Local environmental articles
Call for Volunteers for 9th Annual Pere Marquette Preservation Project
August 17, 2021
The Sierra Club Illinois’ Three Rivers Project is calling for volunteers for the Fall 2021 Pere Marquette Preservation Project. The Pere Marquette Park Preservation Project, which will take place from October 15 to 17, has been restoring...
Save the Date: Pere Marquette Park Preservation Project (PM3P)
August 10, 2021
After an 18-month hiatus, the Pere Marquette Park Preservation Project (PM3P), formerly known as the Cabin Restoration Project, is back to restoring historically significant structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s in Pere...
Save the date for Weekend in the Woods!
August 6, 2021
As you know, policies on Sierra Club outings have been evolving the past year due to COVID-19. At this point, the Piasa Palisades Group hopes to hold its annual Weekend in the Woods retreat Friday through Sunday, October 1-3, at Camp Ouatoga in...
Call for Proposals for 15th Annual Mississippi Earthtones Festival Artist Grants
August 2, 2021
ALTON, IL -- The Sierra Club Illinois’ Three Rivers Project and Alton Main Street are calling for proposals for artist grants for the 15th annual Mississippi Earthtones Festival. The festival, which will be held from 12:00 to 10:00 PM on Saturday,...
Call for Vendors for 15th Annual Mississippi Earthtones Festival
July 28, 2021
ALTON, IL -- The Sierra Club Illinois’ Three Rivers Project and Alton Main Street are seeking sponsors, exhibitors, and vendors for the 15th Annual Mississippi Earthtones Festival. The festival, which will be held on Saturday, September 18 from 12:...
August 10 Speaker Series: Time Travel and Transformation in the Lower Illinois Valley
July 27, 2021
Join us for the August speaker series to learn about the Native American people who lived in the Lower Illinois River Valley during the Middle Woodland period. The Lower Illinois River Valley is the final portion of the Illinois River from roughly...
July Speaker's Series: Film and Story of the Wood River Coal Power Plant
June 28, 2021
Join us on Tuesday, July 13th at 6pm for an interactive Film and Story of the Wood River Coal Power Plant
This event will present the twenty minute documentary "Wood River Station", produced and presented by John Woodall, recent graduate of...
June 2021 Speaker's Series: The Irreversible Damage of Longwall Coal Mining
June 4, 2021
The Irreversible Damage of Longwall Coal Mining: Subsidence and Mining Impacts in Montgomery County. The Piasa Palisades Group of Illinois Sierra Club will host its June 2021 Virtual Speaker Series program on Tuesday, June 8 from 6 – 7:30 pm.
May 2021 Speaker's Series: vermicomposting
May 5, 2021
Join us for a free Speaker's Series Meeting on Zoom re: Vermicomposting!
April's Speaker Series: The Importance of Big Rivers in The Natural World ~ Dean Klinkenberg, the Mississippi River Traveler
March 23, 2021
Please join us for our April Virtual Speaker's Series: The Importance of Big Rivers in the Natural World. Rivers don’t get enough respect, especially big rivers. In this talk, Dean Klinkenberg, the Mississippi River Traveler, will describe the...