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MD Sierra Club Needs Your Support for Deer Management Plan
February 20, 2020
Sierra Club MD supports deer management to keep population levels at the correct natural levels for biological diversity and reduce the spread of non-native invasive weeds to promote healthy ecosystem function, and to reduce risk of harm to humans...
Building Red Line Light Rail is Urgent & Necessary
February 18, 2020
By: Deborah Kleinmann, Greater Baltimore Sierra Club Group Chair
Photo credit: Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition
The Sierra Club strongly supports the building of the East to West Red Line Light rail project in Baltimore....
Natural Places Committee Starts Newsletter
January 29, 2020
Please check out the inaugural issue of Natural Places News! This newsletter is a publication of the Maryland Sierra Club Natural Places Committee. The purpose of this newsletter is to provide information and access to recent articles, publications...
Maryland Sierra Club announces new Chapter 2020 leadership, election of youngest female Chair in Chapter history
January 28, 2020
The Sierra Club, one of the largest and most influential environmental groups in America, announced today that it has elected new leadership for the 2020 for the Maryland Chapter. The Maryland Chapter Executive Committee has elected Rosa Hance as...
SC response to Peter Franchot announcement of compromise on highway expansion
January 3, 2020
Statement from Josh Tulkin, Director of Maryland Sierra Club, in response to announcement that Comptroller Peter Franchot had reached a compromise with Governor Hogan to support proposed highway expansion.
We are disappointed that, earlier today...
Maryland Advocates React to Hogan-Franchot Agreement and Launch Coalition to Change Direction of State Transportation Policy
January 3, 2020
Friday, January 3, 2020 — Following today’s announcement of an agreement between Governor Hogan and Comptroller Franchot and in advance of Wednesday’s Board of Public Works vote, 18 non-profit and community advocacy organizations launched a new...
Help advocate for research on host specific, effective, biological controls of non-native invasive plants
December 24, 2019
One of the most productive activities to save our natural areas is to facilitate research that will make host specific biological controls available. Insects that consume the non-native invasive plant species can substitute for the controls where...
Advocates Urge Maryland and Other states to Strengthen Proposal to Cut Transportation Pollution
December 17, 2019
Advocates Urge Maryland and Other states to Strengthen Proposal to Cut Transportation Pollution
NORTHEAST & MID-ATLANTIC – Today, Maryland, D.C. and 11 other Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states that are a part of the Transportation and Climate...
On our way to becoming Sierra Club Outings Leaders!
November 25, 2019
How would you deal with a possible sprained ankle or a change in the weather? How can we promote and what is Outdoors for All? A terrific group of new trainees from around the state completed Sierra Club basic Outings Leader Training Nov 17th to...
Congratulations to Maryland Sierra Club Staff Moving Up and On!
November 22, 2019
We’ve had some big changes in the Maryland Sierra Club staffing. Earlier this year our long-time policy director David Smedick took a great job at the National Sierra Club. Last month, Beyond Coal organizer Matt Dernoga took a job on Capitol Hill...