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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.

Land trusts no longer "just for environmentalists"

There's been a dramatic increase in private lands protected through legal agreements with land trusts according to a December 1 article by Bettina Boxall in

Owens River Flows December 6

"...one of the most ambitious river restoration efforts ever attempted." writes Louis Sahagun in today's LA Times article. The Los Angeles Department of Water and

I lived in the Sierra Valley

I lived in the Sierra Valley at different times at what I will always think of as Campbell's Hot Springs (now Sierra Hot Springs). I

Sierra Snowpack in Peril

Scientists set up in Sierra to track shrinking snow pack , Carl T Hall writes in the SF Chronicle. This ought to be a horror

I'm Thankful. Yes, I am.

A chill is in the air here in Berkeley, where I live. The sky is a little darker each morning when I wake. My umbrella

SMUD Dams on American River Face Changes

According to the Sacramento Bee's article, SMUD dams face changes , the U.S. Forest Service is demanding major changes at American River dams owned by

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

How Many People Does it Take to Clog Up Yosemite Valley?

You've been there - after a 4 hour drive from the city, you're sitting in a traffic jam, breathing bus fumes on the loop road

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