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August 2025 Edition
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Dear John,
I'm excited to welcome you back to our monthly chapter newsletter, The Evergreen! With wild places, climate action, and community health under full-scale attack from “the other Washington,”
it’s inspiring to see that Washington is proving what real environmental leadership looks like.
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- and it’s time to show up. This month, you can join the tribal-led Way of the Masks <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=857a83128f6c0b82bdb3197c63d45a4b5c4988ae4352c38d2cda6bdd59d94497cda04d0
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local level when it’s needed most.
In a time that can feel relentlessly negative, every action matters. Thank you for being part of this movement.
Ben Avery,
Chapter Director
Sierra Club Washington State
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Coming Soon: State Lands September 2025
by Emilio Garza, Communications Associate, Sierra Club Washington State
State Lands September is a collaborative effort between environmental and conservation-focused nonprofits to help honor the heritage of our treasured Pacific Northwest forests and advocate
for the type of resilient, sustainable, and ecological forest management practices we know help communities thrive. Come celebrate these awesome natural spaces and help grow the movement
dedicated to keeping our forests community focused. The forests belong to all of us.
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Protect the Roadless Rule: Trump's Next Attack on Our National Forests
by Lia Brewster, Conservation Campaign Strategist, Sierra Club
One of my favorite places in the world is the dramatic corner of Washington Pass just outside of Mazama, WA in the Northern Cascade Mountains. Each year I hike up to the rocky ridge
of Liberty Bell in autumn to catch the last fizzing energy of the golden larches and say goodbye for a few months. Knowing that in a few months I’ll be back again on skis, moving through
that drawn-breath-stillness and exploring a world reborn. It’s breathtakingly magical up there. This area of Washington Pass is on US Forest Service public land, but it’s also designated
as an Inventoried Roadless Area, which (thanks to the Trump Administration) now means it’s at huge risk, along with 2 million acres of Washington’s most beautiful places, and 58 million
acres across the country.... (continued)
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Three Decades and Counting: The "Rivers of History" Tour
by John Osborn, Spokane River-Lake Coeur d'Alene Team, Sierra Club
Sierra Club's Spokane River-Lake Coeur d'Alene Team is formally inviting you to the Rivers of History Tour: 9,000 Years of Human Relationships with Rivers and Salmon, a special two-day
outing hosted in conjunction with the Kootenai Environmental Alliance and Spokane Riverkeeper. Come join us on this special outing to learn more about the river's sometimes dark, but
resilient history. Hear from experts involved with protecting and restoring these waters with commitment, integrity, and healing. Starting in the early 1990s, these tours have included
tribal elders, leaders, and staff; scientists; historians; community activists; reporters; and educators.
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RSVP: Sierra Club WA PAC Fundraiser
Thursday, September 18th, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
State & local leadership means more than ever for our wild places, climate, and communities. Join us for a fundraising party to build Sierra Club’s Washington State Political Action
Committee to support environmental champions up and down the ballot in Washington State. Hosted by: Bill Arthur, Ben Avery, Dick Fiddler, Ken Gersten, Doug Howell & Nancy Hirsh, John
Hoyt, Ross Macfarlane, Julia Reitan & Stan Kaufman, Eva Schulte, Tony Usibelli, Margie & David Van Cleve, and Sally Wolf.
Special guest: Dave Upthegrove, Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands
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Trump Administration Unilaterally Terminates Columbia Basin Salmon Agreement
by Bill Arthur, Sierra Club Snake/Columbia River Salmon Campaign & Executive Committee Member
On June 12th the Trump Administration issued a memorandum that directs the federal agencies to withdraw from the Resilient Columbia Basin Salmon Agreement (RCBA), the historic agreement
made with the Biden Administration in 2023 to restore the salmon, steelhead and other native fish in the Snake and Columbia Rivers. This action unilaterally terminated the agreement
with the four lower Columbia River Treaty Tribes (Nez Perce, Yakama, Umatilla, and Warm Springs), the states of Washington and Oregon, and 10 NGO plaintiff groups including the Sierra
Club, and once again, undermined our federal commitments to Tribal Nations... (continued)
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Announcing Sierra Club Washington State Chapter Executive Committee Elections
by Julia Reitan, Chapter Chair, Sierra Club Washington State
The Sierra Club Washington State chapter is governed by an executive committee (ExCom) that includes nine leaders elected statewide by members. Serving on the ExCom puts you at the center
of Sierra Club activities in Washington State. It gives you a front row seat on what is happening, plus an opportunity to influence it.
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Federal Clean Air Act Faces Corporate-Powered Insurgency from Trump Admin
by Wes Stewart, Clean Transportation for All Organizer, Sierra Club Washington State
In 2009, the US Environmental Protection Agency issued its Endangerment Finding, a landmark decision concluding greenhouse gases “threaten the public health and welfare of current and
future generations”, and becoming the legal foundation for regulating carbon emissions under the federal Clean Air Act. Today, that foundation is under siege as Trump’s EPA administrator,
Lee Zeldin, initiates a concerted effort to rescind it. Such a move would cripple US climate regulation at the very moment scientists warn that time is running out to avoid the worst
climate impacts.
Read the full article, potential impacts of rescinding the Endangerment Finding, and who stands to benefit at our expense.
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Sierra Club Wins Lawsuit Protecting Gray Wolves in Eastern Washington
by Ben Avery, Chapter Director, Sierra Club Washington State
A federal judge just ruled that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service acted illegally when it refused to consider Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in the northern Rockies. This
decision forces the agency to revisit protections for wolves in eastern Washington and other states—validating our message that state management plans are putting the species at risk.
The fight isn’t over, but this is a big step forward. We’ll be working with partners to block any new efforts to strip wolves of protections in Congress or the Washington legislature.
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Sierra Club and Allies Sue BPA Over Energy Market Decision
by Marc Sullivan, Chapter Co-Chair, Conservation Committee, Sierra Club Washington State
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) recently made a baffling decision to join a more costly, Arkansas-based energy trading market over a California-based alternative. Now five
Northwest advocacy groups, including the Sierra Club, are saying the decision wasn't not just misguided, but illegal, asking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to review the decision.
The lawsuit accuses BPA of violating the Northwest Power Act which directs Bonneville to give to the most cost-effective energy sources. Sierra Club's Robin Everett explained, "The
decision... is bad for Northwest ratepayers, our clean energy future, and our environment."
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