Evergreen March 2022: Spring-ing into the New Year with Legislative Update and New Outings Opportunities!

March 31, 2022

Legislative Session 2022: Challenges, Successes, and Future Volunteer Opportunities!

By Willa Jeffers, Washington State Chapter Legislative Organizer • 676 words / 3.5 min

This year’s state legislative session came to a close on March 10th. While there were a few important wins, there were other ways that our lawmakers fell short. This year, we’re looking to grow our volunteer district lobby team program to cover more legislative districts. We have many openings around the state, including in Seattle, King County, and Pierce County. If you’re interested in learning how to represent Sierra Club in small group meetings with your state senators and representatives to lobby for things like action on housing, building electrification, and salmon recovery, please get in touch!

Learn About Our Legislative Work

Get Outside with Sierra Club: Join our Chapter Outings Program and Help Us Connect People with the Outdoors!

By Mariska Kecskés, WA Chapter Public Lands Organizer•
640 words / 3 min

Those of us here at the Washington State Chapter did a soft re-launch of our Outings Program last fall - we hosted a new Outings Leader Training with our Public Lands Team and have been in the process of getting new leaders fully certified throughout the winter. At the same time local groups, like Loo Wit, started back up by leading their own outings as well. We are now looking forward to continuing the process of rebuilding a robust Outings Program in Washington State. Whether you want to connect with the statewide Chapter, become more active with your local Group, or form your own Outings team, there is a place for you!

Build Community Outdoors!

Join Our Team

Sierra Club Washington State Chapter is hiring a Communications Associate! This person will be charged with developing and implementing strategies and tactics across traditional media and digital channels to advance our priority campaigns, engage our supporters and the public in our mission, and enhance our visibility and credibility in the environmental movement.

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Three Stories of Salmon, and How People Across the State of Washington are Fighting to Preserve Them for Future Generations

It's a big year for salmon. From efforts at the state legislature to better regulate salmon habitat and tribal right protections statewide, to federal funding to explore restoration of the Snake River basin, to the threat of a new terminal project in the Salish Sea, there are plenty of opportunities for Sierra Club volunteers to get involved and make an impact in protecting our salmon and orca populations for generations to come. Read more about these updates in the three articles below, and learn how you can get involved!

The Pace Quickens for Decisions to Save Snake River Salmon, Remove Dams, Help Orca
By Bill Arthur, Snake/Columbia River Salmon Campaign Chair • 681 words / 3.5 min

Read the Snake River Update

Mixed Results for Salmon Recovery in 2022 State Legislature
By Willa Jeffers, Washington State Chapter Legislative Organizer •

584 words / 3 min

Read the Lorraine Loomis Act Update

Defending Wildlife of Fraser River and Salish Sea
By Phyllis Farrell, Water & Salmon Committee • 272 words / 1.5 min

Read the Salish Sea Update

Volunteers Needed: Join Our Chapter Wildlife Committee!

By Lois Ward, Washington State Chapter Wildlife Committee • 404 words / 2 min

In the face of overlapping climate and extinction crises threatening all of us, Sierra Club Washington State Chapter’s Wildlife Committee is an active and motivated volunteer team working together to protect Washington’s wildlife, our state’s biodiversity, and the habitat that species need to survive – and we need your help!

Get Involved

Stop Salmon Extinction Free the Snake River Rally & March

We have a historic opportunity to save salmon and orca with the comprehensive report being developed by Gov. Inslee and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray to look at what it would take to replace the services of the lower Snake River dams. Join us for inspiring speakers, help us create short video testimonials for social media, and then join us for a processional to the Capitol Campus for lunch and the Human Orca Mural. Gov. Inslee will be invited to greet us.

RSVP to the Rally

Drive Electric Earth Day – Throughout April

Meet and talk with local Electric Vehicle owners and see their ebikes, cars, vans, trucks, motorcycles, and more. Register online for a chance to win a $250 Visa gift card.

In-person events in Washington are scheduled in: