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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.

Educational Opportunity

Talk about free and convient education; the following link has all sorts of learning modules available to anyone who registers with the site.  The modules

STS Website wins the Dottie Awards' Arts, Culture, & Music category

And the winner of the 10th Annual Dottie Awards Arts, Music, and Culture category is...Saving The Sierra: Voices of Conservation in Action . The Dotties

Sierra Nevada Conservancy Meets in Nevada City

At 6 p.m. on March 5 the Sierra Nevada Conservancy held a public input session at Miner's Foundry in Nevada City. The Conservancy (SNC) is

Timber Industry Eyes Development

Sierra Pacific wants to turn some of its forests into property for home building. By Jane Braxton Little - Bee Correspondent Published 12:00 am PST

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

Dan Dagget Speaking in Grass Valley and Chico

“Dan Dagget (Author of the Gardeners of Eden) is an Earth First member who promotes efforts of ranchers and environmentalists to work together to heal

Let your voice be heard at Sierra Nevada Conservancy

The Sierra Nevada Conservancy is having public workshops to get individuals involved with the organization's operations as well as to listen to public suggestions for

Gary Snyder Speaking in Chico

Gary Snyder, Northern California's own Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, will be speaking on Friday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Laxson Auditorium as part of the

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

California Secretary of Agriculture….Really Cool Guy!

I had the pleasure of meeting California’s Secretary of Agriculture, A.G. Kawamura.  I can honestly say I have never met a politician who I believed

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