| Dear Friend,
As we near the halfway point of 2023, there is a lot of new and exciting information to share with you. To begin, meet our new Chapter Chair, Vinny Spotleson! The winter snow melt off is some welcome positive news for our local lakes. Our Conservation and Public Lands Committee and Equity Inclusion, and Justice Committee are both volunteer led and kicking into high gear. Learn all of the ways you can get involved as a volunteer or by signing up to join us on an event or outing. However you're involvement, we couldn't do this work without the support from volunteers, members, supporters, and donors. Thank you!
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Introducing our New Volunteer Chapter Chair - Vinny Spotleson
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| At a recent meeting of the Toiyabe Chapter Executive Committee (ExCom), Vinny Spotleson was selected as our new volunteer Chair. We thank our past Chair Tina Davis for her service, and are excited that she will continue serving on our ExCom. Vinny started his career with Sierra Club in 2009 where he worked on the Beyond Coal Campaign. He is proud to have been a part of the effort to close the Reid Gardner coal fired power plant in Moapa... Read more... |
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| The Toiyabe Chapter is powered by grassroots and community organizing, so we are always recruiting volunteers across Nevada, Lake Tahoe, and eastern California to help win environmental victories! Whatever your interest, experience level, and schedule, we strive to provide opportunities to help you become the change you want to see. Read more... |
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What’s the BIG Deal about Plastic?
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| Consider only nine percent of plastic created has ever been effectively recycled , and then only one-to-two times before it ends up in the landfill; ALL the plastic ever created is still on the planet unless it was burned, which puts toxic chemicals into the air. Fossil fuel companies now create more plastic by weight than all the eight billion humans who inhabit our planet on an annual basis. Where will we put all of that? Read more... |
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| This past winter of 2022-2023 has been a phenomenal snow year in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Snowfall is 300-percent of normal. The East and West Forks of the Walker River, which begin in the icy, sawtooth Sierra peaks and flow East to Walker Lake, are swollen with runoff. During a typical year, much of the Walker River water is intercepted by upstream irrigators and never reaches the lake. Read more... |
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CONSERVATION AND PUBLIC LANDS
Ash Meadows is Too Important to Risk
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| Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a natural resource with environmental significance too important to risk. In January of 2023, Rover Metals notified the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of its plans to conduct exploratory drilling for lithium on public lands immediately adjacent to the refuge. The Sierra Club acknowledges that lithium plays an important role in the transition to clean technologies... Read more... |
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EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND JUSTICE
Pride Month
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| June is Pride Month. It is a time to recognize members of our community that are often marginalized or discriminated against. Pride often uses different acronyms LGBTQ, LGBTQIA+, or LGBTQIA2S+, some of which may be new to you. Here is a good article about being inclusive outdoors. |
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GREAT BASIN GROUP
First Aid Training
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| Two times each year, the Great Basin Group offers practical First Aid training with the focus on what might be needed on outdoor trips. These trainings are offered at no cost to Outings Leaders and is supported through the $1 donation program. The majority of the first aid training is learned through practicing a variety of scenarios including learning how to diagnose and treat minor to major incidences that could happen in the backcountry. Read more... |
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SOUTHERN NEVADA GROUP
From Coyote Melon Plantings to Desert Cleanups, Southern Nevada Group is Getting Out There!
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| This spring has planted more than just hopes as our Southern Nevada Group (SNG) has emerged from virtual Zoom meetings to work with our conservation-minded partners in preserving and protecting our fragile desert ecosystems, whether it be federal public lands, monuments, or state and local parks and preserves. Read more...
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| Save the Date! The Southern Nevada Group's annual summer picnic is back! We have missed all of your smiling faces, so please join us on Sunday, August 20th at the Spring Mountains Gateway Group Picnic Site! We look forward to seeing you there! Exact time to be determined, but it should be early afternoon with an optional easy hike before or after, and of course plenty of good food and fellowship! |
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RANGE OF LIGHT GROUP
Highway 395 Cleanup
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Highway 395 Cleanup
June 24, 2023
8:00 - 10:30 am
Please join the Range of Light Group as we clean up our assigned 2-mile section of Highway 395 north of Mammoth Lakes, CA. Meet at the Crestview Rest area, 5 miles north of Mammoth lakes at 8AM sharp. Come a few minutes early if possible. Registration and more information... |
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TAHOE AREA GROUP
Washoe Meadows Wildflower Hike
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| The Tahoe Area Group in conjunction with the Sierra State Parks Foundation sponsored a wildflower hike in Washoe Meadows State Park on June 10th . Lisa Berry, an instructor at Lake Tahoe Community College led the hike around the undeveloped park. This winter’s huge snowpack has finally started melting and although not at their peak, several varieties of flowers were blooming. Read more... |
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Slaughterhouse Canyon / Skunk Harbor Day Hike
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June 24th
8:00am - 1:00pm
We'll hike from the Skunk Harbor trailhead on Highway 28 through Slaugherhouse Canyon and over the ridge to Skunk Harbor on the east shore of Lake Tahoe. Elevation gain is about 700'. Highlights will include flowers, birds, and the history of logging, railroads, and wilderness preservation in the Tahoe basin. Registration and more information... |
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