Storytelling

In Yosemite, old notes yield new insights on climate

Joseph Grinnell, the founding director of U.C. Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, was a fanatic about taking notes. Put it all down, he would say.

Vote with Your Fork and other agricultural truffles

I have just discovered a delightful website chronicling the growing agricultural revival. The website is based on telling stories about young farmers through film. They

Producer's Journal: Growth and Development Issues Resonate in Communities Across America

We received an email the other day that made us smile.  It came from all the way across the country where residents face the same

Daily Yonder listens to (and seeks) rural Sierra stories

The Daily Yonder is an online rural news service, published by the Center for Rural Strategies. Editors Julie Ardery and Bill Bishop aim the Yonder

Producer's Journal: Telling the New Sierra Story by Catherine Stifter

Like many stories about the Sierra, this one started with a river. Actually, it started waist deep in one of my favorite rivers. On a

Documentary Tune-in Guide

Listen to Saving The Sierra's documentary on these college, community, low power, and public radio stations.

Conservation/Media Panel at Sierra College Identifies Key Issues to Sierra Future

Earlier this month, Saving The Sierra was invited to address "The Future of the Sierra Nevada" at the spring lecture series on this magnificent mountain

Water words that work

I just came back from River Network's national conference, River Rally. A truly reinvigorating experience. And one thing that has really stuck in my mind

From 0 to 80 MPH: Becoming A Producer In Record Time

I love radio. Always have.I remember my first time descending to the basement in Freeborn Hall at UC Davis (my sophomore year) to check out

Producer's Journal: When the documentary is done, the conversation has just begun

Saving The Sierra: Grassroots Solutions for Sustaining Rural Communities is a 54-minute radio documentary that took more than 2 years to create. And yet, on

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