The Sierra Club works on dozens of issues, but every two years the board of directors, with guidance from chapters and groups, specifies our top priority campaigns and programs. The purpose of these priorities is to focus public attention on the priority campaigns.

Most chapters specify priority campaigns as well, some of them overlapping with national campaigns.

For example, the Maine Chapter’s four priorities are wilderness protection, which includes the Maine Woods; marine and coastal issues; smart energy; and public lands protection with a focus on Alaska and Utah.

Stop sprawl and revitalize existing communities.

Protect and restore wildlands.

Protect and restore national forests by ending commercial logging on federal public lands.

Defend the Clean Water Act, protect streams and wetlands, and reduce pollution from corporate animal factories.

Curb global warming and promote safe, clean energy.

Fight for “clean, green and responsible” trade policy.

Promote family planning and work to stabilize world population.

Protect the human rights of environmental activists worldwide.