcat...

Redwood Chapter rejoices at President Obama’s announcement that the Berryessa Snow Mountain region will be permanently protected as a national monument, with by far the largest portion here in Redwood Chapter.Containing three federal Wilderness...

On Sunday June 28 several hundred exultant coastal advocates gathered at the Gualala Arts Center to celebrate the expansion of the Cordell Banks and Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries. More than doubling in size, these protected areas...

by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairThis weekend the Bureau of Land Management threw a party to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the agency’s National Landscape Conservation System. Consisting of National Monuments, National Conservation...

by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairOn June 9, 2015 President Barack Obama gave final approval to athe expansion of both the Cordell Bank and Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries, thus shielding the Sonoma and Mendocino coasts from...

CCA proposals have recently been made in Humboldt, Mendocino and Lake County. There are many potential advantages, but the decision has to be approached carefully, after weighing all the alternatives and conducting detailed independent feasibility...

The Chapter is very proud to announce that for the first time we will sponsor a participant in SPROG (short for “Summer Program”), the Sierra Student Coalition’s cutting-edge training program for youthful grassroots environmental activistsAn...

Members of the campaign for the permanent protection of the Berryessa Snow Mountain region are eagerly awaiting a White House announcement of the region’s designation as a National Monument, but that doesn’t mean we’re sitting around doing nothing!...