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Welcome to the Greater Baltimore Group of the national Sierra Club. The Greater Baltimore Group includes Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Harford County. This site contains local events, outings, and any information dealing with local Sierra Club causes. We focus on local issues, however we do get involved in national campaigns using the information supplied to us by our national organization in San Francisco.
Take Action - Take Note
Environment Maryland has an open position for a Policy Advocate who would focus on environmental policy in Maryland. The Policy Advocate will develop campaigns to limit pollution into the Chesapeake Bay, promote development policies that result in walkable, healthy communities, and work on the implementation of our recent victories in the areas of land preservation and water quality protection. Based in Baltimore, with frequent travel to Annapolis. Send a resume and cover letter to bsh@environmentmaryland.org
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The Associated Press recently did an outstanding project about pharmaceutical residues in water. Unfortunately, it did not get a lot of attention. The Baltimore Examiner has aggregated all 16 stories at this link
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Wavyleaf Basketgrass alert: Sierra Club volunteers. Come to the known locations of Wavyleaf
Basketgrass in Beltsville, Greenbelt and Baltimore in late Spring
to learn how to identify this fast spreading grass that was first
identified in North America in the Patapsco Valley State Park in 1997. Read more here
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Monthly invasive plant removal work parties meet at Cromwell Valley Park in Baltimore County on the 2nd Saturday of each month 9-12. Rain date is the following day, at the same time. Tools and refreshments are provided. For information contact Bill Breakey at breakeys@comcast.net. The park office is at 410-887-2503. or check out the park's website at cvpark@bcpl.net. Volunteers are placed on an email notify list.
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Sparrows Point Penninsula may become the next 30-year dumping ground for harbor dredge spoils, in spite of a law that should prohibit this. To help fight this, please contact Russell S. Donnelly of SECAP (South Eastern Citizens Against Pollution),
Phone: (410) 388-0898 (410) 477-3808, E-MAIL: irsd7@verizon.net
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Visit the website for the Baltimore Inner City Outings: http://www.ico.sierraclub.org/baltimore
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Baltimore County now has a permanent electronics recycling center! More info here.
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WE NEED YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESSES! The Sierra Club is most effective when our members show up at community meetings or
hearings or contact their elected officials to voice their opinions and advocate for the
environment. We can use e-mail to contact you more than the four times a year the
newsletter affords us, in order to let you know about upcoming meetings, important
legislation, etc. If you want to join this environmental hot-mail, give your e-mail
address to Cliff Terry at Cliff.Terry@maryland.sierraclub.org
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We need contributions for the Greater Baltimore Sierran newsletter. Please contact XxDiTz4LyFxX@aol.com if you have articles, pictures, trip suggestions, or poetry to share.
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Young Sierrans group was created for people in their 20s and 30s who like to get outdoors and are
concerned about our environment. The group holds Young Sierrans Socials every 2nd Thursday of the
month at the City Cafe in Mt. Vernon; their monthly outings generally occur on the Saturday
that follows the Social. Please visit the group's new website:
http://maryland.sierraclub.org/baltimore/youngsierrans
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Highlights
June 4, 2008
Note the new meeting time for the June 14th kayaking trip (outings).
May 7, 2008
Find the new newsletter, new outings for the summer, the next outings meeting time is available, and several new items have been posted above in Take Note above.
February 27, 2008
Many new outings have been posted, and the next outings meeting is posted. Several new Take Note items have been added above, and you can view the latest newsletter.
December 21, 2007
An update has been made to the outings, and the next outings meeting is posted. Note a new climate change event being held at Loyola in February.
November 30, 2007
Take note of the slide show with a backpack give-away, in Take Note above. The latest newsletter has been posted and outings have been added through March.
September 21, 2007
The next EXCOM meeting date has been changed to October 10th. Please see the meetings page for directions.
September 11, 2007
A link to the Sierra Club's endorsements for the Baltimore City election is above under Take Action - Take Note.
August 15, 2007
Several new items in Take Action - Take Note above. The latest newsletter has been posted; starting with this issue we will offer it in Word and PDF formats. New outings have been added, the meetings have been updated, and the contact list has new additions/corrections.
May 15, 2007
Four workshops on the zoning process will occur in June, see Take Action - Take Note above.
May 14, 2007
The latest newsletter has been posted.
May 11, 2007
Many new outings have been added, and there is one new meeting. The latest newsletter will be posted shortly.
February 20, 2007
Take a look at the National Climate Crisis Action Day Rally information, above.
February 13, 2007
Many new outings have been added, there are two new meetings , and the February newsletter is online.
November 21, 2006
The November newsletter is now available.
Congratulations to everyone that volunteered and voted to make the recent election a successful one!
October 24, 2006
Updates to "Take Note" above, an update to the outings, and meetings and events.
August 24, 2006
Minor updates to reflect the new treasurer and list the next ExCom meeeting.
John Railey has stepped down from his long service as Treasurer and ExCom member for the Greater Baltimore Group. He continued to serve for 1 1/2 years longer than he intended, as the Group sought a volunteer to try to fill his shoes. Paul Schoen, an outings leader and Sierra Club member since 1975, has volunteered to serve as Treasurer in his place. Many thanks to John for his outstanding service. Welcome to Paul as Treasurer and new ExCom member.
August 21, 2006
Updates to "Take Note" above, and an update to the contacts page. The latest newsletter is now available, too.
July 28, 2006
Many new outings, new meetings and events, new Links, updated "Take Note" issues above, and a new newsletter.
February 28, 2006
There has been a change to the outing on March 11th, please call the organizer for the meeting place. Note the new "Take Note" issues/events above. The latest newsletter is available.
January 27, 2006
I have added many new outings, grab your calendar. New meetings and events have been added, too.
January 6, 2006
The date for the next Outings Committee Meeting has been changed, if you plan on attending please note its been moved to January 11th. There are no new outings at this time.
November 17, 2005
The newest newsletter is available, enjoy.
October 26, 2005
Added a new hike for December 10th.
A personal note: I visited the electronics "drop-off day" in Towson on Saturday the 22nd. I was blown away by the turn-out! There was a line up York Road and several hundred cars were processed in the time it took me to drop my personal items off. According to an article I found on the last event in April, 1600 cars came through then and I would guess that they had at least that amount this time. It truly made me proud to see so many people taking the time to act responsibly - keeping that type of waste out of the landfill where it doesn't belong. -Doug
October 21, 2005
There is a new Action item above regarding a meeting to discuss campaign finance reform. Plenty of new outings are on the outings page, get ready for the winter season. We have a special edition of the newsletter posted about Forest Stewardship, take a look.
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