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Sierra Club Statement on Ambler Road Final Record of Decision

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today the Biden administration issued a final record of decision stopping a controversial proposal to build a road across more than 200 miles of Alaska wilderness for the…

Sierra Club Statement on National Old Growth Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the United States Forest Service announced a draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on a plan to protect the country’s remaining old-growth trees. The…

Biden Administration Report: Protection of Columbia Basin Salmon Needed for Fulfillment of Tribal Treaty Rights

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Biden Administration released a report on the historic and continued impacts of dams on the Columbia River and its tributaries on Columbia Basin Tribes and salmon…

Hundreds of Community Leaders Turn Out to Support Proposed Chuckwalla National Monument

INDIO, Calif. -- The Sierra Club and local leaders gathered on Friday to urge President Biden to designate the proposed Chuckwalla National Monument and protect important lands adjacent to Joshua…

Springfield, IL Residents Urge Action on National Monument Plan at Public Meeting

SPRINGFIELD, IL -- Members of the Springfield, Illinois, community turned out on Monday to call on President Biden to designate the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as a national monument. The…

MONDAY: Springfield Leaders to Support Race Riot National Monument at NPS Meeting

SPRINGFIELD, IL -- Springfield NAACP, Springfield ACLU, and other partners are urging members to attend a meeting on Monday, June 10, hosted by the U.S. Department of the Interior to…

Sierra Club Statement on Public Lands Investments under the Great American Outdoors Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior announced billions of dollars in investments to protect public lands across the United States funded through the Great…

Sierra Club Marks One Year Since Decision in Sackett v. EPA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – One year ago, a conservative majority on the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Sackett v. EPA, gutting clean water protections for millions of Americans. The case was…

Wildlife Activists Urge Continued Grizzly Bear Protections

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Wildlife advocates appeared twice at the Department of Interior this week, urging Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to maintain…

Sierra Club Celebrates Expansion of San Gabriel Mountains, Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monuments

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the White House announced the expansion of two national monuments in California. Using powers granted by the Antiquities Act of 1906, President Biden added protections for…