Blog posts from around the country

Thomas Hart Benton Group / Missouri Chapter / Kansas City Missouri
By Gretchen Waddell Barwick Imagine: you are on a hike with your friends. During the hike, someone falls and breaks their leg-- what do you do? Thanks to our Eileen McManus, the Thomas Hart Benton Group Outings Chair and Tom Burroughs of Ozark…
Redwood Chapter
CCA proposals have recently been made in Humboldt, Mendocino and Lake County. There are many potential advantages, but the decision has to be approached carefully, after weighing all the alternatives and conducting detailed independent feasibility…
Florida Chapter
Attend the Big Sugar Summit on June 20 at the Embassy Suites in West Palm Beach.
Grand Canyon Chapter
Flagstaff, AZ — More than 200,000 people flooded the U.S. Forest Service with comments over the last month calling for the agency to reject a plan for roads and infrastructure that would enable construction of a mega-development on Grand Canyon’s…
Lone Star Chapter
In brief, parks do well, TERP and extra inspectors for oil and gas still short-changed, and other bills face uncertain future. As the 84th Legislative Session comes to a close, Conferees of the Senate and House reached final agreements on the 2016-…
North Star Chapter
Today, Governor Mark Dayton vetoed the Agriculture & Environment Omnibus bill and the Jobs & Economic Development Omnibus bill, passed by the Minnesota House and Senate Monday evening.
Angeles Chapter
In the past 20 years, the population of monarch butterflies has decreased by 90%. Herbicides like Monsanto's Roundup and genetically manipulated Roundup Ready crops have destroyed the milkweed plants monarchs rely on to eat and lay their eggs.
Washington DC Chapter
On Friday, May 22, Councilmember Brianne Nadeau of Ward 1 sent a letter to the DC Public Service Commission saying she has "serious concerns" about Exelon taking over Pepco because of "the negative impact it could have on our
Washington DC Chapter
The D.C.
Angeles Chapter
Bruce Hamilton, deputy executive director of the Sierra Club, was the keynote speaker at the Angeles Chapter Awards Banquet on May 3. The subject: John Muir, and his connection to us all.