What we’re about
This group is open to anyone, not just Sierra Club members. There is no charge for trips, other than permit fees (when required). The Miami Group is the local chapter of Sierra Club for Southwest Ohio. Miami Group has a long history of leading various types of outings: Paddling, Hiking, Biking, Backpacking, Camping and Service Outings. All outings are led by leaders who have been certified to meet local and national Sierra Club standards.
Miami Group welcomes participation by the LGBT community, all minority groups, and veterans: Help us broaden the reach of the environmental movement!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- State of our Waters in the Cincinnati Region.103 William Howard Taft Rd, Cincinnati, OH
State of our Waters in the Cincinnati Region with Mike Miller President of Rivers Unlimited and OEPA Water Chemist
What can we do to protect the legacy of our watersheds? Greater Cincinnati is blessed with many kinds of freshwaters from its four major rivers, its sewersheds, its 35 lakes, its flood control reservoirs, retention ponds, and wetlands. The new wetlands of the Mill Creek help to slow and improve flood waters.
And yet our water is degraded by sewage, NPDES discharges, agricultural drainage and nonpointsource pollution coming from impervious surface and streets, hazardous waste storage sites, brownfields, and abandoned landfills. The good news is that Ohio is working to improve water quality from its row crop agriculture and from recently recognized pollutants, especially PFOS and PFOA in its large rivers.
Mike Miller is a professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies at UC where he taught for 40 years. Mike has researched aquatic ecosystem structure and function on rivers and lakes in Midwest & SW Ohio, arctic Russia, and around the equator working on paleolimnology with lake sediments, water chemistry, algal composition, zooplankton dynamics, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish ecology.The forum will be held Monday, May 6, 2024 at 7 - 9 pm.
For in person attendees, here is the following address:
Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church
103 William Howard Taft Road
Cincinnati OH 45219Free parking behind church.
Join us early at 6:30 pm for a Meet & Greet!
For on-line virtual participants, follow the link below to register in advance to join via Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqd-6urD8tHt1sn4pDKKDg4r61bPC5WR8N#/registration
