Chapter Updates

by Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter Wilderness ChairIt’s hard to believe that ten years have passed since the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act (“Wilderness Bill”) became law, but this momentous anniversary took place on...

The Chapter took a big step recently. In order to strengthen the dialogue with our members and raise the profile of the Club among the general public, early in November, after searching for several months and evaluating more than 75 candidates, we...

As reported in a previous edition of the Redwood Needles, a multi-partner agreement to remove four antiquated dams on the Klamath River was signed in April. Now another essential step has been taken towards what would be the largest dam removal...

Nearly a week after the calamitous Presidential election results saddened, angered, and bewildered so many of us, resolve is emerging from despair, energy from anger, and vision from bewilderment. This mental pivot was abundantly obvious at the...

As we have done in the past, the national Sierra Club is organizing a major get-out-the-vote campaign in battleground states, with the main focus being Washoe County, Nevada. Not only is the presidential contest too close to call in the state of...

The very sad news of the September 6 death of Redwood Chapter’s longtime Conservation Chair Diane Fairchild Beck reached us just as the Redwood Needles was going to press. This article, by North Group Chair Gregg Gold,  originally appeared as...

Late on the evening of September 20, 2016 the Benicia city council voted unanimously to deny Valero’s proposed crude by rail facility in the city. The now rejected facility would have brought two trains of 50 oil tankers carrying 3 million gallons...

Great Breaking News! Despite strong pressure from the Obama administration and some of his powerful donors, Congressman Mike Thompson has issued a strongly worded statement opposing the Tran-Pacific Partnership toxic trade deal.Redwood Chapter...

Sierra Club Executive Director to Speak!Friday, September 16, 7 p.m. Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Avenue, Santa RosaThe Sonoma Group is excited that Sierra Club Executive Director Mike Brune has accepted our invitation to join us in Santa Rosa! He...

By Victoria Brandon, Redwood Chapter ChairRedwood Chapter has spent years fighting to protect our coastal forests and the streams that run through them, and we’ve had some notable victories. To cite two recent examples, “Preservation Ranch” really...