Join us for the Sierra Club Adventure Coast Group Meetup on Wednesday, April 15th, 2026, at 6:30 pm with guest speakers Sarah Younger and Rhonda Ruff, Florida Sierra Club Volunteer Leaders working to protect Florida's wildlife, who will be joining us via Zoom. Social at 6:30pm, meeting at 7pm at the Historic Brooksville Woman’s Club, 131 S. Main Street in Brooksville, Fl.

Join the meeting in person or via Zoom. To participate remotely via Zoom, please register in advance at: (need new Zoom link here). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Sarah Younger, a leader for the Sierra Club Florida "Spare a Bear" campaign, actively campaigned against the 2025 Florida black bear hunt. She criticized the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) for authorizing the hunt despite public opposition, citing a lack of scientific justification and advocating for better coexistence methods.

Alongside Rhonda Roff, Younger led the "Spare a Bear" campaign, which aimed to stop the 2025, first-in-a-decade hunt, which saw 52 bears harvested. She stated that the hunt, which included the use of bait and dogs, was a "cruel and unnecessary" move favored by trophy hunters rather than science-based management. Younger supported a legal injunction in Nov. 2025 to stop the hunt, which was unfortunately denied, allowing the hunt to proceed. The Sierra Club Florida argued that the focus should be on bear management and community education rather than killing the bears.
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