In Illinois communities along the mighty Mississippi, Sierra Club members are advancing enviro-policy and awareness. The club's Piasa Palisades Group, named for a fierce bird in lore of the Illiniwek people and the stone bluffs towering over river and towns,is active locally and in their state.

Chris Krusa, the group's Program Chair, and Outings Chair Craig Heaton share purpose, projects and some big river paddling upcoming program highlights. Check out this south-central Illinois group of fierce protectors and lovers of Nature!

Thanks to Andy Heaslet, Earthworms audio engineer and a national Sierra Club staffer - and to Jon Valley, production wiz on the KDHX staff.

Related Earthworms Conversations:

Making of Illinois Clean Energy Policy with Andy Heaslet (Jan 2022)

Sierra Club St. Louis Environmental Racism Report with Leah Cluburn (Oct 2019)

Carl Pope, former Sierra Club national president: Creating a Climate of Hope (April 2018)

Charmin Dahl, conservation educator and nature-loving mom, shares her experience and perspective relating to Nature with her digital native kin.  Explore with her - and head on out-of-doors, with your young friends.

More from Dahl in The Healthy Planet Magazine and in her blog for Villa Montessori School.

Find nature connection resources from MEEA, the Missouri Environmental Education Association.

Related Earthworms Conversations: Forest Bathing with Andrea Sarubbi Fareshteh (January 2019)

The Big Book of Nature Activities (June 2016)

Thanks to Andy Heaslet, Earthworms audio engineer, and to Jon Valley, KDHX production team.