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In 2022, the Kansas Wetlands Education Center (KWEC) received international recognition as one of the world’s best wetland visitors’ centers when it was named a Star Wetland Centre by Wetland Link International. | Press release KWEC...

Earlier this year, Southwind Group received a $10,000 Sierra Club Grassroots Network grant to buy reusable bags for disadvantaged Wichita residents. We are planning fall events to give these bags away and we want more Southwind Group members...

By Craig Volland, Kansas Chapter Agriculture Chair Congress is expected to resume work on a first draft of the 2023 Farm Bill after the August recess but passage is not expected before expiration of the 2018 Farm Bill on September 30,...

By Elaine Giessel, Kansas Chapter Chair Last week the Environmental Protection Agency revised its definition of Waters of the US to conform to the Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v. EPA. The new rule abandons the...

By Elaine Giessel, Chair, Sierra Club Kansas Chapter My comments were made at the July 13, 2023 rate hearing in Overland Park.  As chair of the Kansas...

By Mimi Moffat, Chapter Nominations & Elections Chair I'm looking for you if you're the person who will commit to using your brains, your passion, and your energy to serving the Sierra Club Kansas Chapter. It's a big ask, I know. But if...

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) led a July 10, 2023 roundtable in Overland Park to promote and educate local leaders on federal funding for addressing the environmental impacts of unplugged abandoned...

A recent United States Geological Survey study found PFAS contamination in half of the drinking water sources tested in Kansas.  Articles on the study included comments from the Sierra Club Kansas Chapter calling for more testing. “...

You may have received an insert with your electric bill about  Evergy’s application for rate increases with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC). The public can participate with comments at three public hearings in July and there is a...

Chapter leaders manage the chapter and groups through executive committees elected by our members. As of July 5, 2023, we are accepting applications for 2024 from current Sierra Club members. To apply, submit the ExCom Candidate form on our website.