Blog posts from around the country
Alabama Chapter
Birmingham Audubon is currently seeking volunteers for their Alabama SwiftWatch project monitoring Chimney Swift roost sites throughout Alabama from late July through October. Email their Science & Conservation Director for more info.
Alabama Chapter
“It’s a significant event because 20 years ago conservation and environmental voices did not have a presence in the political realm, electoral realm, advocacy and legislature at the state level,” former Conservation Alabama director Joe Turnham said…
Chicago Group / Sierra Club Illinois Chapter / Illinois
Sierra Club is partnering with nonprofit Current on H2NOW Chicago, a pilot project to monitor microbial pollution in the Chicago River.
Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
By Brandt Mannchen
On June 11, 2019, on behalf of the Lone Star Chapter and Houston Regional Group of the Sierra Club, I attended a workshop on Lichen bio-monitoring that was presented by the U.S. Forest Service....
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Houston Group / Lone Star Chapter / Texas
When we talk about wildlife in Texas, we often think about game animals like White-tail Deer, Fox and Gray Squirrels, Wild Turkey, and myriads of ducks, geese, and doves. However, every animal that is not a game or exotic animal, is classified as…
Grand Canyon Chapter
TUCSON, Ariz.— A federal judge today overturned the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a controversial open-pit copper mine in southern Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains, citing the agency’s “inherently flawed analysis from the inception of the proposed…
San Francisco Bay Chapter
The Richmond Planning Commission hearing on July 18 lasted past 11 PM, with dozens of speakers testifying to the health and environmental impacts of coal and petcoke handling and storage. The ordinance would phase out current coal and petroleum coke…
North Carolina Chapter
Today, a coalition of water and environmental justice advocates released a study conducted by the Applied Economics Clinic (AEC), showing Moun
Ohio
The Ohio Chapter of the Sierra Club is looking for dedicated members who want to take on the exciting and challenging role of being a member of the Chapter Executive Committee (ExComm) by running as a candidate in the upcoming 2019 election for a