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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.

Become a nature listener

Enjoy the amazing sounds of the Merced River and an earth concert from an underground spring in Yosemite National Park recorded by the Sound Tracker.

Tribal Members Invite Community To Honor Indigenous History, Culture

Don't miss an extraordinary opportunity to celebrate Indian culture of the northern Sierra. Indigenous Peoples Days, set in and around Nevada City, California takes place

Producer's Journal: Sierra stories everywhere!

It's a great time to listen to stories from the Sierra. Through new partnerships with Weekend America and Stories from the Heart of the Land,

Producer's Journal: Photos from Mono Lake Canoe Tour

Enjoy a small selection of photos from our Eastside recording expedition. STS producers took a public tour of the South Tufa area at Mono Lake

Producer's Journal: Beauty (and Jet Noise) at Mono Lake

 The weather was perfect. A hot, dry, windless Eastern Sierra morning. The small group of folks ready for a canoe tour with the Mono Lake

Welcome to Susanville, Home to Prison

“Prison Town, USA,” documentary on the PBS series “P.O.V.,” explores the “after” debate in Susanville, on the edge of the northern Sierra. According to writer

Sale Protects Truckee Corridor

Public acquisition of 3,344 scenic acres in the Truckee River Canyon was recently announced by the Nature Conservancy. The $2 million purchase links hundreds of

Producer's Journal: Crew Travels to Mono Lake on Biofuel

The STS co-directors are in final planning stages for our trip to the Eastside to record interviews for a documentary segment on Mono Lake. We're

Voters say Yes to Saving Clover Valley

Rocklin voters would support a referendum to stop development of Clover Valley, according to a recent poll commissioned by the Clover Valley Foundation. About 400

The California Report: Angora Fire

The June 26 edition of The California Report contains two stories about the Angora Fire.  Reporter Tamara Keith speaks to evacuees at Lake Tahoe Community