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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.

Forest Management in 3-D

I've been eagerly awaiting Betony's next post on sustainable forestry. In the meantime, I thought I'd share a quote from a letter to the editor

Land Use in the Sierra Valley

There is a idea that has been floating around in my head for the past month. It's from a conversation I had with Steve Frisch

Getting Youth In The Mix

Yesterday I hung out with about 15 UC Davis design students. They are using our project website as a testbed for learning how to create

Keys to Collaboration

Collaboration has been on my mind a whole lot lately. Sure, it is part of my daily practice as co-director of this project, Saving The

On-Line Land Use Forum For Sierra County

A group up in Sierra County has started an on-line forum to galvanize community dialogue around land use issues in the Sierra Valley, north of

The Union Democrat Reports on Saving The Sierra

Momentum is growing for the Saving The Sierra project, judging from the flurry of recent press. Have a look at what the The Union Democrat

Saving The Sierra One Tale At A Time

Check out the latest press on what we are up to, how, and why as told by perhaps the Sacramento Bee's most renown lifestyle reporter,

Sierra Nevada Alliance Quarterly Newsletter On-line

Check out Sierra News, the quarterly newsletter of The Sierra Nevada Alliance. Besides being one of Saving The Sierra's project partners, The Sierra Nevada Alliance

Bringing Different Voices To The Table

This morning I was leafing through the annual report of the Wilderness Society (i am a card carrying member), and I was struck by President

Unlikely Allies Find Common Cause....And Win!

I'm always inspired to read about how folks who otherwise would never have been in the same room can come together to champion the place

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