Featured Sierra Club Outings

Aldo Leopold Center Outing

By Judy Fulmer

The River Prairie Group of Sierra Club will be leading a day trip on June 9th to the Aldo Leopold Center. We will take a tour, explore, and visit the Aldo Leopold Center. If time allows, we will go to the International Crane Foundation.

Please sign up and see more information on our website, https://www.sierraclub.org/illinois/river-prairie.

Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was an American writer, philosopher, naturalist, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist. He is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac (1949), which has been translated into fourteen languages and has sold more than two million copies.

Leopold was influential in the development of environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness conservation. His holistic ethics regarding land emphasized biodiversity and ecology, which had a profound impact on the environmental movement. He was a founder of the science of wildlife management.

Berrien Springs Wildflower Hike - Love Creek

By Sarah Hutchinson

RPG leaders and participants were pleasantly surprised by an array of early wildflowers in full bloom last Saturday! Our small group hiked 3.75 miles to discover Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Wild Geranium, Wild Blue Phlox, Prairie Trillium, Spring Beauty, Squirrel Corn, Violet, Marsh Marigold, Wild Ginger, May Apple, Skunk Cabbage, Hepatica, Wood Poppy, and Large Flowered Trillium in the beautiful woods of Love Creek Nature Center in Berrien County, MI.

Unique opportunities like this one and many others can be found at River Prairie Group’s webpage. Consider joining a local group outing for fun all year round, including hiking, biking, kayaking, tours, winter activities, workshops, and more. All are welcome! Review full descriptions and register via this link, https://www.sierraclub.org/illinois/river-prairie.