Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter

Toiyabe Chapter
Nevada and Eastern California
PO Box 8096
Reno, NV 89507

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Nevada's Spring Valley adjacent to Great Basin National Park.

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Latest News & Actions

Results of 2011 Chapter and Group ExCom Elections.	Click to see the Chapter and Groups election results. Thanks to all who took the time to vote in the election.
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency threatened by new law.	Unfortunately for the fabled waters of Tahoe, the Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed a bill sponsored by NV Senator Lee (Democrat from Las Vegas) designed to destroy the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in favor of sharply increased development desired by real estate interests.
Nevada Chapter opposes SB 271	Nevada-Eastern California Chapter Urges Opposition to Nevada SB 271. Press Release here.
Judge strikes down Lake Tahoe shore rules allowing buoys, piers, ramps	The Club has won a victory to make the TRPA protect and restore the lake's famed clarity. More ...
Sierra Club and other groups sue over Ruby Pipeline	RENO, Nev. – The proposed Ruby Pipeline could avoid major damage to wildlife habitat, open space and cultural sites if it were rerouted, claimed Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter and Great Basin Resource Watch in a legal challenge filed late Friday. ... [More]
Wild Horses:	Short-term Solutions Long-term Problems Photo Essay on wildlife and Wild Horse issues is here
Western Wilderness Conference	The Toiyabe Chapter is a sponsor of the Conference 4/8-4/11 in Berkeley, CA. More info here.
New National Monument Proposal Las Vegas Valley	The largest late Pleistocene paleontological sites in the American Southwest
New Mt. Charleston's Butterflies	On the way to Extinction?
Ruby Gas Pipeline: route threatens Sage Grouse, Wildlife	Ruby Natural Gas Pipeline Project would cut through nearly pristine desert land
Science and Law vs. Power & Money	Water grab running into science and legal hurdles
Horse Talk: Can rangelands be saved?	Can the rangelands of the west be saved? What can you do? Photo Essay on wildlife and Wild Horse issues is here
Global Temps will rise most in N. Hemisphere	Global temperature projections with increasing and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions (from 1950 to 2099): Click here for YouTube video
Walker Lake	What will it take to save Walker Lake: The latest research offers some answers
Will Federal Study Save Great Basin Nat'l Park?	Will the study results come too late to save the Great Basin National Park is the question confronting Sierra Club leaders and local residents and Park-supporters? More...

Over 17 lakes and reservoirs in California and Nevada are already infested with Quagga and Zebra mussels. The damage is in the billions of dollars. Clogged water intake pipes. Boat engines ruined. Beaches made unusable by razor sharp shells and a horrible stench. Irreversible damage to native species and habitat. Don’t let Tahoe be next. (Find out how)

TRPA sinks lakeshore environment with piers & buoys; threatens lake’s clarity, lawsuit filed. More...

The outings highlight was taking local rancher Dean Baker's famous day-long Snake Valley Water Tour. Read about it here.

Next NV Legislative session begins in Jan 2011. Chapter's Nevada Legislative Info/Action

Link to Club's CA Legislative Page

Check out our recent work on the Chapter funded project.

The federal government is constructing walls in all four border states with Mexico and these walls are greatly and negatively affecting wildlife and the borderland habitat upon which they depend. This is a regional issue being addressed by the Club's border state Chapter's in a new video. You can learn about the fence and see the video here.

Chapter efforts succeed with river flows for the Owens River.

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