Keep Informed by Email
The Fort Worth Sierra Club has several email lists you can subscribe to in order to stay informed about club news, outings and conservation issues. Click on the names of the lists below to be taken to the subscription page for each list. If you have any difficulty with the subscription process, please send an email to fw.sierra.listserve(AT)gmail.com.
  • LONESTAR-FTW-NEWS - this list will be sent out once or twice a month unless something urgent comes up.
  • LONESTAR-FTW-OUTINGS-NEWS - periodic lists of upcoming outings and notices about last-minute changes to outings schedule.
  • LONESTAR-FTW-CONS-FORUM - a discussion list for conservation issues, meant primarily for discussion of local and state issues. Please keep in mind that this is a discussion list and any subscriber can send a message. As a result this list may get a lot of emails, some of which may be off-topic.
Come to Our Meetings & Be Informed

third Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. in the Azalea Room of the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens. See our Meeting page for a map and more information.

May 16 (Wed.) General Meeting, 7:00 PM
Trinity River Audubon Center staff will present an overview of this wonderful facility on the Trinity River just 7 minutes from downtown Dallas. The Center offers programs and hiking trails close to home. The third Wednesday of each month we share conservation news, outings info and enjoy a presentation by a guest speaker. Speaker will be followed by refreshments, club business and announcements. Location: Fort Worth Botanic Gardens, Moncrief Garden Center, Azalea Room; 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd. at University Drive, north of I-30, Fort Worth. (817) 871-7686.

June 20 (Wed) General Meeting, 7:00 PM
Martha Ohlson, expert photographer and world traveler, will present her photos and delightful stories about travels in the national parks. Martha is a Dallas Sierra Club member, who has hiked for over 30 years and camped across the US and world from Antartica to Tibet. The third Wednesday of each month we share conservation news, outings info and enjoy a presentation by a guest speaker. Speaker will be followed by refreshments, club business and announcements. Location: Fort Worth Botanic Gardens, Moncrief Garden Center, Azalea Room; 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd. at University Drive, north of I-30, Fort Worth. (817) 871-7686.

See our Calendar page for a list of all of our meetings.
Gas Drilling

Sierra Club
The national Sierra Club has a website about the issues involved with Natural Gas drilling. The website has links to a lot of information and news:
http://www.sierraclub.org/naturalgas/

Nationally, Sierra Club policy regarding gas drilling, especially hydrofracking, is evolving rapidly. Club drilling activists are working to strengthen Club policy and resources regarding gas drilling in many ways. If you would like to get involved in this process, the best place to start is by joining the Hydrofracking Team on the Sierra Club Activist Network.

North Central Texas Communities Alliance
The North Central Communities Alliance (NCTCA) is a relatively new organization that defines itself as a "coalition of individuals, organizations, and communities throughout the Barnett Shale" who will work for "positive solutions to the problems of natural gas drilling and pipelines" from city hall to Washington, D.C.. They have quickly become a very effective organization working to great effect both locally and at the state level.

Texas OGAP
EARTHWORKS has a campaign in Texas focused on the problems involved with extraction of Oil and Gas - the Texas Oil & Gas Accountability Project, otherwise known as Texas OGAP. Texas OGAP has issued a set of best management practices named "Drill Right Texas: Best Oil & Gas Development Practices for Texas".
Keep Informed by Blogs
Here are some local and national blogs you can read to help keep up on environmental news and issues that effect you: