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Everyone, rural and urban alike, has a reason to care about conservation of California's Sierra Nevada. This magnificent mountain range offers an experience of nature to over 100 million visitors each year. It's also provides 2/3 of every drop of water used in the state. With the population of the Sierra Nevada estimated to triple by 2040, rural life, working landscapes, and community identities are bound to change. Let's talk about how to conserve the environment, economy and culture of the Sierra. And your place, too, wherever you live.

Revived water flow brings life back to river; In the eastern Sierra, L.A. water company forces flooding in Lower Owens River

Lone Pine, Inyo County -- As blizzards whipped across nearby High Sierra peaks, ecologist William Platts lifted off in a helicopter here and headed north,

New Sierra Climate Change Toolkit

The Sierra Nevada Alliance is proud to announce the second edition publication of the Sierra Climate Change Toolkit.  The toolkit contains current and relevant information

Sierra Water and Land Use Policy Summit

  Designed for land use planners, water experts, and interested activists, the Sierra Water and Land Use Policy Summit describes the important relationship between water

Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival April 30 - May 6, 2008

You are invited to the Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival from April 30 - May 6, 2008, which is held annually at Audubon's Kern

Subdivision opponents can't convince supes that local resort falls short

Kirkwood Mountain Resort is "in substantial compliance" with mitigation measures and conditions and can proceed to develop the Martin Point subdivision, the Amador County Board

L.A. mayor tours restored Lower Owens River

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa toured the Lower Owens River by paddle-power Wednesday, leading half a dozen canoes and drift boats along a mile-long stretch

Calaveras County General Plan Open for Public Comment

The General Plan Baseline Report is open for public comment.A draft was originally released in November and was revised and posted on the Calaveras County

558 Home Development Approved for Clover Valley

Rocklin voters approved a development plan of Clover Valley after a decade-long fight over the future of the oak-studded land. With all 45 precincts reporting, Measure

Wildfire Dangers Amid Sierra Sprawl

The Sierra Nevada Alliance released the results of two years of research documenting that sprawling patterns of growth in the Sierra are more expensive and

City of Rocklin approves Clover Valley development

After a decade of controversy, the Rocklin City Council voted late Tuesday to let developers build homes on one of the city's last natural open

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