Sierra Club Allegheny Group

The Allegheny Group was organized in the early 1970s. It is one of 11 groups comprising the Pennsylvania Chapter. Other Western Pa. groups are centered in State College and Erie. The Allegheny Group’s first projects involved legal battles to oppose granting strip mining permits which threatened irreplaceable local water supplies. It also fought in and out of the courts to protect the Clarion River from pulp mill wastes. It also did a study of lands on the Allegheny National Forest that might qualify as Wilderness areas under the 1964 National Wilderness Act. It was instrumental in getting bills introduced in Congress to protect three areas as Wilderness, and succeeded in obtaining Wilderness status for the Hickory Creek area and a number of Allegheny River islands. The group also played a role in restricting the use of off-road vehicles on the Allegheny National Forest. Members may become involved in various conservation committees that work on such issues as air quality, population, carrying capacity, oil and gas, wetlands, recycling and political education.

In 2004 the national Sierra Club opened up a Field office in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh office houses four staff working on the Building Environmental Community program, the Blue Green Alliance, Sierra Student Coalition, and other national priority programs and campaigns. The Allegheny Group also uses the office for committee meetings and activities. The office is in a building that can be reached from Bigelow Blvd or Craig St, in Suite 202. The building’s Bigelow address is 3875 Bigelow Blvd. The mailing address is:
425 N. Craig St.
Suite 202
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

The office telephone number is 412-802-6161.