The Sierra Club is America’s old­est, largest, and most influ­en­tial grass­roots envi­ron­men­tal orga­ni­za­tion.  Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been work­ing to pro­tect com­mu­ni­ties, wild places, and the planet itself.  The local Howard County group encour­ages enjoy­ing and explor­ing nature and stew­ard­ship of our local environment.

ACTIVITIES

The Sierra Club of Howard County pro­vides edu­ca­tion pro­grams for the pub­lic sev­eral times a year at no cost.  They also have an active sched­ule of out­door activ­i­ties for the pub­lic such as hik­ing and camp­ing.  These can be found on their web­site at www.maryland.sierraclub.org/hc/outings.html

The Sierra Club of Howard County also sup­ports the fol­low­ing programs:

• Inter­na­tional Coastal Cleanup — held the third Sat­ur­day in Sep­tem­ber.  The Club sup­plies vol­un­teers and funds for trash bags and trash pickers.
• Green­Fest — sup­ports the fes­ti­val with an infor­ma­tion booth and pur­chased trees to plant a stream buffer at Howard Com­mu­nity College.
• Project Clean Stream — sup­plies vol­un­teers and funds for trash bags and trash pickers.
• Herp Atlas (MD Amphib­ian & Rep­tile Atlas) -  this is a 5 year sur­vey start­ing in 2010 of amphib­ians and rep­tiles in Mary­land.  Sierra Club sup­ports this project with funds for sup­plies and with volunteers.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Vol­un­teers are encour­aged to par­tic­i­pate in the activ­i­ties listed above, espe­cially the Inter­na­tional Coastal Cleanup and Project Clean Stream.

It is easy to par­tic­i­pate in the Herp Atlas.  Vol­un­teers can join an orga­nized “herp search” by con­tact­ing Sue Muller.  Vol­un­teers can also par­tic­i­pate more infor­mally by tak­ing pic­tures of rep­tiles and amphib­ians found on their prop­erty, or any­where in Mary­land.  Please send pho­tos to Sue Muller, smuller@howardcountymd.gov.  Call or email Sue at 410−313−4697 with ques­tions related to the herp atlas.  Visit the Herp Atlas web­site for back­ground infor­ma­tion on the project: www.howardbirds.org/herpatlas/HC_MARA_Maps_shell.php.

CONTACT

Ken Clark
301−725−3306
kenclark7@live.com

Sue Muller
410−313−4697
e-mail: smuller@howardcountymd.gov

WEBSITE

www.maryland.sierraclub.org/HC