Toiyabe News and Issues Blog

By Teresa Bell The Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter runs on people like you - volunteers are the heart of our work. It’s up to volunteers to help set policy, make change, and represent a movement that speaks for all of us. Our Chapter and Group...

By Bari & Tracy A quick summary of our work in the 2023 legislative session: The Legislative Committee tracked over 90 bills; 27 of our high priority bills passed both houses and 17 were signed into law. Our volunteer committee worked...

By Janet Carter Ableism is defined by the Center for Disability Rights as “a set of beliefs or practices that devalue and discriminate against people with physical, intellectual, or psychiatric disabilities and often rests on the assumption that...

New Chapter Chair, volunteer opportunities, lakes are rising, saving Ash Meadows, Pride Month, events and outings, and more!

By Linda Stout Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a natural resource with environmental significance too important to risk. In January of 2023, Rover Metals notified the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of its plans to conduct...

By Holly Coughlin, GBG Chair, Outings Leader, and HSI First Aid Trainer Two times each year, the Great Basin Group offers practical First Aid training with the focus on what might be needed on outdoor trips. These trainings are offered at no...

By Gary Johanson This past winter of 2022-2023 has been a phenomenal snow year in the Sierra Nevada mountains.  Snowfall is  300-percent of normal. The East and West Forks of the Walker River, which begin in the icy, sawtooth Sierra...

By Den Fusso Consider only nine percent of plastic created has ever been effectively recycled, and then only one-to-two times before it ends up in the landfill; ALL the plastic ever created is still on the planet unless it was burned...

By Teresa Bell The Toiyabe Chapter is powered by grassroots and community organizing, so we are always recruiting volunteers across Nevada, Lake Tahoe, and eastern California to help win environmental victories! Whatever your interest, experience...

By Vinny Spotleson At a recent meeting of the Toiyabe Chapter Executive Committee (ExCom), Vinny Spotleson was selected as our new volunteer Chair. We thank our past Chair Tina Davis for her service, and are excited that she will continue serving...