The
Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club consists of over 25,000 members.
The Chapter spans the entire state of Texas, excepting El Paso, which
is part of the Rio Grande Chapter.
Located in Austin, the Lone Star Chapter's State Conservation Office
serves Sierrans as their grassroots communications center. We also provide
Sierrans with a full time professional activist staff employed to represent
Sierrans as we fight at the state level to protect and conserve Texas'
diverse and valuable natural heritage.
Dear Sierra Club Member:
2005 marks an historic occasion for the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club. We’re celebrating the 40th Anniversary of our founding and four decades of effective, dogged environmental advocacy in Texas!
Throughout the last 40 years we’ve racked up quite a number of accomplishments – ending the “grandfathering” of dirty old industrial air polluters, expanding protections for endangered sea turtles, winning a landmark court case that led to the creation of the Edwards Aquifer Authority, killing efforts to undermine citizen rights in pollution control permitting, protecting Matagorda Island on the Texas coast – the list goes on and on.
But threats to the environment stand still for no one, and we’re currently in a political climate that makes environmental advocacy more challenging then ever. We must take our efforts to a higher level to meet these challenges. That includes upgrading our outdated computer equipment, expanding our public outreach activities, establishing a reserve to allow us to initiate litigation quickly to meet imminent threats, and modernizing our communications efforts, among other tasks.
In order to do these things we have launched a 40th anniversary campaign to raise $40,000 this year toward those goals. We have already received a donation of $4000 from a long-time supporter to get us underway. Now we’re asking each of you to support this campaign with a contribution. Your donation today will honor the Lone Star Chapter for its 40 years of achievements and help take us to the next level in our work to protect Texas air, land, water, and wildlife. Please act now!
Sincerely,
Ken Kramer, Director Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club
