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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.

Paradigm Shift

  In The Structure of Scientific Revolution, Thomas Kuhn defined “paradigm shift” and argued that scientific advancement is not evolutionary, but rather is a “series

Why do you care about conservation?

Let me pose the question - Why do you care about conservation? As a long-time public radio producer and editor, I usually let such questions

Sierra Stories Top 100 Mark at Sierra Business Council Annual Meeting

Sierra Storybooth reached our goal of 100 stories (110 and counting...) collected this past week at the Sierra Business Council's Annual Meeting in Yosemite National

Mining Toxics Intiative: Research, Coordinators, & Resolution

A Mining Toxics Initiative, funded by the CA Endowment, has hired 3 regional coordinators. The plan is to conduct a Sierra-wide assessment of the human

It's the little things.

My blog is late this week—technically, this should’ve been last week’s post. I’ve known what I wanted to write about all along, but couldn’t come

STS Launch Party at Sierra College

About 30 folks helped us celebrate the project at a launch party hosted by The Center for Sierra Nevada Studies at Sierra College Wednesday, October

NPR Gold Story Takes Same Old Frame: Jobs vs. Environment

This summer Alex Chadwick of NPR's Day to Day covered the possible re-opening of the Idaho-Maryland Mine in Nevada City in a story that outlined

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

Storybooth in The Union newspaper

Getting the word out via The Union newspaper, Grass Valley. Dave Moller writes about our story gathering activities.

Calling the Salmon Back to the Upper Yuba

A ceremonal Chinook salmon speared in the Lower Yuba River travels 7 miles by foot, 9 miles in a boat, and another mile by foot

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