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! 💚

Join our Sierra Pathfinders on 11/16 for this 8.6-mile trek , with a 1,450' elevation gain. Instead of the exposed summit, the group will dive into the heart of the preserve via the Hamms Gulch Trail. With 90% on single track & 10% of the time on double-track fire roads. 🥾⛰ tinyurl.com/4c65nfjh

There'll be birdwatching, botany observation, and a fun day hike in the wonderful Coyote Hills Park, which is right on the eastern edge of San Francisco Bay. The group will walk on the boardwalk in the marsh and see wildlife and, hopefully, the early winter birds. 🥾🇺🇸🐦🌱 tinyurl.com/3s3zmnmc

“Towards True Restoration: Changing the Logging Mandate at Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF)” 11/17, 4pm By Melodie Meyer 🌳💖🌲 JDSF as a demonstration forest, a brief history of demonstration forests, the current logging mandate, & why & how it needs to change. tinyurl.com/3tuu5t3p

Join our Ski Touring team on 11/16. 🗻 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/4apc4xuy

JOINT COMMENT LETTER: Dark Sky (Outdoor Lighting) Ordinance 📣 To Palo Alto Mayor and City Council Read the full letter at tinyurl.com/5bbwktv4 📑 In collaboration with Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance

Join Loma Prieta Pride Sierrans on 11/15. Check out: 👉 Arizona Garden 🥾 Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden 🌱 Cantor Art Center Sculpture Garden 🏳️‍🌈 George Segal’s Gay Liberation sculpture 🎓 Stanford Clock Tower 🏳️‍⚧️ Stone River (Andy Goldsworthy) 🎨 Lake Lagunita. RSVP tinyurl.com/57kvnhh4 @stanford.edu

Our Military Outdoors is pleased to tribute our veterans in honor of Veterans Day! If you're a veteran, you're invited. 🇺🇸 👍 Ranger led tour of Bay Model Visitor Center 🥪 Picnic lunch (provided by Military Outdoor) ⛵️ Tour of Spaulding Marine Center (optional). 🌉 RSVP tinyurl.com/2yv73bbn

Join our San Mateo hiking section on the 12th on this eight mile hike with 1,350' elevation gain. 🥾 🌱 Learn more at tinyurl.com/4pd25nrf . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #stevenscreekcountypark #fremontolderopenspacepreserve

COMMENT LETTER: Air Conditioning to Heat Pump Reach Codes 📣 Read the full letter at tinyurl.com/mt92ek9y 📑 "[...] supports the adoption of the 2025 CALGreen reach code to encourage that all air conditioning (AC) replacements in single-family homes include both cooling and heating modes."

COMMENT LETTER: Air Conditioning to Heat Pump Reach Codes 📣 Full article: tinyurl.com/jf9bjb4z 📑 "[...] our strong support for adoption of the 2025 CALGreen reach code to encourage that all air conditioning (AC) replacements in single-family homes include both cooling and heating modes."

Join our next Plastic Pollution Prevention Committee on November 10th! ✨ 🙌 Learn more at tinyurl.com/mtndpeza . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietaplasticpollutionprevention

Join Loma Prieta Pride Sierrans on 11/9 & experience an urban to suburban transition trail, with experiences from childrens' play grounds to beaver dams, from native oaks to imported almonds, from traffic to solitude, & all with very little elevation gain. 🥾🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ tinyurl.com/zwv2rjub

The Mediterranean Oak Borer, poses a substantial risk to the oak ecosystems of our Chapter, & local foresters, ecologists, & governments are raising the alarm about it. 🌳 It primarily attacks trees stressed by heat, drought, age, or other environmental pressures. 🪳

On October 10, 2025, Garnetta Annable was honored as a Guardian of Nature by our Loma Prieta Chapter. For more than three decades, Garnetta Annable has been a driving force behind land conservation and open space protection in Santa Clara County and across the Bay Area. 🏆💖 tinyurl.com/4kku3nhs

Join our Water Committee Meeting on November 6th! Learn more at tinyurl.com/482esk6v 🌊 💖 💦 👍 . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietawatercommittee

COMMENT LETTER: City of Mountain View Biodiversity and Urban Forest Plan 📣 tinyurl.com/44kp6yrb 📑 "The Plan’s strong scientific foundation offers a meaningful roadmap that, when implemented, will strengthen the interconnected health of people, nature, and the broader environment."

Join our San Mateo hiking section on November 6th for this 4.5 mile hike, with 900' elevation change. 🥾 🌊 Learn more at bit.ly/4oidqq6 . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #quarryparkhalfmoonbay

Join us on the 31st to hike Butano State Park and visit Harley Farms Goat Dairy . 🥾 👍 Learn more and register for this 9.5 mile hike at tinyurl.com/bdxwchru . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #butanostatepark #harleygoatfarms

Join our San Mateo hiking section on November 5th for this 7.5 mile hike. 🥾 🌱 Learn more at tinyurl.com/mpp6jpt3 . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #montebelloopenspacepreserve

Earlier this month, our inspection team inspected the Permanente Creek Restoration Project Year One work completed. 🙌 Our inspections will continue over the next 3 years. These inspections validate Lehigh's full response to our lawsuit & settlement agreement that required this restoration project.

Day on the Bay brought together a wonderful mix of people visiting our table to learn about sea level rise. 🌊 At our 2025 Guardians of Nature Benefit, we offered Q&A about a healthy Bay. 📣 At Martial Cottle Sustainable Garden people filled over 2 pages of sign up sheets! 🙌

With the return of in-person sessions, the Environmental Stewardship Program kicked off with great energy and enthusiasm! Thirty-five new participants signed up to join the growing community of graduates from this flagship chapter program. 🎉 🙌

Bay Alive Campaign is thrilled to honor Jeremy Lowe with its first ever award for outstanding contribution to Bay resilience. When Jeremy is a contributor on a project in the Bay, our Bay Alive team breathes a sigh of relief. 🎉 tinyurl.com/4uxu66uz

Join our San Mateo hiking section on the 30th, for this five mile hike, with 600' elevation change. 🥾🌱 Learn more at tinyurl.com/4b7utkat . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #windyhillopenspacepreserve

Join our San Mateo hiking section on the 29th for this 8.5 mile hike, with 1,500' elevation gain. 🥾🌁 Learn more at tinyurl.com/24p388pn . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking

Join our next Plastic Pollution Prevention Committee on October 27th! ✨ 🙌 Learn more at tinyurl.com/4pxe8unc . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietaplasticpollutionprevention

LETTER: Beatty Parking Area and Trail Connections Project at Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve 📣 tinyurl.com/3st3599m 📑 "This meadow’s ecological value as habitat for native wildflowers, birds, pollinators, and wildlife movement would be permanently diminished by grading, paving, or fragmentation."

COMMENT LETTER: Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for Surrey Farms Estates 📣 tinyurl.com/zknerxez 📑 "...For these reasons, the Town must withdraw the IS/MND and prepare a full Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to ensure adequate environmental review in compliance with CEQA."

Our Military Outdoors provides free training for Veterans & family members. 🥾 Learn skills & techniques to improve balance, endurance, spine function, gait & posture. Learn techniques to help navigate everyday obstacles & strengthen muscles to support joints. 🇺🇸 Register: tinyurl.com/mwz8f72u

Join our San Mateo hiking section for this six mile hike, with 1,000' elevation gain, on the 23rd. 🥾 🌱 Learn more at tinyurl.com/mtue9j79 . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking #russianridgeopenspacepreserve

Join our San Mateo hiking section for this 10 mile hike, with 2,400' elevation gain, on the 22nd. 🥾⛰ Learn more at tinyurl.com/uk5f2nvc . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietasanmateohiking

Join the Guadalupe Regional Group Meeting, open to the public & members alike, to see a slide show of Lisa Barboza's January 2025 Journey to the Southern Oceans, where she saw the Serengeti of the southern Atlantic, & an amazing variety of wildlife. 🐧 🌎 More & register at tinyurl.com/mpcyumvx

Our Military Outdoors provides free training for Veterans & family members.🥾 Learn skills & techniques to improve balance, endurance, spine function, gait & posture. Learn techniques to help navigate everyday obstacles & strengthen muscles to support joints. 🇺🇸 Register: tinyurl.com/y4aw633h

Our Chapter works to save all wildlife, even those less celebrated but still crucial. 🐍 🦇 🕷 If you love wildlife & want to help protect local nature, consider: 🙌 volunteering with - tinyurl.com/mr38hxwr 💰 and/or donating to - tinyurl.com/2537ank9 your our Chapter. 🦈 🐝 🐆 🦅 tinyurl.com/vma8anvy

Thanks to those who sent 5,200+ comments from Sierra Club! tinyurl.com/nynyc96v Help protect local parks by: 🙌 volunteering - tinyurl.com/mr38hxwr 💰 and/or donating - tinyurl.com/2537ank9 📍 to our Chapter - tinyurl.com/yznkcubm 📄 & see our Annual Summary - tinyurl.com/459rrk5u tinyurl.com/4kta4mkt

Our Conservation Committee serves as an umbrella organization over all of the issue committees. It recommends conservation policy for the Chapter, identifies conservation priorities, and directs grassroots conservation activities. Join our next meeting on 10/23. 🌳 🦋 💧 🌎 More at tinyurl.com/84fdp548

We remain vigilant in protecting the Palo Alto Baylands from any expansion of the Palo Alto Airport. In doing so we collaborate with a number of local environmental groups including the Palo Alto Student Climate Coalition and the Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance.

Passage Redevelopment – 678 Concar Dr. San Mateo 📣 tinyurl.com/5rhtar49 📑 "SLU would like to see these comments factored into the final approved project. SLU would also be interested in meeting with you again as we expect to have more comments as the project goes through its approval process."

Vista de Almaden Project Appeal 📣 To Santa Clara County Planning Commission Full letter at tinyurl.com/3479cu3n 📑 "As with previous appeals to the Commission in the past few weeks, this project did not meet the 90-day deadline for complete applications and was appropriately deemed incomplete."

Join our next Plastic Pollution Prevention Committee on October 13th! ✨ 🙌 Learn more at tinyurl.com/mys9sm9z . . . #sierraclub #sierraclublomaprieta #lomaprietachapter #lomaprietaplasticpollutionprevention

Sudden Oak Death (SOD) is a tree disease caused by the invasive, fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora ramorum. SOD primarily affects specific species, and especially the coast live oak, canyon live oak, California black oak, Shreve’s oak, and a related species known as tanoak. 🌳 💖 🌳 💗 bit.ly/4nxLHkV