January 21: marching for justice and equality in Santa Rosa, and around the world
February 25: Outings Program Moves Forward
March 6: Vallejo Planning Commission rejects proposed cement plant; Solano Group Chair Joe Feller, Redwood Chapter Chair Victoria Brandon, and Napa Group Executive Committee member Bill Dyer speak out against it.
April: March for Science, People’s Climate March and Earth Day get Sierra Club members out and about.
May 12: comments open on Trump administration’s proposed national monument “review,” with Berryessa Snow Mountain on the hit list.
June: spring photo contest in the year of the super bloom
July 29: Sierra Club sponsors early screening of “An Inconvenient Sequel”
August 25: SMART train begins service
September: Congressman Jared Huffman takes comments on new Wilderness proposal
October: Wildfires hit our region; rebuilding for resilience
November: plant and animal life rebounds in a fire-adapted landscape
December: Solano Group members join with labor and other groups to continue the fight against Orcem in Vallejo. Abalone fisheries close.
Reflecting back on 2017: Redwood Chapter worked to protect the environment in many different ways,
