State and National Forests

On Monday, September 16th, the City of Seattle passed a resolution banning the procurement of Arctic Oil. This is just the latest blow to the Trump Administration - who still seems to believe that there is a market for Arctic oil that warrants...

Last week, the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild & Scenic Rivers Act had a successful congressional hearing in the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. This is a key step in the congressional process...

On June 22, 2019, the Chapter’s Water and Salmon Committee held an outing to the Billy Frank Jr. National Wildlife Refuge, led by Phyllis Farrell of the South Sound Group.

Sixty percent of Washington state residents rely on groundwater for their clean drinking water supply, however, an unlikely polluter threatens the health and safety of our communities and our environment...

The Roadless Rule (formally known as the Roadless Area Conservation Policy) was issued in 2001 by President Clinton shortly before he left office. It made significant changes in prohibiting road construction, road reconstruction, and timber...

Senator Patty Murray and 6th District Representative Derek Kilmer have reintroduced the Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and told a gathering of supporters, including Sierra Club representatives, that they vow to "get it...

This legislative session was a mixed bag for ecological and conservation management of the state forests.

Sierra Club is honored to award the 2019 Watershed Hero Award to the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. The Tribe is a recognized civic leader, having donated $17 million during the past two decades through its charitable fund to support environmental...

At the end of last July, Washington State Department of Ecology and Chelan County held public meetings to discuss a suite of proposals from the Icicle Working Group (IWG), called the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS). The...

The sale, titled Michigan Trotter Timber Sale, was slated for January 2019 and will encompass approximately 63 acres, leaving no more than 8 trees per acre after harvest, according to a forester who walked the proposed cut area with Loo Wit in early...