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Sierra Club Outings has a brand new batch of international and domestic winter adventures! Embark on scenic hikes through the Dolomites of Italy, experience Machu Picchu in Peru, and view incredible wildlife on the Serengeti in Tanzania.

Prefer to stay closer to home? We also have a myriad of new domestic experiences including service trips, snow excursions, and trips to Hawaii, and the American Caribbean. Our trips fill up fast, so reserve your spot while there is still space! sc.org/outings

🌲🇺🇸 Unlocking the Great Outdoors for Our Heroes! 🇺🇸🌲

The Sierra Club is proud to support our military community with increased access to outdoor activities. From hiking trails to serene lakes, we're ensuring our veterans and active-duty members can find peace, healing, and adventure in nature.

🌟 Discover how you can make a difference in our latest report! sc.org/SCMOReport2024

These scientists are mounting a longshot effort to get lichen in the Pacific Northwest federally protected. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4cTsWmt

✍️ Nathan Gilles

Don’t tell Detroit, but some of our most beautiful national parks are entirely accessible without a car. Whether you want to reduce your carbon footprint, spare yourself the hassle of a car rental, or simply steer clear of vertiginous cliff-side park roads, here are six national parks that make it easy. Find them at https://bit.ly/4d13yvd

✍️Erin Gifford
📷 Justin Franz

🌄 Calling all adventurers in their 20s and 30s! 🌄 Join us for an unforgettable backpacking trip through the stunning Kanab Creek Wilderness in the Grand Canyon area of Arizona. Immerse yourself in the beauty of the Southwest, explore hidden canyons, and make memories that will last a lifetime. Don’t miss out on this incredible experience! 🏞️ Sign up at the 🔗 https://bit.ly/3ydmCaD

Our mature and old-growth forests are one of nature’s greatest tools to help us fight climate change. They also provide so many other valuable resources, like critical habitat for wildlife and reliable drinking water for hundreds of millions of Americans. We have an opportunity to make a new measure proposed by the U.S. Forest Service the safeguard we need to protect forests from the urgent threat of commercial logging — but only if we act now!

Submit a comment to the U.S. the Forest Service demanding strong protections for mature and old-growth forests at the 🔗 https://bit.ly/4eQv14e

🌊🚤✨ This summer, 30 youth from St. Paul’s East Side set sail with the Minneapolis Sailing Center for an unforgettable morning on Bde Maka Ska! Thanks to The Sanneh Foundation’s Summer Splash Program, these young sailors learned new skills, explored water recreation close to home, and gained a deeper appreciation for our local clean waters. 🛶💙

Big shoutout to the Sierra Club North Star Chapter for partnering with us to make this happen! 🌟

Outdoor Access for the Military Community Outdoor Access for the Military Community Outdoor Access for the Military Community Through the Military Outdoors program, over 70,000 veterans and their families have been able to participate in outdoor adventures. WHY THIS MATTERS About Our Military Outdoors Program Sierra Club launched the Milita...

BREAKING: VP Kamala Harris selects MN Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. He has worked to protect clean air and water and grow our clean energy economy. The Harris-Walz ticket understands the fight before us and isn’t afraid to tackle the climate crisis head-on. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4fuXQDr

As Attorney General, I took on Big Oil—and won.

As Vice President, I helped pass the largest-ever investment to take on the climate crisis.

And as President, I will keep up the fight.

I am grateful for your support League of Conservation Voters, Sierra Club, NRDC Action Fund, and Clean Energy for America.

European Fallow deer have populated Sidney Island, British Columbia, since at least the 1960s. In the absence of predators like wolves and cougars–eradicated from the Southern Gulf Islands decades before–and with recreational hunts only able to take so much, these deer have destroyed much of the unique coastal ecosystem that dominated the region. Now, regional leaders are hoping for a permanent solution that even some of the plan's supporters aren't proud of. https://bit.ly/4bRMRRz

In a world filled with generalized zoos and natural history museums, the High Desert Museum—located on 135 acres of native pine forest five minutes south of Bend, Oregon, in the Intermountain West—is unique for using history, culture, and ecology to celebrate the niches of one region. Learn more at https://bit.ly/3ymQml8

✍️ Aaron Gilbreath
📷 Lee Schaefer

The tragic tale of Tango the whale underscores the urgent need for compassionate conservation. As ship strikes and entanglements claim more marine lives, it's clear that individual animals deserve our empathy and protection.

It’s just as important to protect and live harmoniously with individual animals as it is to prevent the extinction of their species.

Read more at the 🔗 https://bit.ly/4fceEyQ

At the close of its most recent term, the Supreme Court issued a flurry of decisions sharply limiting government agencies' ability to implement the law – including commonsense measures that protect our environment and public health.

These decisions reveal a Court unwilling to trust its co-equal branches of government – and eager to make unprecedented expansions of its own power.

Learn more about how the Court’s recent decisions will have far-reaching consequences for our government and our planet at the🔗 https://bit.ly/4djKQyx

✍️ Joanne Spalding and Sanjay Narayan

Embark on a journey where adventure meets purpose! At Sierra Club Outings, we love to recreate in nature and we also believe in being responsible stewards of the environment. Take your pick of projects like building and maintaining trails and invasive plant removal, with leisure time for hiking, swimming, and more.

Give back to Mother Nature and join us for a fun and affordable volunteer vacation! Sign-up info at the🔗 https://bit.ly/46tgTu0

& are some of the top fossil fuel financiers in the world – that’s why we are calling on them to stop supporting dangerous LNG projects. With 80 times the short-term warming danger of CO2, liquified methane gas is not the “bridge” fuel the Oil & Gas Industry claims it to be. It’s far past time these institutions make the right investments for our climate & future.

Read more at the🔗 https://tinyurl.com/352r6eaf

We need a new term to describe why trees are having heat strokes. Hotter drought seems to fit the bill. Learn about these tree deaths at https://bit.ly/3WM1yBv

✍️Nathan Gilles

Line 5 is a dangerous pipeline that transports 23 million gallons of fracked gas and crude oil from Alberta tar sands through the heart of the Great Lakes. Every. Single. Day.

It is time to decommission this pipeline. The Army Corps of Engineers is taking public comments on rerouting the Line 5 pipeline, but its owner, Enbridge, wants to keep it going for decades against the clear demands of the local Bad River Tribe. The Tribe has been fighting this dangerous pipeline that cuts through their watershed for over ten years.

If enough of us speak up right now, we can make it clear that more dangerous oil is not the answer for the Great Lakes, our communities, and our future. Together, we can help shut down this reckless oil pipeline once and for all.

Comments close August 4! Before it's too late, tell Biden's Army Corps of Engineers: No permits for Line 5 at the 🔗 sc.org/ShutDownLine5

🌍✨ While renewable energy tech like solar and wind has surged ahead, large industrial production still lags in going green. Crucial materials like steel are predominantly produced using coal, contributing to 9% of global carbon emissions! 🌫️

This not only impacts our climate but also exposes communities and workers to toxic pollution. Sierra Club’s new Industrial Transformation campaign aims to change this, proving that we can have a strong economy, good-paying jobs, and clean air and water! 💪🏭

Join us on July 31 for a virtual town hall with Rep. Ro Khanna to discuss the future of a green, equitable industrial sector and the transformative STEEL Act. Let’s work together to build clean manufacturing processes and ensure a sustainable future for all! 🌱👷‍ https://bit.ly/3Wic41T

In early June, the Hamtramck HS Adventure Club spent three days and two nights camping at Ossineke State Park, with the assistance of Bus for Outdoor Access and Teaching (BOAT) and Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK). There, the students were able to experience the wilderness and shoreline of Lake Huron and the Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary.

Each day was filled with enriching experiences, from exploring the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, where the students hopped on a boat and toured shipwrecks to snorkeling for the first time in a renovated diving tank they had on site!

The kids spent the evening swimming in Lake Huron under the starry night sky and talked about the day and all that they look forward to on future trips! Before leaving back to Hamtramck, the students gave back to the beach by going along the shoreline and doing a clean-up walk before heading home.

Reflecting on the experience, Uriel Llanas Vargas from Detroit Outdoors said: "The memories that were made [on this trip] are some that I know both the students and I will look back on for a lifetime. Thank you to OAK, NOAA, and BOAT for coming together to make this trip a reality!"

The Biden administration can continue to cement their climate legacy! Tell the Biden admin to shut down the Line 5 pipeline.

Enbridge's pipeline, operated by a multi-billion dollar corporation, illegally trespasses through northern Wisconsin, violating the Bad River Band's sovereignty. This pipeline puts nearby water, plants, animals, and communities at risk of an oil spill and exacerbates the climate crisis. The proposed reroute construction threatens significant damage and would extend this risk for decades.

This is our chance to tell the Army Corps and the Biden Administration about our concerns. Join us in submitting a comment and adding a personal message before August 4th at the 🔗 sc.org/ShutDownLine5

Resurrecting species from the dead may sound like science fiction, but these companies are trying to bring back animals that have been extinct for thousands of years, which could have unknown consequences. Read more at https://bit.ly/3SjjMaA

✍️ Darren Incorvaia

During her time in office as Vice President Kamala Harris has proven that she will lead the United States into a climate focused future. The Biden-Harris administration took over 300 actions to protect the environment and combat climate change. Kamala laid out a bold climate platform in her campaign in 2020 and has pushed for clean energy, holding corporate polluters accountable. Her leadership is crucial to continuing progress toward our collective 2030 climate goals.