Blog posts from around the country

Maryland Chapter
On Sunday, August 13th the Maryland Sierra Club hosted a hike in Maxwell Hall Park, located in Hughesville. Under a beautiful sunny sky, the group of 26 volunteers, staff, interns, and even a few children, began a lovely hike through the park to a…
Ohio
The Water Sentinel program has paired with Cleveland State University for the last two years to train students about water testing processes, and in return these students analyze the data based on criteria of their choosing.
Florida Chapter
A broad coalition of environmental, public health and public interest groups issued a joint statement in response to this past weekend's white nationalist gathering and violence.
Maryland Chapter
Our Summer 2017 Stewardship Interns have been hard at work! Led by volunteers Marc Imlay and Mike Ellis, our wonderful field interns have ventured into many local forests to remove invasive plant species and save our native wildlife.
New Jersey Chapter
The Sierra Club received an Open Public Record Request response from DEP that says they have not issued a response to the legislature concerning the resolution to overturn the DEP Highlands Septic Rule. The DEP was supposed to respond within thirty…
North Carolina Chapter
North Carolina’s national forests house some of the most beautiful landscapes in our state and nation, as well as critical habitat for a range of important animal species. That’s why it’s critical for those of us who love these forests and their…
Lone Star Chapter
We loaded up an 12-seater van in Austin with Sierra Club staff and volunteers, as well as other environmental activists, to meet up with the Sierra Club Borderlands team, the Lower Rio Grande Sierra Club, and hundreds of protestors in the Rio Grande…
Florida Chapter
Personal observations of burrowing owls and foxes at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines over the past five years.
New Jersey Chapter
There are now more than 10,000 electric plug-in vehicles on the road in New Jersey. It has come out that sales have grown by 79 percent since last year according to a report by Charge EVC. This is an important step for clean air in New Jersey, but…
New Jersey Chapter
August 12th was the third anniversary of PennEast’s proposal for their pipeline. NJ Sierra Club joined with Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Berks Gas Truth, and the Pipeline Safety Coalition to fight the pipeline and organize the community. PennEast…