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Welcome to the Toiyabe Chapter October enews. As you can see, there's always something going on, and you can help make a difference for public lands, wildlife, and your community. Read more, get involved, and thanks for caring.
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Build Back Better Needs Your Help
 Sierra Club’s goal to see Congress act on climate and justice faces hurdles as Congress considers both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better Act, which would advance a bold climate, jobs and justice platform. Success for the bold action our nation needs depends on how well Democratic leadership and the Congressional Progressive caucus hold firm. Kait Krolik, Toiyabe Chapter's Lead Organizer, dives into the details of what's at stake and how you can help.
Read her blogpost here. Holding Firm for Build Back Better.
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Transportation Updates
 Clean Car Standards Will Help Nevada.
Clean Car Standards are up for adoption at the Nevada Legislative Commission hearing next Friday, October 22nd! Clean car standards will help clean our air, lower transportation emissions, and expand the electric vehicle market in the state so that prices lower and electric vehicles are accessible to more people. We appreciate the work Governor Sisolak and the Nevada Department of Environmental Protection have done to bring these standards to our state -- and we are counting the days until the Clean Cars program is a reality in Nevada! Read our new blog to find out more and get involved!
Jasmine Vazin is Moving Onward and Upward!
After two years as the Toiyabe Chapter's Clean Transportation For All organizer, Jazmine Vazin will become the Senior Campaign Representative with Sierra Club's Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign in California, beginning November 1.
"It has been inspiring to work closely with our transportation, healthy homes, and legislative teams—and I know you all will continue to do amazing work and look forward to seeing what you are able to achieve.
Thank you again for two wonderful years at the Toiyabe Chapter!"
Thank you, Jasmine, for your great work moving Nevada forward toward sustainable transportation and cities!!
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Become a Changemaker. Join a Local Sierra Club Executive Committee.
 Sierra Club members like you are the power behind our work locally and across the country. Consider running for office as an Executive Committee member of the Toiyabe Chapter (all of Nevada and the eastern Sierra) or your local group.
ExCom members are elected for two-year terms to guide the work of the Toiyabe Chapter and each of the Chapter's local groups. Every December we hold elections, and seats are open. Please consider joining one of our teams.
Submit your nomination today, or share this with someone who would make a great member of our team.
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Volunteer Network October 27
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your
one wild and precious life? — Mary Oliver
 Meet other volunteers at our virtual volunteer networking event. Hear about our committees and volunteer opportunities. Featured topic: Clean Transporation. The transportation sector is now the leading emitter of greenhouse gases and other pollution. The Sierra Club's Clean Transportation for All campaign is teaming up with the Toiyabe Chapter to reduce vehicle emissions, increase public transit, and advocate for urban design that heals our climate, economic, equity, and public health impacts. Join us to learn the details and how you can help.
October 27, 6:00-7:30 pm
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How You Can Prevent Dangerous Algae Blooms
 Algae blooms have become more common across the country, even here in Nevada and the Eastern Sierra. There have been algae blooms in Crowley Lake near Bishop and Bridgeport Reservoir. In the north, the Truckee River watershed has had algae blooms at Virginia Lake in Reno and at Pyramid Lake. These algae blooms have prompted local water quality officials and health departments to issue warnings to avoid swimming and recreating in these waterways due to health risks.
What makes these blooms so dangerous, and how can you help prevent them?
Read more in this blog by Carrie Jensen with One Truckee River.
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Great Basin Group
Washoe County Activists Needed!
 Senator Rosen is drafting new public lands legislation for Washoe County. In the past, the Washoe County Commission has pursued similar legislation to sell off your public lands for development, while providing scant protections for wild and threatened landscapes throughout the county. This new effort brings hope, but a strong bill will require activists like you to show up and speak out for conservation, equity and climate action!
We will be hosting conversations within the next month for Sierra Club members and supporters to help us align our priorities for this bill. If you are interested in working to protect Washoe County's open spaces, improve quality of life, and ensure climate sustainability in the Truckee Meadows, sign up to join the Sierra Club discussion.
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Tahoe Area Group
Defend Tahoe Against a Draft Permit to Use Herbicides!
 In September, the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (LWB) released a draft permit that would allow the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association (TKPOA) to apply aquatic herbicides for the very first time in the Tahoe Keys lagoons, which flow into Lake Tahoe. This proposal goes against federal & state regulations, and the LWB's own Basin Plan.
The deadline for comments is November 1, 2021. Please send comments to lahontan@waterboards.ca.gov. Tell LWB that non-chemical methods must be fully tested before testing herbicides.
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Southern Nevada Group
Inside the Nevada-Utah Water Wars
 Nevada and Utah's shared border brings with it a history of conflict over water. We will take a look at how our border divides and unites us as our water supply shrinks and our demands grow.
Join Kyle Roerink, the Executive Director of the Great Basin Water Network, for "The Nevada-Utah Water Wars: A Brief History" and a discussion of his work to defend and preserve the West's most precious natural resource. Come with questions for the Q&A following his presentation. It is an opportunity you will not want to miss.
Southern Nevada Group Speakers Program
October 20, 6pm via Zoom and Facebook Live
RSVP here.
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Range of Light Group
Save Every Last Drop
 To understand the real impact of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s (LADWP’s) activities in the Eastern Sierra, sign up for the Keep Long Valley Green’s new newsletter, Every Last Drop. The newsletter will spotlight LADWP actions, past and current, and tell the inconvenient truth that LADWP won’t tell. The articles are short, but concise. Subscribe now and catch up by reading the first 5 editions of the newsletter.
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Support Local Environmental Activism
Everything you read here requires money to support the activists and staff who do this work every day.
Be generous. Donate today.
All funds stay here in Nevada and the Eastern Sierra.
Thank you!
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Join the Sierra Club
Thanks for reading. Become an environmental champion by becoming a member! The Sierra Club is the largest, oldest, grassroots environmental organization in the nation. Your membership makes us stronger!
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