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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Attached is information that can be sent to our legislators. Marc <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Don’t forget to contact our legislators. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%'>Protect Native Plants and Animals from Lesser Celandine </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=150 height=195 style='width:1.5625in;height:2.0312in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/1985a2c4-5859-4041-b6c5-ad6bdcb80aef.jpg"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Lesser Celandine is invasive in 22 states in the Northeast and Pacific Northwest according to the U.S. National Forest Service. It forms large, dense mats on the forest floor and displaces native spring ephemeral wildflowers. We have been removing it at many of our preservation sites in Maryland so that native plants, and the butterflies and birds that depend on them, can recover. Ask your </span><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=7b2a642c895923d76eef1f74dd1b46b70c72c00e880c229889d5a79ebf106da3125b6494ac302b440e3dd6fa9c3be186e15d9d3472cebb24" target="_blank" title="Federal Legislators"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Federal Legislators</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt'> to fund biocontrol research </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Maryland Sierra Club News</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:reply@emails.sierraclub.org" target="_blank">reply@emails.sierraclub.org</a>><br>Date: Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:26 PM<br>Subject: [Test]: MD Sierra Club NewsMD Sierra News: Victory Party, Picnic, Still time to Act, Looking for 2 Special People<br>To: <<a href="mailto:maryland.chapter@sierraclub.org" target="_blank">maryland.chapter@sierraclub.org</a>><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EFEFEF'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Join a Strategy Session for Environmentally Just Coal Plant Retirement, Hop on your Bike for Clean Transportation, Weed the Woods, Become an Outdoors Leader, Fracked Gas Comment Period Extended, and more..<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;min-width:100%;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:transparent;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;min-width:100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 15.0pt 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=650 height=112 style='width:6.7708in;height:1.1666in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/92747dd3-8e7b-444e-a7d8-13e45dae915d.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border:none;border-bottom:solid #AEAEAE 1.0pt;min-width:100%'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;min-width:100%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Maryland Chapter Newsletter</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;min-width:100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;min-width:100%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;min-width:100%;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial'><tr><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border:none;border-right:solid black 1.0pt'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Dear Maryland,</span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>It’s time to celebrate our Legislative Victories! You are invited to join us for a Victory Party or Picnic! Then take action against fracked gas, oppose expanded highway traffic congestion, join a strategy session to retire MD’s 6 remaining coal plants, get outdoors on a workday or picnic, watch a film, and more below! </span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;color:windowtext'>Join us for a 2019 Legislative </span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;color:windowtext'>Victory Party!</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=200 height=150 style='width:2.0833in;height:1.5625in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/2bf493d1-409b-4061-94fd-c9177ee877c4.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Come celebrate our victories, honor our legislative champions and our amazing volunteer leaders and staff, and re-energize for the important work to come. </span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Join us for drinks at Denizens in Silver Spring </span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1449ba100110e2b45ad4c81424cea4d178eb607d1ca4e622e6d53dd6954e0269cebda9585db65d8d22a7bdfeb7ab0f8fda87f7fb317e08f1" target="_blank" title="First, join us for a drink at Denizens in Silver Spring on Sunday, May 19th, 5:30 - 7:30pm."><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Sunday, May 19th, 5:30 - 7:30pm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Come out for a picnic at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis </span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=b594276403ebb5af9d15f87f3f1a89d58596fae401d9c93c4d9ceb9e67d85cada7ec7ebbdc900bda352e4ba2475c1445ca54365b37edaf07" target="_blank" title="Join us for a picnic at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis on Sunday, May 26th, 1:30 - 3:30pm."><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Sunday, May 26th, 1:30 - 3:30pm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Your emails, calls, visits, and letters made all the difference this year. See bills that passed <a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e23b86ce0a68f81105c245e04991e2d9c2c40a00d35719d14048b07e036eacbaf43fad3a92fbd144b77855f429f5dc510904ff7e1c44f9e0" target="_blank" title=here>here </a>. We made progress on wind and solar and MD is now the first state in the nation with a statewide ban on single use foam! Thank you! Please join us to celebrate our wins.</span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;color:windowtext'>Tell the Public Service Commission: No Fracked Gas Power Plants in Maryland -Comment period extended!</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e23b86ce0a68f811223f65c16f23e65c1241567ad6688b9170d57c014578188ad5f0c91324937ba74bac0fc4710666bcda6a378b0428a508" target="_blank" title="Crane_Powerplane_Apr_2019_image"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=150 height=84 style='width:1.5625in;height:.875in' id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/621fc296-81df-4ba5-afe5-cab08aaf960c.png"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>The old Crane coal-fired electricity plant retired in June 2018 when operators (PJM) agreed it is no longer needed for electricity in the region.<br><br>Now, there is an active proposal seeking to reopen this old polluting facility as a “peaker plant”, using dangerous, fracked gas. It would spew high levels of toxic emissions, even when air quality is already poor on very hot days. Asthma-related hospitalization rates in Baltimore City are nearly three times the U.S. average! The comment period has been extended into May! <b>Tell the PSC:</b> </span><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5185346b3e369a5c6d6fb4885be0377f7eac1f7e78659b269a4438b7063f368211155d3e2c09b98e27aa5cdf1e82ffef9688751e19218196" target="_blank" title="Crane_Powerplant_Apr_2019"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;text-decoration:none'>No fracked gas power plants in our Community!</span></a><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-left:30.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5185346b3e369a5c0a871e2ac136da8face55835caa132bb04310f94f2e1c0e3095b3afc574235df81bafdb222eca5f255b91e91ce96cce4" target="_blank" title="No Fracked Gas Power Plants in Our Community!"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=147 height=50 style='width:1.5312in;height:.5208in' id="_x0000_i1032" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe8c1372776d0c7b74/m/1/048aeb94-1997-4fd2-ada0-f4b5f503da9b.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;color:windowtext'>Beyond Coal Strategy Update and Discussion </span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=130 height=103 style='width:1.3541in;height:1.0729in' id="_x0000_i1034" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/8b5a3df5-e09f-4f6e-9928-b6c9402291f1.png"><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Maryland still has 6 dirty, polluting coal fired power plants spewing 9 million metric tons of CO2 each year, equal to the pollution of nearly 2 million cars.<br><br>Sierra Club is undertaking a coal community transition campaign to retire all Maryland’s coal plants by 2025, and create a coal community transition fund to support impacted workers and communities. We plan to build the coalition of environmental groups, labor, communities, public officials, and partners needed to move MD Beyond Coal and into a clean energy economy centered on equity and justice. <br><br>Most importantly, we want to listen to your ideas for making the vision of a coal-free Maryland a reality and discuss how we can work together to grow our movement. Contact <a href="mailto:Matt.Dernoga@mdsierra.org" target="_blank">Matt.Dernoga@mdsierra.org</a><br><br><b>Beyond Coal Meeting in Silver Spring</b><br>Wednesday, May 1, 7-9 pm <br><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=c6b1740dae5859c8589b496f1af535758c39f2b2515b3d2707c71b920144b8fd83a39535a2c901efe6af9143dcd8ac2eb17273f1a09dce6b" target="_blank" title="MoCo_BC_RSVP">RSVP for address</a><br><br><b>Beyond Coal Strategy Statewide Call </b></span><span style='color:windowtext'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Tuesday May 7, 7-9 pm <br>Join us for an outline of our strategy through 2020 </span><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=c6b1740dae5859c80cba8742289877c144d41d3cdc226f4c02ab4e1f819e116d1d3e82b0b0a4e29d25b205af9c926996ce7586f6c8d01b63" target="_blank" title="BC_Call_RSVP_Apr_2019"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Please RSVP for this call to receive updates.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:windowtext'>Reserve your Spot for the Sierra Club Jamboree! October 11-13 </span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=120 height=101 style='width:1.25in;height:1.052in' id="_x0000_i1036" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/39633a50-d67e-4742-8a69-38f1894a3709.png"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:windowtext'>Join the Maryland Sierra Club at our Biennial Jamboree this year up at Shepherds Spring for workshops, nature walks, campfire, music, dancing, yoga, camaraderie with other like minded environmental activists old and young. <a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=97661601f910cda969fb7ab213c0017fd9d51532114b5423cc19e845a56e609c6bf4f7e13f907aeb3cf8aa3086a5061128158e97dd407d35" target="_blank" title="RSVP & More Info">RSVP & More Info</a></span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;color:windowtext'>Looking for 2 Special People </span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=130 height=195 style='width:1.3541in;height:2.0312in' id="_x0000_i1038" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/2ccbe846-44bd-4b34-8687-762586063830.jpg" alt="Two children hiking in woods USF&W by Steve Hillebrand"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:windowtext'>It’s time to start planning the most fabulous event of the year! We’re looking for 2 fun loving, energetic, people to be </span><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e8f74c6ad5c185dc573de93e31aa67bf758c31fd489a19674d54f7c742f82b9d9ded7f601fb77e7fda5acdf806e81a5400d39e3666cb7945" target="_blank" title=Jamboree><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%'>Jamboree</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:windowtext'> Co-Chairs for the October 11-13 event! </span><span style='color:windowtext'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:windowtext'>Jump in to work with our Chapter Coordinator, other volunteers, staff, and interns to make this important and fun event a success. You can help! Contact <a href="mailto:Laurel.imlay@mdsierra.org?subject=Laurel.imlay%40mdsierra.org" target="_blank" title="Laurel.imlay@mdsierra.org">Laurel.imlay@mdsierra.org</a> and learn more <a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=e8f74c6ad5c185dcc6dd17a765e511cfc8d9a3a981b7b2e5f64bb04dc4ae8b8531b949783debd308c6c8fb6263e9ec79f66253840391b6c5" target="_blank" title=here>here</a></span><span style='color:windowtext'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;color:windowtext'>Baltimore Youth Garden Needs a Watering Tank</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=150 height=113 style='width:1.5625in;height:1.177in' id="_x0000_i1040" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/58806629-4cb7-4734-94cc-8421c54a782a.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=9e2449c5e4ef18564c4082ef02b0a08f21d617a361211038019140ce18b4d4fbee80cd9728faaaf0aad5f3cc7850d546c8b32a0ab070d616" target="_blank" title="BISO_Apr2019">Baltimore Inspiring Connections with the Outdoors</a> (BICO) was founded in 1999 to provide under-served Baltimore City youth with educational, enjoyable, and safe outdoor experiences at no cost to them. BICO recently lost a plumbing donation for the new pollinator garden.<br><br>Do you have a landscapers watering tank we could use temporarily for the project? Contact Nicole Veltre or Brad Hunter at <a href="mailto:BaltimoreICO@gmail.com?subject=BICO%20Needs%20A%20Watering%20Tower" target="_blank" title="BICO_WaterTower_Email_Apr2019">BaltimoreICO@gmail.com</a>.</span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;color:windowtext'>We can’t let Trump cut funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=150 height=100 style='width:1.5625in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1042" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/f5829315-f8a4-478f-873c-5afc8832524e.png"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:windowtext'>Sierra Club Energy Committee’s Clean Transportation Volunteer Gail Landy got a great Letter to the Editor into the Washington Post on the threat to the CBP! Read it </span><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=3a443e94da19ee82774f4ba59bd3695e1424b80c663795a4e3b924cc3baf9f311b370646c75cef3c0a624d9c49cd05477f8c01b8efa3b00e" target="_blank" title="ChesBay_Editorial_Apr2019"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%'>here</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;color:windowtext'> </span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 2.25pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;min-width:100%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div style='margin-left:30.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=3a443e94da19ee82f978005ce416977c69ac8f6e58c16ff6a42d528425a8f1cdbd81c02cc1de73345fb1ec4dc672506c92403a6381dd070e" target="_blank" title="Maryland Chapter Calendar"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=207 height=207 style='width:2.1562in;height:2.1562in' id="_x0000_i1043" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/516817ff-ca7e-4c3e-875d-20e967569595.jpg" alt="Maryland Chapter Calendar"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><h3 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:#202020'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=32fd31e7ee9b5dbea4fad45e24ee200ea0ae0880bfb6090c9fd85fb0fb19dbf93c68c994d7cbdc9fd60a8541abec3bab5ed51231b01191c7" target="_blank" title="See events on the Maryland Sierra Club Website Calendar!">View the full calendar of Upcoming Hikes & Events</a><o:p></o:p></span></h3><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;min-width:100%'><tr><td style='padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;min-width:100%'><tr><td style='padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;color:windowtext'>Gunpowder River Hike Saturday May 4th</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=b7f617f467169c2098c2e170b0896f7c060fad8556ec40165056c9ba6acf085789b8fbe098c9c11ed9398ae30aaee84a61e147da2cdc9231" target="_blank" title="Hellen_Creek_Apr2019_Image"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=150 height=150 style='width:1.5625in;height:1.5625in' id="_x0000_i1045" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/cd1a44c4-4e08-4cfe-9360-2f8c80ad74ac.jpg" alt="Hellen Creek Nature Walk"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Hike 6-7 miles along the Gunpowder River and enjoy with a rocky area with nice rapids with some moderate hill climbs. <a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=b7f617f467169c2038df0b08c315dd3d37bc79d2dc3f606b02c99d369e2a898e7c6fcf7528f45ec420850bfb1acf57d7d5551c4edf263abd" target="_blank" title="RSVP & More Info">RSVP & More Info</a></span><span style='color:windowtext'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>. </span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>. </span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.8pt'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:windowtext'>Community Action Call Upcoming Vote on Expanding </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:windowtext'>I-495 I-270</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:windowtext'> Wednesday May 1st </span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=150 height=76 style='width:1.5625in;height:.7916in' id="_x0000_i1047" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/4cd700d7-377d-4855-a121-cdc2cca4b2f5.jpg" alt="Oppose I495 expansion"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Join us on a 6:30 pm call to learn more about how you can help pressure the Board of Public Works to reject an agreement on May 8th that would put Maryland further on track to expand I-495 and I-270. <a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=b7f617f467169c202e49f2e7bda68680e468f85b47a36ddbad7a97763c9bc6293135c0208981fbb9d5c91e6bda7f26dd418b27604055e1c1" target="_blank" title="RSVP and More Info Oppose expanding highways">RSVP and More Info</a></span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:windowtext'>Green New Deal Town Hall College Park May 2nd</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Who stands to benefit from the Green New Deal? What's at stake? Join us 8 pm in the Prince Georges Room in Stamp Student Union for a Green New Deal Townhall, hosted by the Sunrise Movement and CLG. <a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=6c6bc1d5b4e2318145d856d752fd237613b9ccb58d5975f68d7b539510206298413388e8fb03cfe0dad092a6b02f0b0236d4b49662ad8fcd" target="_blank" title="RSVP and More info Green New Deal College Park">RSVP and More info</a></span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:windowtext'>Outings Leader Training Sunday May 5th</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=150 height=122 style='width:1.5625in;height:1.2708in' id="_x0000_i1050" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/c8075dfc-cb3e-4ee3-8df6-0bd661313096.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Lead with us! Share the outdoors with friends, neighbors and families. Bring people out to explore and enjoy the great outdoors, to find inspiration, and to protect nature! Whether you’re an experienced outdoors person or just getting started, join us for a fun day of team-building to become a Sierra Club hike and trip leader.<br><br><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=36c60280e5ecd4717c47c74977a79238385535ba13eba3ae9d42f1718523e02f7f1843a50817a9c42d215496bb65bcfaa0307fafaeec71b3" target="_blank" title="OLT101_5May2019">Become an Outdoors Leader! Sierra Club Outings Leader Training 101 - Sunday May 5 </a><br>A day of training and team building at Cove Point Natural Heritage Preserve in Calvert County.<br><br><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=36c60280e5ecd4716879e5b3141b59f9943edf1dee1beb980af3cc44ffdb73c79d8eb88eaac26ab8d8614e0e1672616f1b613cfe8b4d3d0f" target="_blank" title="OLT101_9Jun2019">Become an Outdoors Leader! Sierra Club Outings Leader Training 101 - Sunday June 9th </a><br>A day of training and team building at the home of Carolyn Parsa in Laurel in Howard County.</span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;color:windowtext'>Catoctin Group Meeting Saturday May 11</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=150 height=130 style='width:1.5625in;height:1.3541in' id="_x0000_i1052" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/099d7992-b9ba-4d18-a8e5-a0c234f2ead5.jpeg"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Join the Sierra Club Catoctin Group (Carroll, Frederick and Washington Counties) at its next Executive Committee and General Membership Meeting at the Common Market in Frederick. <a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=a4597fc79a78df21055e926a8101988cb5fa8fbc930f91be1d5edd4cfd1b3b5f1e08f4dea12d07cd8f926b935aa4a1b1d24c340d8bb8fb7b" target="_blank" title="Catoctin_Meeting_Apr2019">RSVP and More info</a>.<br><br>Find out more about Maryland <a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=2ad823cd42c39fbd6d756524763ca34628772a6b329b283dc6dc0571843230d7e043ec643e5d619e0f662e2fb1d239bd2bb157d514851115" target="_blank" title="Maryland Sierra Club's Local Groups">Sierra Club's Local Groups</a></span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;color:windowtext'>Bike to Work Day Friday May 17th</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=2ad823cd42c39fbdf1129db63fe881fafe3d92245a2524b654a44b39fd4a9f2f1d60210e779aaf9f333e0f1001989b65deaca03316f5637c" target="_blank" title="Bike_to_Work_Day_2019_Image"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=150 height=135 style='width:1.5625in;height:1.4062in' id="_x0000_i1054" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/6d3ee9f9-8c32-4881-be22-0aaf9affb09e.png"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>1000s of commuters will jump on their bikes and get connected at pitstops all over the DC region. Volunteer to hand out flyers and get our petition signed. Get Out the Word for Smart Transportation <a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=7b2a642c895923d794773851884ae049c83961de7a90115fa16bb9975421a42e5d0ed1b391562926ce32ad731e753cd8b71c9bad238cba1a" target="_blank" title="Bike_to_Work_Day_2019">More Info & RSVP here</a>. </span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;color:windowtext'>Protect Native Plants and Animals from Lesser Celandine Saturday May 11th </span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><img border=0 width=150 height=195 style='width:1.5625in;height:2.0312in' id="_x0000_i1056" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe9713727460057a77/m/1/1985a2c4-5859-4041-b6c5-ad6bdcb80aef.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Lesser Celandine is invasive in 22 states in the Northeast and Pacific Northwest according to the U.S. National Forest Service. It forms large, dense mats on the forest floor and displaces native spring ephemeral wildflowers. We have been removing it at many of our preservation sites in Maryland so that native plants, and the butterflies and birds that depend on them, can recover. Ask your </span><span style='color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=7b2a642c895923d76eef1f74dd1b46b70c72c00e880c229889d5a79ebf106da3125b6494ac302b440e3dd6fa9c3be186e15d9d3472cebb24" target="_blank" title="Federal Legislators"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Federal Legislators</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'> to fund biocontrol research and join us on an invasive plant removal work day! <a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=ddbbccfcc7803c795e4624ee9d409862c7f75df6d11988cb6c7242cfd139ff61c45b198df85cc4d71a53dca62850c16c7be6d7c2ecc72c22" target="_blank" title="May 11th RSVP & More Info">May 11th RSVP & More Info</a> <br><br><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1443304a460df2fd1c43ba99b67c36635bbf088fbbaa303aebabb2f147492b16e08e80941511ea02e5fc15c657c12ccae02a75770de8dd8d" target="_blank" title="Chapter Events Calendar">See the MD Chapter Events Calendar</a> for the next outing near you and check out <a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=1443304a460df2fd6516283ffbfdbdae88eb14480fcdc22c04bc8f8d19e9d0afd8abcf4cfb120f2849cde8a89c7d69dbcd634e73b4e2b0b5" target="_blank" title="organizations that conduct invasive plant removals.">some organizations that conduct invasive plant removals around the state.</a></span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;color:windowtext'>Outreach for the Maryland Sierra Club </span></b><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>Setting up a table at an event? <a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=5eda5d684ffc276a76e62e30d2be171371e3a5040598f34ffab7a8e05a0e9afc209e3c4fd911a9318502f08c6c7818c99083e4f4e0923690" target="_blank" title=flyer>Here's a flyer</a> you can print and hand out. Contact your <a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=24c26a76075abd112e1869c0b6d359248b66ea6b320914c832dd8843b20a1b47bcb4827a2cb824f8104d5d46c6a0e52640d61ce57f88db85" target="_blank" title="Local Sierra Club Group">Local Sierra Club Group</a> or <a href="mailto:Gary.Young@mdsierra.org?subject=I%20want%20to%20outreach%20for%20the%20MD%20Sierra%20Club" target="_blank" title="Gary.Young@mdsierra.org">Gary.Young@mdsierra.org</a> for help getting other materials. </span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:windowtext'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>We appreciate and depend on your donations large and small. Thank you so much for all your support for the Sierra Club Maryland Chapter.</span></i><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=6271ab632bb99ffc6bd5be28cac83b8d8a01afab0faa74f5d20a215e33f1b75ac1f96cbbddacbae1fa9befeabf7d5eb05d738c3957dcbc3b" target="_blank" title=Donate><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=152 height=83 style='width:1.5833in;height:.8645in' id="_x0000_i1059" src="http://image.emails.sierraclub.org/lib/fe8c1372776d0c7b74/m/2/3fbebe47-e81f-4a34-abf2-7ae1e95752da.jpg" alt=Donate></span></a><br><br><b><a href="http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=6271ab632bb99ffc1070699079749242d4086188fb07522d9237228b4d91c248fddd0f1b96f60c9d0b0b22eb30b1051673db08f2a4c96367" target="_blank" title="Thank you for your donations!">Thank you for your donation to the Sierra Club Maryland 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