Current News: 2013
Read what the Prairie Group Excom is doing!
Accounts from 2011 and from 2012; the January 22, March 11, May 6, July 8, September 2, and November 4 meetings of 2012 have been posted on our Meetings Page 
The April edition of our ePrairie Flyer has been emailed to members and is available at
Prairie Flyer April 2013 (pdf format)
The previous 2012 and 2011 editions are also available:
Prairie Flyer December 2012 (pdf format)
Prairie Flyer August 2012 (pdf format)
Prairie Flyer April 2012 (pdf format)
Prairie Flyer December 2011 (pdf format)
Prairie Flyer August 2011 (pdf format)
Prairie Flyer April 2011 (pdf format)

Upcoming Outings, Events and Opportunities

Green Politics Night

Escobar's, Thursday, April 25, 6-8 pm,

Refreshments will be provided, cash bar
We shall invite local politicians and environmental activists:
The Mayors, City Council members, County Board members, who will give short presentations starting at 6:30.

Spring hike and signage workday

At Forest Glen in Vermillian County, April 27 or 28, 1:30 PM.
The 11-mile trail needs better signs. We have made some and shall post them with the assistance of the preserve staff.
Know of a local event other Sierra Club members might be interested in? Let Rachel Vellenga know at rlvellenga@yahoo.com.

Current conservation concerns of the Prairie Group

1. Protecting the Mahomet Aquifer from being contaminated by the Clinton Landfill and supporting its designation as a sole source aquifer
2. Reducing the use and negative environmental impacts of coal by supporting campus divestment and opposing the Bulldog Coal Mine
3. Supporting native plantings by urban developers and planners
4. Supporting City of Champaign efforts to reduce the wasteful consumption of disposable bags
What else is on this Web site?:
  •      This Home page: announcements of coming meetings and other events
  •      Meetings :
    descriptions of previous meetings of the Prairie Group -- back several years
  •      Chapter eNewsletter -- Prairie State Protector 
    signup for the email newsletter of the Illinois Chapter
  •      Illinois Chapter Calendar :
    Events of the State Chapter and the Groups
  •      Contacts :
    a list of who runs the Prairie Group -- the Executive Committee -- links to emailing them, designated positions, phone numbers, biographies
  •      Links :
    links to many local, state, and national environmental organizations
  •      Minutes :
    Minutes of the Prairie Group Executive Committee
  •      Outings :
    Outing of the Chapter and other state Groups
  •      By-Laws :
    the Prairie Group By-Laws in PDF format
  •      Flyer :
    Old issues of the Prairie Flyer newsletter, 1999-2007.

Sierra Club Radio
WEFT, 90.1 FM, Tuesdays 5:30-6:00pm

Sierra Club Radio is now on local community radio station WEFT, 90.1 FM in Champaign, every Tuesday afternoon from 5:30 to 6:00pm. Sierra Club Radio is a nationally produced half-hour radio show about the environment with a focus on what each of us can do to make our world better. Each week host Orli Cotel has in-depth interviews with politicians, authors, celebrities, artists, businesspeople, and activists inspired by nature. There is advice from "Mr. Green", lifestyle tips, and occasional commentary from former Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope.

So listen each week on your radio to WEFT, 90.1 FM on Tuesdays at 5:30 pm as Sierra Club turns the airwaves green.

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Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club
For Political and Legislative activities of the Chapter use the link Act, then Legislation

National Sierra Club

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Revision of this Web page by assistant webmaster Dick Bishop, April, 2013.