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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.



Sierra Leadership Institute Scholarship Opportunity

The Sierra Business Council offers special funding for small business owners to attend the 10th Sierra Leadership Institute during the week of September 22-26 at

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Northern California Fires: Interactive Maps

The Sacramento Bee has published a comprehensive map of the fires burning in Northern California, many in the Sierra. Click here for details.The Governor's Office

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Big Meadows Restoration Project Tour July 5th

The public is invited to tour a successful Big Meadows restoration project in the Sequoia National Forest on July 5th with Forest Service Wildlife Biologist

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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

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Clover Valley Update

We received an update from Marilyn Jasper at the Clover Valley Foundation, marking what she calls a "dubious benchmark of having been in the trenches

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Timberland Rezoning and Future Development in Northern Sierra

Our colleague Jane Braxton Little writes in the Sacramento Bee about a rezoning strategy that may lead to the future development of forestland owned by

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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

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Documentary Tune-in Guide

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

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Sierra Fire Season Has Begun

I've been a volunteer at my local fire department since the mid-90s. I was very active for about 7 years and now find myself on

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Thoughts on water conservation from an Amador County blogger & conservationist

Here's what Katherine Evatt wrote recently about water conservation: Thanks to our unusually dry spring, it's a relatively dry year in the Mokelumne River watershed,

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