We are very fortunate to have four excellent environmental news sources that will keep us well informed. All four of them offer a sign-up for getting all environmental news into to your Inbox. They are all easily accessible and anyone can sign-up for current news. Membership in any of the sponsoring organizations is not required. Between these four email subscriptions we have all the current environmental news for the state and for our local area.

Sierra Club Insider E-newsletter

The premier environmental newsletter for the nation is the Sierra Club Insider
E-newsletter found on the Sierra Club Compass - http://sierraclub.typepad.com/compass/ . It comes to your Inbox twice a month and it covers issues of national importance. It offers “the inside scoop on the latest environmental news, green living tips, urgent action alerts on important environmental issues, great outdoor trips, new books and movies to check out, special offers, and more”. Signing up for the Insider also makes you a member of the Sierra Club On-Line Community where you can participate in discussions about environmental issues of national importance.  It also has Action Alerts where you can get involved writing letters and emails to elected officials. There are additional newsletters available for more specialized topics that are also very useful. Every Sierra Clubber should sign up for this newsletter - http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Signup_Insider.  It truly is an excellent newsletter and it is archived and searchable.

The State of Washington and the Olympic Peninsula have incredible biological natural resources that are under attack from largely uncontrolled development. One Sierra Club newsletter that is especially important for restoring ecosystems and biodiversity is the Resilient Habitat News - www.sierraclub.org/habitat/. Of special interest to the fisherman and hunter on the Peninsula is the Sierra Sportsman where sportsmen and environmentalists form coalitions to protect and restore habitats and thereby protect their recreational activities - http://sportsmen.sierraclub.org  . This newsletter also has Action Items of importance to sportsmen.

Puget Sound Partnership

One of the best governmental environmental newsletters for the state of Washington is published by the Puget Sound Partnership - http://www.psp.wa.gov/ .  It is a state agency created by the legislature and Governor Gregoire and is a community based effort by citizens, city and county governments, tribes, scientists and businesses working together to restore and protect Puget Sound. Their Action Agenda prioritizes cleanup and improvement projects, coordinates federal, state, local, tribal and private resources, and makes sure all are working cooperatively.


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