Sierra Club Foundation

Our Mission: Explore, Enjoy, Protect

Sierra Club's Washington State Chapter empowers our volunteer leaders to protect our state's lands, air, water, and wildlife. We prioritize climate action, protecting wild places, and standing up for environmental justice. The Sierra Club Foundation is the fiscal sponsor for the charitable programs of the Sierra Club in Washington State.

Our Work

Sierra Club has built community, taken Washingtonians into the wild, and won hard-fought environmental protections in Washington State ever since our chapter was founded in 1954. Today, we're advocating for actions that will bring a future of less pollution, great outdoor places we can return to, and healthy environments for all life, people, plants, and animals.

We are environmental educators, outings leaders, and advocates.

Our top advocacy goals include:

PROTECTING WILD PLACES

Washington's forests, wildlife, rivers, and trails are the Northwest's great heritage - and under threat like never before. They can't be taken for granted, and we fight to protect these places for the benefit of our climate and for future generations to experience and explore.

ORCA, SALMON, & TREATIES

We work boldly to restore wild salmon populations and the orca that depend on them, as well as to honor tribal treaties that have long been ignored. Restoring the Snake River by removing four dams is the best and most effective way to achieve this. The value of the four lower Snake River dams has greatly declined since they were first constructed. Solar and wind power are now less costly options than maintaining these four dams -- especially given their devastating effects on salmon and orca populations.

CLIMATE JUSTICE & CLEAN ENERGY

Sierra Club is determined to stop any expansion of fossil fuels in Washington State. We've successfully halted huge coal and oil export terminals, as well as "fracked" gas and methanol refineries. We're also working for what Washington State really needs: an economy powered by 100% clean energy for homes, schools, businesses, and vehicles. Transitioning away from dirty fuels to clean energy economies brings good jobs, greater opportunities for equity, and real action for the climate.

OUR POWER: PEOPLE

Sierra Club believes in the power of change from the grassroots up. We educate, train, and mobilize people to take action in their communities: for the environment, equity, and the future. Sierra Club's work strategically combines this grassroots power with legal action, targeted advocacy, and policy expertise. We know how to stop bad ideas and get good ones over the finish line.

Today, with more than 81,000 members and supporters in Washington, the Sierra Club is a leading environmental voice statewide. We're part of the nation's largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization with achievements in Washington State stretching back to the establishment of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in 1976 and Mt Rainier National Park more than one-hundred years ago.