Last chance to vote on Chapter and Group elections!! Deadline is tomorrow, 11/20! www.sierraclub.org/redwood/redw...

You are invited to join us at the next Forest Protection Forum on November 17 at 4PM PT! Melodie Meyer will present on “Towards True Restoration: Changing the Logging Mandate at Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF)." sierraclub.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Public Comments to FERC are needed NOW! Support Eel River Dam Removal, deadline is December 1 sierraclub.org/redwood/blog...

Have you read your Fall edition of Redwood Needles yet?? Lots of great articles plus candidate statements for Executive Committee elections! Didn't get it? Sign up and read the full issue here: www.sierraclub.org/redwood/redw...

Join the Sierra Club’s Bay Alive Campaign to help protect our Bay from the effects of groundwater rise: www.sierraclub.org/loma-prieta/...

85+ climate experts reviewed the US government’s new climate report. Their conclusion: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making. FULL REVIEW: tinyurl.com/DOE-comment

Check out today's SF Chronicle article about the billionaire-backed California Forever development. The two opponents quoted are members of the Club's Solano Group: Duane Kromm and Jim DeKloe, Solano's Co-chair! www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Mendocino Group Sierra Club is pleased to invite you all, old members and new and future members to an in-person meeting of the Group, Sunday, October 19, from 12:00 noon until 2:30 pm, at the Willits Environmental Center. For more information send us a message. The next meeting will be in January.

Read the August issue of the Sierra Club California/Nevada wilderness committee's newsletter, Words of the Wild, here! The front page includes an article on the recent 10th year anniversary celebration of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument :) www.sierraclub.org/sites/defaul...

outings.sierraclub.org/featured/50-... 50+ New Ways to Explore, Enjoy, and Protect!

Working to Protect Northern California's Rivers: Redwood Chapter's Water & Conservation Committees are promoting a free and clean Eel River! The following website provides excellent guidelines for providing comment to PG&E: click.emails.sierraclub.org?qs=99a650cfc...

The Bay ecology removes nitrogen, metals, wastes, & toxins from water! 🌾 Shoreline plants absorb carbon. Marshes soak up storm, flood, & tidal water. 🌊 Wetlands buffer wave energy. 🫁 Eelgrass meadows & marshes provide fresh air & oxygen. That's all at risk from sea level rise. tinyurl.com/kmjurpvc

NEPA is one of our most powerful environmental protection laws. It requires the federal government to consider the views of communities and take health and environmental concerns into account when making decisions that affect you. act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati...

Just one more day to submit your comments about the Roadless Rule!!! mendovoice.com/2025/09/opin...

We've organized a Task Force to work to roll-back the GRT-CEQA exemption, and are asking our members to join us in-person or online at the Great Redwood Trail Agency Board meeting this Thursday September 18 from 10:30-2:30!! civassist.com/district/106...

Don't let them destroy our last wild forests. Did you know that the Trump administration is threatening protections for nearly 60 million acres of our wildest forests?

Write those comments!! Every voice makes a difference!!

Protect 60 million acres of our national forests! The Roadless Area Conservation Rule is at risk. Speak up with me & stop the US Forest Service from repealing it. #SaveOurForests #RoadlessRule share.sierraclub.org/s/HbAzyONT

The 10th Anniversary of #BerryessaSnowMountain National Monument celebration was highlighted in @sierraclubredwood.bsky.social's latest - Words of the Wild! We are grateful for everyone that helped protected this wonderful area! www.sierraclub.org/sites/defaul... #publiclands #30x30

Trump’s Interior Department is turning environmentalists’ legal playbook against them. Federal laws meant to protect land and wildlife are being misused to curb wind and solar development across the U.S. grist.org/energy/trump... #Wind #Solar #Climate #Renewables #Policy #Politics

As California burns, new research shows smoke is wildfire’s silent killer | grist.org/health/calif...

act.sierraclub.org/events/detai... August's Virtual Action Hour: we'll come together to fight for legislation that will protect these cherished resources, learn how staff shortages and other cuts are harming public lands, and take action to protect people and the outdoors.

The science is clear that fossil fuel fueled climate change is making heat waves, fires, floods, hurricanes, & extreme weather worse. Yet major news outlets, especially TV news, often fail to name the connection. Demand they do better! sc.org/EndClimateSilence

Tomorrow! Please join us!

Trump’s environmental policies are reshaping everyday life. Here’s how. | grist.org/politics/tru...

Chapter & Group election season has begun! 3 Chapter At-Large seats will be up this year, & 3-4 seats in each Group. If you're interested in running, please contact your Nominating Committee Chair. Not sure who that is? Message with your county of residence! Deadline is 8/25!

“We recognize PG&E for this major step and congratulate our partners in the two-basin solution for developing a plan to end more than a century of conflict over water on the Eel River.” – Brian Johnson, Senior Policy Advisor for Western Water and Climate for Trout Unlimited.“

How do we stop sea level rise? 🌊 There's no “solution” to sea level rise. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will lessen sea level rise severity, but even if we stopped emissions today, the sea would continue to rise for centuries before Earth reached equilibrium status. ⬆️ tinyurl.com/mr2uszak

Support Eel River Dam Removal! Social and Comment Writing Workshop in Willits to encourage FERC to move forward with PG&E's Surrender Application and Decommissioning Plan act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...

Not only is the sea rising, the land is also sinking. 🌊 Vertical land movement (VLM) refers to the slight upward movement, uplift, and downward movement, subsidence, of the Earth’s surface. ⬇️ Map: Red is subsidence (sinking), blue is uplift (rising) land. Full article at tinyurl.com/mr2uszak

This EPA research office safeguarded Americans’ health. Trump just eliminated it. The Office of Research and Development produced the science underpinning regulations on everything from PFAS to pesticides to lead. grist.org/politics/thi... #EPA #Climate #Health #Wellness #Lead #PFAS

The same financial system that’s fueling the climate crisis also holds the power to drive solutions — if it’s pointed in the right direction. Read more from @rollingstone.com on how sustainable finance is the only way to save our climate and our economy. bit.ly/3U26HDh

The Water Committee will meet today 7/28 @ 4.The Committee will hear an update on the Potter Valley Project and PG&E License Surrender, Wailaki Tribal Concerns about the planned Great Redwood Trail through the Eel River Canyon. Email [email protected] for the zoom link.

The Trump administration is trying to silence your voice on climate and public lands by attacking one of our nation's most powerful environmental protection laws! ➡️ sc.org/ProtectNEPA

Respected climate organizations & government agencies researching the phenomenon for decades have concluded several different mechanisms are contributing greatly to global sea level rise. 🌊 ♨️ Thermal Expansion 🧊 Ice Melt 💦 Groundwater Depletion ⬇️ Subsidence Learn about them: tinyurl.com/mr2uszak

Inspire, Don’t Intimidate: Rewarding Teen Environmental Action in Napa Schools Read the article by Sierra Club Napa Group intern Helena Falk in the Summer edition of Redwood Needles to hear Helena's experience and her recommendations on how to encourage action!

24 years ago, 1.6 million people asked USDA to protect 58 million acres of #RoadlessForests. On June 23, Secretary Rollins announced plans to remove those protections. Wildlife need intact forests and people need these forests for recreation. #SaveRoadless #RoadlessRule

In California, a biomass company’s expansion raises fears of more fires | grist.org/accountabili...

Introducing our New Redwood Chapter Director, Alicia Bales! Read all about Alicia in the Summer edition of Redwood Needles!

“To really make America healthy, the administration should strengthen, not weaken, air quality protections." Read more from ‪@cece248.bsky.social, the National Campaign Director of Sierra Club ⬇️

NOAA reports modern rates of sea level rise started as long ago as 1863, as evidenced by rudimentary tide gates, coinciding with the start of the Industrial Revolution & acceleration of burning fossil fuels, leading to increased greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. 🌊 tinyurl.com/3hbx3zx7

The climate crisis isn’t just an environmental threat. It’s a growing danger to global economic stability—and to the long-term investments that millions of people depend on for their futures. Read more: www.sierraclub.org/sierra/clima...

www.tuleyome.org/event-detail... 10 Years Wild - Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument 10th Anniversary Celebration

How Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will raise household energy costs | grist.org/politics/tru...

The Trump administration has been targeting FEMA—from cutting staff to freezing community funding—and more could be at risk. Those on the frontlines of disasters supercharged by the climate crisis need FEMA and the agency’s leadership more than ever. 🧵👇