With Sierra Club, SF Bay & Sierra Club Redwood Chapter for the Bay Alive Campaign. How Two Small Words Transformed Bay Planning 🙌 Nature and equity. Two words. Easy to overlook. Easy to underestimate. 🌱 But those words became leverage. ⚖️ tinyurl.com/2t9fcsuw

Stargazing Event: Jan 16 6:30-9:30pm Interesting is seeing the stars in detail with modern equipment? Find out more about this free event at Houge Park - tinyurl.com/mrxfjr2y Click here to learn more about how artificial light at night negatively affects humans and wildlife - tinyurl.com/vtdft7bc

In the Santa Cruz Mountains and Peninsula foothills, oaks have shaped the landscape for millennia, providing habitat for songbirds, food for wildlife, and stability to hillsides. However, these iconic trees now face unprecedented threats. 🌳 Read the full article at

Join our San Mateo hiking section on the 21st for this 7.8 mile hike! 🥾 Learn more at tinyurl.com/yc8bwdur . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #sweeneyridge

Wed, 1/21 5:30-7:00 pm Free webinar ✊ How to protect your family & community from local pollution. 🏭 For decades, communities have been advocating for Indirect Source Rules as a way to address the industrial contamination that's negatively impacting public health. tinyurl.com/598kw6dt

“Forests on an Overheating Planet" 🌲🌲🌲 This talk will explore how forest extraction projects are being misrepresented as environmentally friendly, and much more. 🌳🌳🌳 Learn more and register at tinyurl.com/yzvmb53n

@sfbaysierraclub.bsky.social @sierraclubredwood.bsky.social 🌉 In 1960, 3 women met to discuss a map showing the Bay nearly filled by 2020. 🙌 Within a decade, activism stopped the fill, protected wetlands, & created BCDC. For 60 years, that activism made restoration possible. tinyurl.com/464af52y

Join our San Mateo hiking section on the 14th for this 7.5 mile hike. 🥾 🌱 Learn more at tinyurl.com/4ekryxxv . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #sanpedrovalleypark

Join our San Mateo hiking section on the 7th for this 8.5 mile hike, with 1,400' elevation gain. 🥾 👍 Learn more at tinyurl.com/mm9pyhs8 . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #wunderlichcountypark

Join our Guadalupe and Peninsula Regional Groups on 1/7 for this nine mile loop hike and lunch! 🥾 🥪 Learn more and RSVP at tinyurl.com/mwknmsa3 . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietaguadaluperegionalgroup #lomaprietapeninsularegionalgroup #windyhillopenspacepreserve

Join our San Mateo hiking section on the 31st for this nine mile hike, with 1,200' elevation gain, on the Butano Canyon loop. 🥾 🌱 Learn more at tinyurl.com/5azr3sya . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #butanostatepark #butanocanyon

You can partake in the CA King Tides Project - www.coastal.ca.gov/kingtides/ - to see the current impacts of King Tides. If you are ready to ensure your local community is aware about Sea level Rise, fill out our volunteer interest form & take part in the Bay Alive Campaign! tinyurl.com/4y666nnt 🌊 📷

Read this SoCal perspective about their reliance on exported water from the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta. Most Bay Area counties are in the same boat & we need to conserve & recycle water & question excessive diversion efforts that decimate the Delta & SF Bay ecosystems. tinyurl.com/4f9uxwse

Loma Prieta Chapter Celebrates Three 2025 Leadership Awards from @sierraclubca.bsky.social! 🏆🏆🏆 Sue Chow received the Legislative Advocacy Award. 🎉 Justyna Lesniewska-Guterman, received the California Staff Excellence Award. 🙌 Kristen Lee, received the California Public Lands Activist Award.

In collaboration with @sfbaysierraclub.bsky.social & @sierraclubredwood.bsky.social There’s no single solution to rising sea levels. Our response must evolve over time. 🌾 Adaptive pathways, beginning with nature, keep communities safe today & preserve options for tomorrow. 🫷🫸 tinyurl.com/3r37ydae

Pescadero Creek County Park is a 5,943-acre park located in the Pescadero Creek Watershed near Loma Mar, CA. 🌲💖🌲 In response to the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire, which burned over 2,800 acres of the park, the Pescadero Creek Climate & Habitat Resiliency Plan was developed. tinyurl.com/3jryck7a

It's what we call the Healing Power of Nature. And it's what your very own Loma Prieta Chapter brings to veterans all over the Bay Area. We are honored to be part of a special program that offers outdoor experiences to veterans and their family members. 🇺🇸 🙌 tinyurl.com/2ds7azxd

Living with Fast Fires through Wildfire Gardening & Ignition Resistant Homes 12/15, 4pm 🌲🌳 Understand dominant factors in community loss, properly define the problem, & the solutions will follow. Misapprehend the problem, pursue legacy solutions & continue to lose communities. 💖 tinyurl.com/5n8f6jjw

Redwood Shores: There's No Place Like Home 🐦 ☀️ "As the holidays grace our homes and we share feasts, gifts, and visits with friends and family, we also share our knowledge that Redwood Shores is more than a neighborhood — it’s a living, breathing symphony of nature." 🏡 tinyurl.com/4d53pp7m

Support Your Local Volunteer Conservation Leaders. Your chapter Executive Committee makes many important decisions. Watch this video to understand more!

Join our San Mateo hiking section on the 17th for this 7.3 mile hike, with 1,000' elevation gain! 🥾 Learn more at tinyurl.com/yfh5ccsy . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #coyotelakeharveybearranchcountypark

In collaboration: @sfbaysierraclub.bsky.social & @sierraclubredwood.bsky.social Socially & economically vulnerable neighborhoods, often burdened by contaminated sites, aging infrastructure, & limited resources, face disproportionate harm as waters rise. 🌊 ⚖️ Full article tinyurl.com/3r37ydae

This event is open to Veterans, their families, & any other members of the public who wish to attend. 🇺🇸 Lisa Barboza will be conducting a birdwatching, botany observation & fun 4 mile hike, with 200' elevation gain, in the wonderful Coyote Hills Park. 🐦🌱 Learn more and RSVP at tinyurl.com/yjjm9u6d

Join our Black Mountain hiking section on 12/13 for this morning walk/hike to enjoy the Palo Alto Baylands area before returning for the holiday lunch potluck. Please sign up for the hike & lunch separately. 🥾 More & RSVP for hike tinyurl.com/3n5a48k3 🥖 More & RSVP for lunch tinyurl.com/bdzmuj3a

In collaboration with @sfbaysierraclub.bsky.social and @sierraclubredwood.bsky.social It’s imperative to protect & enhance the Bay’s habitats because these living sanctuaries serve as natural infrastructure in our defense against sea level rise & climate change. 🌊 🌾 🏖️ tinyurl.com/3r37ydae

Join our San Mateo hiking section on the 11th for this 5.8 mile hike, with 750' elevation gain. 🥾 Learn more at tinyurl.com/3kx84w5v . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #sierraazulopenspacepreserve

Join our San Mateo hiking section on the 10th for this 7.6 mile loop route, with 1,564' elevation gain. 🥾🌳 Learn more at tinyurl.com/bddsbsfp . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #huddartcountypark

Do you love nature, and want to share it? Lead your friends to new and amazing wonders of nature? Do you want to hone your leadership skills? 🌲🥾 This training is mandatory for new Sierra Club leaders who wish to lead any Sierra Club sanctioned Outing. ⛷️🎒 More & RSVP tinyurl.com/43vj78x3

COMMENT LETTER: Request for amendments to 1548 Maple Street Development and Subdivision Agreements 📣 To Redwood City City Council and Planning Department Read the full letter at tinyurl.com/2y45p7xh 📑

Join our Black Mountain hiking section on 12/6 & hike Montara Mountain from San Pedro Valley Park. 🥾🙌 Learn more & RSVP for this 7-mile out-and-back hike, with 1,700' elevation gain, at tinyurl.com/mr27f2s5 #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietablackmountainhiking #montaramountain #sanpedrovalleypark

Join our next Plastic Pollution Prevention Committee on December 8th! ✨ 🙌 Learn more at tinyurl.com/5yhea6u3 . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietaplasticpollutionprevention

Calling all members of our Loma Prieta Pride Sierrans! You are all invited to enjoy a taste of Italy at the Loma Prieta Pride Sierrans (formerly GLS) for their annual holiday get together! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Learn more and register at tinyurl.com/2tawatdh #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietapridesierrans

Join our Pathfinders hiking section on the 7th on this 2.4 mile mini hike, with 275' elevation gain, at Foothills Nature Preserve. 🥾 Learn more and RSVP at tinyurl.com/tnkkdjz6 . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietapathfinders #foothillsnaturepreserve

In collaboration with @sfbaysierraclub.bsky.social and @sierraclubredwood.bsky.social 🌊 The two types of adaptations that the Bay Alive Campaign supports and recommends are natural and nature-based solutions. 🙌 Read the full article at tinyurl.com/3r37ydae

Support Your Local Volunteer Conservation Leaders Your chapter Executive Committee makes many important decisions. Watch this video to understand more!

Join our Water Committee Meeting on December 4th! Learn more at tinyurl.com/5dtwtxf2 🌊 💖 💦 👍 . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietawatercommittee

Join our San Mateo hiking section on the 3rd for this 10 mile hike, with 1,650' elevation gain. 🥾⛰ Learn more at tinyurl.com/2eue5d3e . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #castlerockstatepark

With goal to conserve 30% of CA's lands & coastal waters by 2030 (30x30) & increased conservation interest in the Diablo Range, the Sierra Club CA/NV Wilderness Team took a 3-day study trip through the area which has tremendous contribution potential to the 30x30 goal. ⛰️ tinyurl.com/55s8nt9h

"I know many of you are reeling right now, inundated with questions from friends and supporters who read the New York Times article. I strongly believe in the importance of learning from what has worked and what hasn’t and constantly evolving to meet the moment." tinyurl.com/mryjwufr

Your chapter Executive Committee makes many important decisions. Watch this video to understand more! Support Your Local Volunteer Conservation Leaders.

This is a fairly challenging 9.5 mile hike. 🥾🌲 Start with a sustained ascent, walk along the ridge marveling at the land regeneration from fire, long narrow canyon trail & finish through the redwoods. Hoping to see lots of FUNGUS AMONGUS! 🍄‍🟫 tinyurl.com/4hvffa33

Join our Ski Touring team on the 23rd. 🗻 For this short outing, the group will practice the use of avalanche transceivers or beacons by burying a transmitting unit in the sand at the beach, then having participants using their own beacons to locate the buried beacon. ❄️ tinyurl.com/ydz8442y

Save your envelope! It has your membership number and group number too! You need these when you fill out the ballot. 🙌

Join our Black Mountain hiking section on the 22nd for this 6.8 mile hike, with 1,250' elevation gain. 🥾 Learn more and RSVP at tinyurl.com/mwum4a24 . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietablackmountainhiking #castlerockstatepark

JOINT COMMENT LETTER: Sailing Lake Habitat Island Restoration Alternative 2 In collaboration with Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance, Green Spaces Mountain View, and Green Foothills 📣 To Mountain View Parks and Recreation Commission and Urban Forestry Board Full letter at tinyurl.com/37ymyd4u 📑

Join our next Plastic Pollution Prevention Committee on November 24th! ✨ 🙌 Learn more at tinyurl.com/3jmknzhb . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietaplasticpollutionprevention

This Mercury News article features a comment on the Delta Tunnel from our very own Katja Irvin, Loma Prieta Chapter Water Committee Co-Chair. 💖 tinyurl.com/4fwz6p8p

COMMENT LETTER: Stanford Dark Sky Ordinance 📣 tinyurl.com/58fvabwx 📑 "In reviewing the letter sent by Stanford University to the City, the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter has some responses that are relevant to consider as Council deliberates on topics raised by this ordinance."

Join our San Mateo hiking section on the 19th for this eight mile hike. 🥾🌱 Learn more at tinyurl.com/yesz4ex8 . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #purisimaopenspacepreserve

Local Chapter Voting begins 11/15 🗳 A mail-in ballot will reach you before 11/15. Online voting is an option and starts on 11/15 at sc.org/lp-elections. 📅 Votes must be received by 12/15. Please vote early, and don’t forget to sign your ballot so your vote counts! 💚