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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.

Sierra Nevada Conservancy approves $11 in grants

The Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board of Directors authorized grants totaling $11,137,242 for projects throughout the Sierra Nevada. The Board authorized "Competitive Grants" totaling $6,831,922 for

"Forests - The West's most ignored reservoirs" by Felice Pace on GOAT, the High Country News Blog

In California and throughout the West everyone seems to be talking about global warming. Dominating the conversation are dire predictions about diminished water supplies that

Mining's Toxic Legacy Report from the Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund released Mining's Toxic Legacy: An Initiative to Address Mining Toxins in the Sierra Nevada yesterday, a report nearly two years in development.

Saving The Sierra on AARP's PrimeTime Focus Radio Program

AARP's PrimeTime Focus Radio program featured Saving The Sierra on their weekly program earlier this year. You can still enjoy the 5-minute story about our

Attilio Genasci, 1909-2008

We received news today of the passing of Attilio Genasci. He died peacefully at his home, in the company of his family. Genasci was a

Lassen resort property facing foreclosure sale, Sacramento Bee

WESTWOOD – A mountainside near this Lassen County community could go back into timber production if the developers of a four-season resort do not come

Wealthy Folks are Colonizing Rural America, Wall St. Journal Page One

An urban friend sent me a clipping of a recent Wall Street Journal article by Conor Dougherty. Rural America is the recreation and retirement destination

Martis land in public hands

David Bunker of the Sierra Sun writes about the acquisition of Waddle Ranch as public land and its preservation as open space. The verdant meadows

Clover Valley's building battle has a twist: Indians are now siding with the developer

We've been following the Clover Valley development story since Marilyn Jasper, Director of Save Clover Valley, sat down with us to record comments for our

Building a Green Economy: Water Supplies At Risk

The Alternet News Service posted this interview with one of the world's leading water experts, explaining how our local water supplies are threatened across North

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