What Can We Do NOW?
January 9, 2018
I think about how to stop the onslaught of anti-environmental legislation that comes at us almost daily—Executive Orders affecting national monuments and supporting oil and gas industries, bills to gut the Antiquities Act, allow bicycles in...
The Great Basin Group has a GREAT Holiday Party
December 13, 2017
No wonder our Great Basin Group has “Great” in our name! Members and friends threw a GREAT holiday party with GREAT food, GREAT “Get Kids Outdoors” giving, and GREAT help with set up and clean up.
Join the von Humboldt section of the Toiyabe Chapter.
December 13, 2017
Learn about Humboldt’s work and apply the wisdom of his perspective to our modern environmental challenges. Join the Humboldt Section of the Toiyabe Chapter, organized to promote the important legacy of Alexander von Humboldt, while supporting the...
A Victory for Washoe Meadows State Park!
December 12, 2017
Little-known Washoe Meadows State Park in South Lake Tahoe has been saved from being taken over for a golf course.
Don't Burn Yourself Out!
December 7, 2017
There's a lot going on these days, to say the least. We are facing an all-out assault on our public lands, natural resources, our communities, and on democracy itself. When you're feeling down, burning out, over extended and overwhelmed,...
Conglomerate Mesa is Worth More than Gold
November 14, 2017
Conglomerate Mesa - a special roadless area in Inyo County - adjacent to the Inyo Mountains, Malpais Mesa Wilderness, and Death Valley National Park - is threatened by a proposed gold mine. Your help is needed. The mesa’s beautiful, rugged, unroaded...
Act Now to Support Sage Grouse
October 30, 2017
The protections for Sage Grouse habitat across the west and here in Nevada are threatened by the new Administration's proposed rollback of protections begun in 2015. If accepted, millions of acres of Sage Grouse habitat protection would no longer be...
Connect the Dots Team Campaign Skills Training
October 19, 2017
Are you working to stop a development, pass legislation, get your city to use 100% renewable energy, protect a special place, defend a vulnerable community or another critical campaign?
Connect the Dots is a Sierra Club training program designed...
Protect the Arctic Refuge from Oil & Gas Drilling!
October 9, 2017
It’s National Wildlife Refuge Week, take a few minutes to defend the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.Above image: courtesy and copyright: Florian Shulz.Trump’s 2018 budget contains billions of dollars to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....