With the air temperature at -4 degrees and the wind chill at -24, outings leader, Virginia Woulfe-Beile, with council from founding member and veteran outings leader, Rich Keating, decided that the hike be canceled due to safety concerns. This did...

Come and learn about the latest initiative in implementing reusable bags in Metro East from Stephanie Malench at our January 8, 2018, Speakers’ Series, hosted by the Sierra Club, Piasa Palisades Group. Stephanie was the Green Coordinator for the...

Fall retreat to feature new activities and old favoritesMark your calendars! The Piasa Palisades Group will hold its annual Weekend in the Woods retreat Friday, Sept. 29, through Sunday, Oct. 1, at Camp Ouatoga at Pere Marquette State Park, near...

Come in from the cold and meet with friends of the Sierra ClubBring an appetizer or dessert to share for our buffet of hors d'oeuvres Don't forget your favorite beverage! Plates, napkins, glasses, and glasses will be providedHave pictures...

On November 10, Chris Krusa and Rich Keating led ten members on the second annual Cahokia Mounds Sierra Club Piasa Palisades Group outing. The group began the day viewing the orientation movie "City of the Sun" (available now on the Mounds website...

For two generations, group members gathered for walks in the woods and New Year’s Day hikes along St. Andrew Ridge toward the Valley of Lost Cabin. For years, we would sit in the adjacent barn’s hayloft on icy January mornings, where Bob Freeman...

Our Speaker for December 12 will be our Sierra Club Outings Leader Susan Murray -  who was convinced that Yellowstone was a crowded tourist trap with a lot of buffalo and some bears, and she only reluctantly accompanied her husband...

On October 10, 2016, the Piasa Palisades Group, Sierra Club, will feature a dear friend and fellow Sierran, Dr. Rich Keating speaking on "Bhutan, Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon." All are welcome. Rich is a retired professor of botany from SIU-...

Guide Edna Alexander from the Great Rivers Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society took a group of birders to a variety of places within Beaver Dam State Park on September 17th to look for migrating songbirds and other perching birds. Edna shared...

Hope you can join us for Weekend in the Woods, which will take place from 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, to noon Sunday, Oct. 2, at Camp Ouatoga in Pere Marquette State Park, near Grafton. We’ll hike, canoe, stay in rustic cabins, eat in a dining hall...