Blog posts from around the country
Ohio
The Council of Club Leaders (CCL) Resolution Committee is calling for resolutions for 2018. Since many chapter Executive Committees will soon be holding summer meetings, the CCL Resolutions Committee is asking for Chapters to submit resolutions to…
Ohio
You get many requests from Sierra Club, but this is one we are counting on you to prioritize. If you are a Sierra Club volunteer at any level, please set aside just 15 minutes to complete this first-ever Survey of Volunteer
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Who doesn’t enjoy seeing squirrels scamper from tree to tree? Everyone loves seeing birds at their feeders. Who doesn’t love seeing the does with their fawns? We live side by side with wildlife. ...
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Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
On Saturday morning, June 2, we launched our boats from the east bank of the Trinity River (referred to during the 1600s as the “River of Canoes”) at the Interstate 10 bridge. This choice of launch site was fortunate...
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Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
On September 3, 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed “The Wilderness Act” (TWA) into law. Administratively, wilderness existed as early as 1924, when Aldo Leopold convinced his superiors in the U.S. Forest Service to designate...
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Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
Nine Sierrans met and visited the Outdoor Nature Club’s Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary (LTNS) in San Jacinto County on June 9, 2018. We were welcomed by Sergio Henao, 78 years young, who showed us incomparable hospitality as we hiked...
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North Carolina Chapter
A busy N.C. legislature pushed through a number of bills in hopes of meeting a self-set deadline. They included the Farm Act, which includes provisions that would severely limit the ability of landowners to seek redress in court when they have…
Ohio
The Ohio Chapter Sierra Club has made some exciting changes to their office space locations recently!
Florida Chapter
A circuit judge ruled in favor of environmental organizations that the constitutional amendment approved by voters requires funding to be used for land acquisition, restoration, and management.