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Sierra Club Celebrates Biden Administration Move to Restore Critical Habitat Protections

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Biden Administration moved to restore essential protections for critical habitats of threatened and endangered species. The move reverses Trump-era rules that…

Lawsuit Challenges Gold Drilling in Sage Grouse Habitat in California’s Eastern Sierra Nevada

SACRAMENTO— Conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service today to stop exploratory drilling in California’s eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains that threatens an endangered fish and a dwindling…

Senators Must Maintain Bold Investments in CCC, Urban Green Space Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Outdoors Alliance for Kids called on Congress to maintain full funding for critical outdoors programs in the final version of the federal reconciliation bill. The…

California Public Lands Bill Advances in the U.S. Senate

This week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources held a hearing on a series of bills, including Senator Padilla’s PUBLIC Lands Act (S.1459). The legislation would protect more…

New Study: Outdoor Experience Improve Veterans’ Mental Health

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This month, Sierra Club Military Outdoors and researchers at the University of Utah presented findings from a study on the effects of outdoors exposure and wilderness trips on…

Sierra Club to Congress: “Don’t Cut the Climate Corps"

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Reports emerged this month that Congress was considering massive cuts to the proposed Civilian Climate Corps in the Build Back Better Act to meet the fiscal demands of…

MEMO: Build Back Better Act Must Fully Fund Forestry, Green Space Initiatives

-SIERRA CLUB FEDERAL POLICY TEAM President Biden’s Build Back Better Act is a once-in-a-generation investment in the effort to tackle the climate crisis.  One of the important but lesser known…

Sierra Club Celebrates Reinstatement of National Monument Protections

Washington, DC -- The Biden administration has announced it will recommend a full restoration of safeguards for three national monuments whose boundaries were shrunk by the Trump administration.…

Sierra Club: Parks, CCC Funding Essential Parts of Reconciliation Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The federal reconciliation bill drafted by House Democrats is shaping up to be one of the largest investments in outdoor accessibility and equity in a generation. Under the…

Sierra Club Welcomes Biden Administration’s Restoration of Protections for Migratory Birds

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Department of the Interior restored protections for birds under the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act, reversing a controversial policy from the Trump administration. With…