Continuing Events | Past Events | Abbreviations/Acronyms | Disclosure concerning non-Club Events
Go to the following webpages for additional events not included below:
ADEQ Info, Get Involved, First Aid Classes, Astronomy, History Tours, Lecture Series
Fayetteville Environmental Action Committee (3rd Monday)
For additional events in NW Arkansas, go to https://www.kuaf.com/community-calendar#stream/0
Above links last checked late September 2024.
Sierra Club Group Meetings/Activities
2024 Third Tuesday CAG meetings in Little Rock:
Completed: 1/16/24; 2/20/24; 3/19/24; 4/16/24; 5/21/24; 6/18/24; 7/16/24; 9/17/24
No meeting in August or December
10/15/24; 11/19/24
Early 2025 meetings: 1/21/25; 2/18/25; 3/18/25; 4/15/25; 5/20/25; 6/17/25; 7/15/25
If you are not receiving e-mail messages concerning CAG meetings, contact the CAG Chair.
Specific Events
Planned Arkansas Chapter/CAG/OHG outings: None at this time. Club sponsored outings have not yet been restarted since the pandemic shutdown.
Non-Club events (Disclosure concerning non-Club Events)
2024
1/01/24 – Su – New Years
1/15/24 – M – MLK Day
1/16/24 – Tu – CAG Meeting
2/05/24 - M - Primary Election Registration Deadline
2/14/24 – W – Valentine’s Day
2/19/24 – M – President’s Day
2/20/24 – Tu – CAG Meeting
3/05/24 - Tu - Primary (non-partisan general) Election
3/10/24 – Su – Daylight Savings Time Starts
3/19/24 – Su – Vernal Equinox
3/19/24 – Tu – CAG Meeting
3/31/24 – Su – Easter Sunday
4/2/24 - Tu - General Primary Runoff
4/8/24 - M - Total Solar Eclipse in Arkansas
4/15/24 – M – Tax Day
4/16/24 – Tu – CAG Meeting
4/22/24 – M – Earth Day
5/12/24 – Su – Mother’s Day
5/18/24 - Sa - Armed Forces Day
5/21/24 – Tu – CAG Meeting
5/27/24 – M – Memorial Day
6/16/24 – Su – Father’s Day
6/18/24 – Tu – CAG Meeting
6/20/24 – Th – Summer Solstice
7/04/24 – Th – Independence Day
7/16/24 – Tu – CAG Meeting
8/20/24 – Tu – No CAG Meeting in August
8/25-31/24 - Su-Sa - World Wilderness Congress in South Dakota For more info, go to wild.org
9/02/24 – M – Labor Day
9/17/24 – Tu – CAG Meeting
9/22/24 – Su – Autumnal Equinox
10/15/24 – Tu – CAG Meeting
10/31/24 – Th – Halloween
11/03/24 – Su – DST Ends
11/05/24 - Tu - General Election (non-partisan runoff)
11/11/24 - M - Veterans Day
11/19/24 – Tu – CAG Meeting
11/28/24 – Th – Thanksgiving Day
12/03/24 - Tu - General Election Runoff
12/17/24 – Tu – No CAG Meeting in December
12/21/24 – Sa – Winter Solstice
12/25/24 – W – Christmas Day
Continuing Events
Johnny Morris Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium - A new wildlife conservation tourist attraction is now open in Springfield MO. Spanning 350,000 square feet and more than 1.5 miles of trails, Wonders of Wildlife takes you on a journey through immersive habitats that entertain and educate while sharing the story of America's most significant conservationists throughout history and today. For more info, see the Sunday 9/24/17 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette page 5H - or go to wondersofwildlife.org
Fayetteville Environmental Action Committee - Regular Meetings: 3rd Monday of each month - 5:30 PM, City Hall, 113 W. Mountain Street, Room 326, Fayetteville, AR 72701. For more info, click HERE. For other environmental info on the area, search for Fayetteville AR environment.
Disclosure Concerning non-Club Events
Except as specifically noted, the following activities are not sponsored nor administered by the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club has no information about the planning of these activities and makes no representations or warranties about the quality, safety, supervision or management of such activities. They are published only as a reader service because they may be of interest to the readers of this publication.
This page lists a selection of environmental or outdoor events - or technology advances that might be useful in the future. Events of a controversial nature are not included unless directly related to core Club goals. Abbreviations/acronyms are defined at the bottom of this page. A selection of events from the recent past are listed below upcoming events.
Some events from the recent past:
Past Events
Memorial Day 2015 view atop Pinnacle Mountain.
2022
1/1/22 - Sa - New Years Day
1/17/22 - M - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
1/18/22 - T - CAG - Join us for a discussion on green jobs to replace jobs in towns and counties where jobs were lost to changes in the environment. We will watch a 30 minute film about a success story in Oregon and then talk about what we can do in Arkansas.
2/14/22 - M - Valentine's Day
2/15/22 - T - CAG - Established in 1972, Buffalo National River flows freely for 135 miles and is one of the few remaining undammed rivers in the lower 48 states. The Buffalo National River turns 50 this year. Join us for our February virtual meeting to learn about the Buffalo River and ways the National Park Service is celebrating this 50th Anniversary. Our speaker is Mark Foust, Superintendent of the Buffalo National River.
2/21/22 - M - President's Day
3/2/22 - W - Ash Wednesday
3/13/22 - Su - Daylight Savings Time Begins
3/15/22 - T - We will watch a short documentary on the dangers of coal ash. Coal Ash Stories is a compilation of four short films that illustrate the public health concerns, policy issues, and ways communities are responding to this toxic waste. The series informs residents and draws attention to the toxic impact of coal ash on communities.
3/20/22 - Su - First Day of Spring
4/17/22 - Su - Easter
4/22/22 - F - Earth Day
5/7/22 - Sa - Great North Little Rock Cleanup (see page 2B of 4/10/22 Democrat-Gazette for more info)
5/8/22 - Su - Mother's Day
5/21/22 - Sa - 10 to 4 - 49th Annual Territorial Fair at the Historic Arkansas Museum
5/30/22 - M - Memorial Day
6/19/22 - Su - Father's Day
6/21/22 - T - First Day of Summer
9/20/22 - Tu - 6:30 pm - CAG Meeting - Join us for our September meeting. We are finally meeting in person again. Will Flatley will speak on Tree Streets. Tree Streets is a group of volunteers who plant trees in Little Rock urban areas to enhance tree cover and shade among other benefits of living in a tree lined neighborhood. Join us at our new location: Hibernia Irish Tavern, 9700 N. Rodney Parham Rd., Little Rock, AR 72227. The meeting starts at 6:30. Arrive early to eat before the meeting.
9/22/22 - Th - First Day of Autumn
10/10/22 - M - Columbus Day/ Indigenous Peoples' Day
10/18/22 – T – 5 pm – youtube.com/arkansasPBS – Speaker: Condoleza Rice as part of Crystal Bridges’ exhibition “We the People: The Radical Notion of Democracy,” which explores the importance of the U.S. Constitution and free speech to democracy. For more info, check the Sunday 10/16 Democrat-Gazette page3B.
10/19/22 - CAG - Wednesday (not Tuesday) - 6:30 pm - Planned agenda: Little Rock mayoral candidates. Where do the candidates for Little Rock Mayor stand on environmental issues? Join us October 19th to find out.
Mayor Frank Scott - confirmed
Greg Henderson - confirmed
Steve Landers - invited
Glen Schwarz - confirmed
10/20/22 – Th – 4 to 7 pm – LR - AR-DoT Public Meeting – Hwy 10 Widening from Taylor Loop Road to Pleasant Ridge Road. Comments accepted until Friday 11/4. For more info or meeting location, click HERE
10/31/22 - M - Halloween
11/6/22 - Su - Daylight Savings Time Ends
11/8/22 - Tu - Election Day
11/8/2022 - T - LR - Ron Robinson Theatre - Arlette Laan: Hiking the 11 National Scenic Trails - Doors: 6 pm - Presentation: 7 pm - Arlette Laan is the first woman to have completed all 11 National Scenic Trails - totaling over 18,000 miles. Her talk will include brief descriptions of the trails she's hiked, her observations on the changes in long distance hiking over time, and tips on perseverance. In addition to hiking and backpacking, Arlette enjoys photography and doll making. Her dolls can be found on her Instagram page, which is located on her website: http://arlettelaan.com/. Click HERE for a downloadable PDF flier of the presentation.
November CAG meeting - The above presentation is on the 2nd Tuesday of November and replaces the normal CAG meeting normally held on the third Tuesday of November. Co-sponsors of the November 8 presentation include the Sierra Club - Central Arkansas Group as well as the following: The Ozark Society, Friends of the Ouachita Trail (FooT), ArkansasOutside.com, and the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS).
11/11/22 - F - Veterans Day
11/12/22 - Sa - 10 am to 2 pm - LR - Public Archeology Day at the Old State House Museum. For more information, check page A5 of the October 29-30 Conway Log Cabin Democrat or check the calendar at https://archeology.uark.edu
11/24/22 - Th - Thanksgiving Day
11/25-26/22 - F-Sa - Petit Jean State Park will host its 24th Annual Mountain Rendezvous from 10 am to 5 pm. For more info, go to petitjeanstatepark.com
12/21/22 - W - First Day of Winter
12/25/22 - Su - Christmas Day
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Abbreviations/Acronyms
ADEQ = Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
AR = Arkansas
EPA = Environmental Protection Agency
LR = Little Rock
NLR = North Little Rock
NW = Northwest
Public Involvement - Sam Peck Rd. - Pleasant Valley Dr. (L.R.) (Hwy. 10)