Chapter Updates

By Shoshana HebshiRedwood Chapter Communications CoordinatorThough the drought may be over for now, water is very much still on the minds of rural residents, public officials and agricultural entities in Sonoma County. The reservoirs and rivers are...

By Shoshana Hebshi, Redwood Chapter Communications CoordinatorBeing an environmentalist on the North Coast can feel like standing in front of an armed tank in peaceful protest during a military battle. Sometimes there’s a standoff, sometimes there’...

West County residents living in and around Occidental and Guerneville can attend a public hearing tonight, February 16, at Monte Rio Community Center to share their thoughts to Sonoma County Water Agency’s board on proposed changes to the...

by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairAbout eighteen months after President Obama declared Berryessa Snow Mountain a national monument, effectively protecting the 330,000-acre section of sensitive public lands, Sierra Club joined other...

By Nancy Tamarisk, Napa Group ChairIn what could be a landmark case uniting the fights against deforestation and climate change, the Sierra Club has joined the Center for Biological Diversity to file a lawsuit challenging Napa County’s approval of...

By Peter Brooks, Sierra Club Solano Group and Fresh Air VallejoHello from South Vallejo, where residents don't want a cement factory just 450 yards from their elementary school. Just after Labor Day 2015, the City of Vallejo posted a Draft...

by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairJust as the Redwood Needles was going to press the Chapter was delighted to learn that Sonoma County has received a $1.7 million federal grant to build eight miles of new trails at Taylor Mountain Regional...

By Shirley Johnson-Foell, Sonoma Group Climate and Energy ChairDreams do come true! I am a dreamer, putting a BMW i3 on my wish list two years ago, and am now leasing one. Things clicked and it happened with sweet timing much like Chopra’s ...

Though at the Federal level the Nov. 8 election results were a hard pill to swallow, at the state and local levels progressives and environmentalists saw plenty to be excited about.From the statewide ban on plastic bags to Sonoma County’s...

There’s no way to minimize the shock, horror and disbelief Donald Trump’s victory has brought to all of us who care about the environment. But in the words of Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, “This is our moment to refuse to give up....