| Dear Friend,
Election season is in full swing! Our Political Committee has worked hard to research candidates and issues up and down the ballot in Nevada. We're calling on volunteers to join our Legislative Committee, and Executive Committee nominations for the Chapter and Groups are open. Read below and find many ways you can be involved. Whether planting Ponderosas, raising your voice on Clean Transportation, providing feedback on land use, or joining a team or committee, we rely on grassroots conservation volunteers and activists like you!
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Make Your Voice Heard This Legislative Session!
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| The Toiyabe Chapter’s Legislative Committee is looking for volunteers to join our efforts for the upcoming 2023 legislative session. Whether you are a complete beginner (what is a BDR?!) or a seasoned testifier, we need your help! On top of our meetings, we are busy tracking bills, providing testimony at committee hearings, attending lobbying days, and meeting with legislators about our priority issues. We also do our best to engage our entire Toiyabe Chapter membership with our work. This includes developing petitions, conducting hustle texting campaigns to raise awareness about a bill, and sending out communications materials to educate them on our legislative priorities. [ Read more...] |
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Toiyabe Chapter 2022 Executive Committee Nominations Are Open!
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| Interested in joining the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter's Executive Committee (ExCom) leadership at either the Chapter or Group level? The nomination deadline is November 2, 2022. See our Nomination Form for more information on ExCom member responsibilities and to nominate yourself or someone else. |
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Big Win for Community Engagement by Sierra Club Volunteers and Partners!
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| Toiyabe Southern NV Group (SNG) Executive Committee member and Executive Director of Nevada Plants - Lisa Ortega, or as we sometimes call her - Tree Lady, noticed that trees along freeway onramps were dying or had died, and not replaced. She also noted that there needs to be more trees along our freeways to alleviate pollution for people who live nearby, to help mitigate urban heat island effect, and trees take in carbon dioxide (CO2) which curbs the impacts of climate change. [ Read more...] |
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OUR WILD AMERICA
Thank You Deb Haaland!
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| Last month, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to southern Nevada to meet with the Tribal Council of the Mojave Tribe and local community leaders, including stops at sites of significant cultural and religious importance to several federally recognized Tribes. One of the sites visited by Secretary Haaland, Rep. Susie Lee, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Laura Daniels-Davis, and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada State Director Jon Raby, was Spirit Mountain, which is called Avi Kwa Ame by the Mojave Tribe. [ Read more...] |
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CLEAN TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL
Clean Transportation!
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| Toiyabe Chapter volunteer leaders, supported by Clean Transportation for All staff, have been having discussions about restarting the Transportation Committee for the Chapter! We’d like to invite you to rejoin us at this pivotal moment in Nevada’s transition to a clean, equitable, and accessible transportation system.
We're reconvening on November 1st at 6:00pm PT. Please email Eric Willadsen at eric.willadsen@sierraclub.org to be added to the list. [Read more...]
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What does good land use look like in practice? You tell us.
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The Infill Task Force released its Infill Guidance last year. The feedback we still hear today is: What does good land use look like in practice? We heard you loud and clear! But to answer that question, we need your help! We’re collecting examples of land use from across the country to compile into a report. Please take 10 minutes to fill out our survey! [Read more...]
Photo by iStock.com/Adam Coppola Photography
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SOUTHERN NEVADA GROUP
Join a New Team in Southern Nevada
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| We are building volunteer teams to work on some campaigns around the most important climate issues facing Las Vegas. The issues we are focused on are water and land conservation, energy, and urban planning. We are also building up our Outings Program to get people out on public lands surrounding the Las Vegas Valley. Join a new team and get to know other Southern NV Sierra members as you strategize and plan to accomplish our goals for a better world. [ Read more...]
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Ponderosa Planting on Mt. Charleston!
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Join us Saturday, October 22nd, and help the U.S. Forest Service plant 3,400 Ponderosa saplings in one day!
Registration is required and volunteers can register for one or both sessions (9am-Noon, Noon-3pm). Once registered, you’ll immediately receive a confirmation email, then specific directions to your assigned location. [Details and Registration...] |
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TAHOE AREA GROUP
Microplastics and Lake Tahoe - Virtual Presentation and Meeting
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Microplastics, plastics smaller than five millimeters, are found throughout the environment. These particles are the result of plastic pollution and have been found in Lake Tahoe and in the surrounding region.
Scientists at Desert Research Institute (DRI) with the help of citizen scientists are working to understand the threat of plastics in the lake. Join us to learn more about plastics, their presence in the environment, and the implications microplastics have for the Lake Tahoe area. [Details and Registration...] |
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Support Local Environmental Activism
Everything you read here requires money to support the activists, staff, and tools that make our work possible every day.
Your support can make a difference!
All funds stay here in Nevada, Lake Tahoe, and the Eastern Sierra
to support local community activists.
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, most enduring grassroots environmental organization in the nation. Your membership makes us stronger!
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Volunteer Today!
Our success in everything we do depends on volunteers like you. Frustrated with the world? Then #showup and make a difference!
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