Crest Newsletter

Beginning in 2019 The Crest newsletter (formerly the Cascade Crest) is published twice a year. Contributions of news, opinion, art, and photography may be sent electronically to The Crest editor at Crest-Editor@Washington.SierraClub.org or by post to The Crest, Sierra Club Washington State Chapter, 180 Nickerson St.  Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98109.

Articles, graphics, and photos are copyrighted by the authors and artists and may be reprinted only with permission.

2019 (vol. 38)

  • Issue 2 Fall - Endorsed Candidates * No on Initiative 976 by Sara Kiesler * Chapter Chair's Corner by Julia Reitan * Political Chair's Thoughts by Bonnie Gail * Stop Suction Dredge Mining: Save Our Salmon by Jesse Piedfort * Educational outings by Lehman Holder * Chapter ExCom Elections
  • Issue 1 Spring - An Orca Sings - the Story of Tokitae by Emi Okikawa * Low Impact Living - Dean Smith and Jennie Lindberg by Marjie Fields * Climate Justice - Can We Change the System? by Mike Mallory * Outdoors - Connecting with Nature by Lehman Holder.  

2018 (vol. 37)

  • Issue 4 Winter - Orca Recovery Task Force: I-1631; Acrtic Nat'l Wildlife Refuge; Climate Action; Protecting Lands, Water & Air; Changing Politics; Legislative Priorities; Snow Outings; Colville Nat'l Forset Plan; State Forest Report; Kalama Methanol Palnt; Marbled Murrelet; North Seattle Lateral Upgrade Pipeline; Skokomish River Restoration.
  • Issue 3 Fall - Election endorsements; Chapter ExCom Elections; Initiative 1631; Pipeline Threat: North Seattle Lateral Upgrade; Trans Mountain Pipeline permits rejected; Educational outings. 
  • Issue 2 Summer - Alpine Lake Water Plan; King County-Cities Climate Collaboration; Protecting Wallace Falls State Park; Initiative 1631; Columbia River Treaty; Tacoma LNG; Kinder-Morgan Pipeline; Electrified Railroads; Green Neighborhoods; Outings; Sunset Fall Hydro Project Withdrawn; State Chapter ExCom Nominations; Forest Committee Training.
  • Issue 1 Spring - Carbon & Energy Policy; Atlantic Salmon Net Pens Ending; 2018 Agenda; Stopping PSE's LNG; Washington Voting Rights Act; Earth Day; State Legislative report; Offshore Drilling; Watershed near Mt. St. Helens; Outings; Snake River Salmon water threats; Blanchard Mtn; Newport Area Silicon Smelter; Big Oil in Vancouver WA Stopped; Dam spill for Salmon; Edmonds Marsh; Vancouver Oil Terminal Nixed.

2017 (vol. 36)

  • Issue 4 Winter - Oil & coal terminal in SW WA; Blanchard Forest; Totem Pole Journey; Wa State Senate flipped; Arreglense! Nos Vamos ir Caminando; 
  • Issue 3 Fall - Election endorsements; Chapter ExCom Elections; Atlantic Salmon; Kalama Methanol Refinery Blocked; Environmental Justice; Salmon Recovery; Snake River Flotilla; Kinder Morgan; Sewage Sludge; Goat Mtn Minerals; Nathan Aberg.
  • Issue 2 Summer - National Monuments; Puget Sound Orcas; State Budget; New Outings Leaders; Sea Kayaking; Kinder Morgan Pipeline; Grizzly Bear Recovery; Mike Lowry; Military use of state park lands.
  • Issue 1 Spring - Earth Day; Beyond Coal; Puget Sound Poop & Sewage Disaster; State Forest Commettee; Public Lands; Seattle U Dist Rezone; Wallace Falls; Removing Snake River Dams; Columbia River Treaty.

2016 (vol. 35)

  • Issue 4 Winter - Snake River Dams - Salmon, Polly Dyer, PSE's Tacoma LNG proposal, No. Cascades Grizzly Bears, Protecting Water Supplies, 2016 Many Successes, BNSF Lawsuit, Our Children's Trust Victory, Dean Smith Award, Kalama Methanal Plant, Edmonds Marsh, Staff Organizers: Dania Numo and Juan Reueda.
  • Issue 3 Fall - Election endorsements; Chapter ExCom Elections, Vancouver Oil Terminal, Dam Building Agency Sunset, Anacortes Shell Oil by Train, Youth Outings.
  • Issue 2 Summer - Lummi Nation Triumps; Equity and Environmental Agenda; Cecile Gernez; International Justice; Threats of Factory Farms; Educational Outings.
  • Issue 1 Spring - Fighting oil-by-rail; Spokane River; Victoria Leistman; Youth petitioners for carbon rules; Tacoma methonal plant paused; Cascade Checkerboard project; Fun tips for getting around Seattle; Nonviolent direct action; PSE Coalstrip hearing. 

2015 (vol. 34)

  • Issue 4 Winter - Tacoma Methonal Plant; Army Helicoper Training Areas; Wildlands Funding; Backyard Wildlife Photos; Alpine Lakes Wilderness Threats; Crude Oil by Rail Terminals.
  • Issue 3 Fall - Election endorsements; ExCom Candidates; H2Know - Spokane water; Pierce Co Group - Invasive plants; Blue Green Alliance; Jessica Koski - staff.
  • Issue 2 Summer - Drought & fish; Mark Lawler; ExCom Nominations; Crest designer wanted; Yakima Basin Dams; SnoPUD, Beyond Oil/Coal Volunteers; Meat-Free Mondays; Meetings & Outings; Sea Kayaking; Chapter Leadership; Photo Contest.
  • Issue 1 Spring - Grand Coulee Dam Salmon; Legislative Report; Salmon Restoration; Alpine Lakes Wilderness Dams; Beyond Coalstrip; Compost; Oil Train Terminals; Our Wild America; Public Lands Threats; Outings - Loo Wit and State.

2014 (vol. 33)

  • Issue 4 Winter - Coal Free Washington; Cascade Checkerboard Project; Megan Jenny, Conservation Program Manager; Olympic Penninsula - Outings, Wilderness Additions and Electronic Warfare Training Impacts; South King County Habitat and Coal.
  • Issue 3 Fall - Political Endorsements; Washington Wilderness with Michael Brune, Sierra Club Exec. Director; Spokane River; Coalstrip Coal Plant; Intern's D.C. Trip Report; Mt. Spokane's Ski Area Expansion; Tribal Totem Pole Trip Against Coal and Oil; Chapter Elections.
  • Issue 2 Summer
  • Issue 1 Spring

2013 (vol. 32)