What is the Four Lakes Group?

The Four Lakes Group is your local branch of the Sierra Club. We are an all volunteer organization dedicated to environmental education and conservation. We are one of nine Groups in the Wisconsin John Muir Chapter. Click here to meet Our Leaders.

The Four Lakes Group area includes over 4,500 members in the counties of Dane, Sauk, Columbia, Juneau, Adams, Richland, Iowa, Grant, Rock, Green, Crawford, Jefferson, Lafayette and the city of Whitewater in Walworth County. If you are not in our area, see the Wisconsin state John Muir Chapter web site to find the Group that represents you.

What does the Four Lakes Group do?

We have an active conservation agenda within our Group that concentrate on a range of environmental concerns like water quality, recycling, sprawl reduction, transportation, smart growth and public lands. Our two primary campaigns are "Moving Beyond Coal" and "Recycling Away from Home". We are also active in local elections, since one of our best hopes for long term gains is building a strong legislative base to protect our environment.

However, the Sierra Club, as a whole, is well aware of the dangers of "all work and no play" so we are very active in group activities such as hikes, biking events, camping trips, water sports, group meetings and potlucks. See our Outings Calender to see what fun we have!!

In addition to our Group work, we also help sponsor both the Sierra Student Coalition on the UW Madison campus, and our urban outreach program - Madison Inner City Outings.

We would like to meet you. Click here to meet Our Leaders. Also, the Group offers a free public monthly educational program that also serves as our member meeting. See our Program Calendar for the listing of speakers & topics. We hope to see you there!