Napa Bookmine Book Event on March 5th, 2024, at 6:00pm
February 2, 2024
Napa Bookmine and Napa Sierra Club Group will be hosting Rosanna Xia at Napa Bookmine on 1625 Second St. on March 5th, 2024, at 6:00pm. We will be discussing her incredible book, California Against the Sea. Please come join the discussion!
King Tides Event in AmCan, Feb. 10, 2024 at 11am
February 2, 2024
We will be collaborating with the American Canyon Community and Parks Foundation next Saturday, February 10th. It is called the King Tides event. We will have a table next to the Outdoor Connection trailer starting at 11am at Wetlands Edge Park (2...
My Tramping Adventure on the Milford Track in New Zealand, Part One, by Nick Cheranich
February 1, 2024
My wife Joanna and I recently hiked the Milford Track in the heart of the Fiordland National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. We had gone to New Zealand mainly to visit our three-year old grandson. But when you get that far, you might as...
Is Napa County Experiencing Strategic Drift? by Sam Chapman
January 30, 2024
Sam Chapman, a Napa resident, was a Napa County Supervisor for two terms, from 1975 to 1983, following which he served as Congresswoman and then U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer's chief-of-staff for 22 years. With his permission, we publish this piece,...
Book Review & Invitation: California Against the Sea by Rosanna Xia, By Elayna Trucker
January 28, 2024
Napa Bookmine and Napa Sierra Club Group will be hosting Rosanna Xia at Napa Bookmine on Second St. on March 5th, 2024 at 6:00pm. Please come join the discussion! Here's a review of her book.
Preserving Our Marshes Is a Key Climate Strategy, by Elayna Trucker
November 23, 2023
We have a lot of marsh here in the North Bay, a good chunk of which is currently bisected by State Route 37, a perennially congested stretch of highway connecting Vallejo to Sonoma and Marin, the shortest route between one of the most expensive...
My Sierra Club Women’s Outings Adventure, by Samantha Smith
November 21, 2023
Since the inception of the Sierra Club, one of the motivations in creating outings like this was to allow people to enjoy and experience the wonders of Nature, and then importantly, from that experience, they would work to preserve Nature. That was...
A Fond Farewell, by Chris Benz
November 21, 2023
This December I will finish my fifth (and final) term on the Napa Group’s Executive Committee, completing 10 years of service. In looking back at the experience, I can sum it up in three words: WELL WORTH IT! Not just for the environmental victories...
Class Time at the American Canyon Wetlands, by Chris Benz
November 21, 2023
“Se-ques-tra-tion” was the word of the day for 60 Canyon Oaks fourth graders who visited the Sierra Club Napa Group’s station during a field trip to the American Canyon Wetlands.