Poverty Point Adventure! - Delta Chapter Spring Retreat

Exciting news friends!  The Delta Chapter of the Sierra Club will be making the trek up to the Poverty Point World Heritage Site for the Spring 2017 Retreat. This weekend long retreat opens runs April 7-9. Hiking, biking, canoeing, camping, camaraderie, and shared learning opportunities abound. Follow this link ---> to the Delta Chapter website to get all the details. Register today to let our Chapter Conservation Coordinator know you'll be attending. Explore, Enjoy, and Protect!

TAKE NOTE! We are transitioning Outings and Events Reminders on the web to our parent Delta Chapter's Meetup group. Please visit and join it today to get all the upcoming Sierra Club activities of interest to you from throughout Louisiana. These events will be easily added and sync-able to your common iCal, gCal, and Outlook formats.

Bicycle Share is Coming to New Orleans!

On Feb 12th, The New Orleans Group of the Sierra Club will host Dan Favre of Bike Easy, who will share all of the information about the Bike Share coming to New Orleans! Dan has been working with the City of New Orleans and Social Bicycles, the company chosen to bring Bike Share to New Orleans.

What is a Bike Share? Bike share is a network of bicycles that allows users to make short trips quickly, conveniently and affordably. Bike share is in over 60 American cities. A bicycle share system (e.g. 700 bicycles) would have a profound impact on improving New Orleans’ transportation network.

What impact will it have on New Orleans? As you know, the benefits of bicycling are many. The bike share extends those benefits to everyday people who don’t usually ride bicycles. More bicycles on the road have created safer streets in communities around the world. Bicycle share gets more people on bicycles and improves safety for everyday riders.

Come learn how you can get a bike station in your neighborhood!!

When: Sunday Feb 12, 2017
Doors open at 6:30pm - Program starts at 7pm

Where: Audubon Zoo Dominion Auditorium (enter behind statue of Audubon)

For more info call: 504-416-8710 

PS: Bring a Friend

USACE Hearing on St. Claude Bridge Lock Replacement

Thanks to our friends at the Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development for notice of this upcoming US Army Corps of Engineers hearing in their newsletter.

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE ON ST. CLAUDE BRIDGE LOCK REPLACEMENT PROJECT

What: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Or leans District is hosting a public meeting to provide the public with an update on the Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, Louisiana, New Industrial Canal Lock and Connecting Channels Project.

The meeting will also provide a venue for community members to submit comments on the Draft Integrated General Reevaluation Report (GRR) and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), which is currently available for a 45-day public comment period. The comment period for the draft GRR/SEIS report ends on February 20, 2017.

When: Tuesday, February 07, 2017

6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Open House

6:30 p.m. Brief introduction, presentation of the project, 20 minute question and answer period, and public comment period.

Where: Andrew "Pete" Sanchez and Copelin-ByrdMulti-Purpose Center

1616 Caffin Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70117. The meeting will be held in the multi-purpose room located on the second floor.

The draft report is available online at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District website:

http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/About/Projects/IHNC-Lock-Replacement 

Comments should be addressed to:  

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CEMVN-PDC-CEC)

c/o Mark Lahare

7400 Leake Avenue

New Orleans, LA 70118

Phone: (504) 862-1344

E-mail: mark.h.lahare@usace.army.mil