Rivers, Lakes, and Streams

We need you to speak up and demand a science-based TMDL that will rid the River of cancer-causing PCBs. Backed by public support, Sierra Club, et al will then present the settlement to the federal court for final approval.

Because that’s the thing about engaging people in the outdoors -- it's not just about building that relationship between people and nature; it’s also about the relationships built with one another in the process. While experiencing the places we...

Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are farming operations that sequester hundreds to thousands of animals in small, unsanitary enclosures. In addition to the cruelty of forcing animals to walk, eat and sleep in their own feces, there are...

The Spokane River has twin personalities. Flowing 111 miles from Lake Coeur d’Alene in Idaho to the Columbia River (Roosevelt Reservoir), it is sublimely beautiful. Once spawning grounds for huge runs of returning salmon, this river remains a home...

The Columbia River Team is charged with speaking for the national Sierra Club on modernizing the Columbia River Treaty and restoring salmon above Grand Coulee Dam, returning home to ancestral spawning waters of time immemorial.

To learn more about this part of Alpine Lakes history, I sat down with long time Sierra Club volunteer, Dick Fiddler, who joined the Club in 1971 to advocate for the Alpine Lakes Wilderness:

The Enchantments, housed in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, is an extremely popular hiking destination that can be incredibly hard to score a camping permit. Because of this heavy use, the Enchantments permit area was designated a “Leave No Trace”...

With President-elect Joe Biden set to take office in January, things are looking up for public lands in America. While the past four years have seen unprecedented attacks on publicly held and managed resources, there are a number of things the new...

A new hydroelectric project in Goldendale threatens the Columbia River and its wildlife, is fiscally irresponsible and disregards the Yakama Nation’s treaty rights. Here’s how you can help us stop this project:

While native fish populations swim at the brink of extinction and we battle to restore free-flowing rivers around the country, we simply cannot afford to build yet another irresponsible dam in the Northwest. Unfortunately, the latest proposal for...