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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 Nevada Alliance Conference Scholarships Available
The Sierra Nevada Alliance is offering scholarships to attend its annual conference Sierra Nevada Alliance Annual Conference September 12-14th, 2008 in North Tahoe. The scholarships
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Schwarzenegger makes it official: California is in a drought
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared Wednesday that California is in a drought, a move that included no immediate conservation orders but may lead to more aggressive
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Summer may be grim for California's water supply: State official says shortage is worst he's seen in 30 years, LA Times
California communities face a strong possibility of water shortages and even mandatory rationing this summer because of record dry weather in March and April, a
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Sierra snow comes up short, The Sacramento Bee
Despite new warnings Thursday that a water crisis is looming in California, state officials continue to maintain that enforceable conservation goals are not necessary. The
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SF plans river water grab from exhausted Tuolumne River, San Francisco Daily
Greener-than-thou San Francisco has a dirty little secret – a plan to drain more water from the already exhausted Tuolumne River and sell it to
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East Bay water managers plan for drought, San Francisco Chronicle
East Bay water managers are mulling a slew of measures - from ordinary bans on car washing to drastic water bill increases - to protect
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Sierra Day in Sacramento, May 6
The Sierra Fund and the Sierra Nevada Alliance are again sponsoring Sierra Day in the Capitol TOMORROW, Tuesday, May 6. Co-sponsors include Alpine Watershed Group,
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Revived water flow brings life back to river; In the eastern Sierra, L.A. water company forces flooding in Lower Owens River
Lone Pine, Inyo County -- As blizzards whipped across nearby High Sierra peaks, ecologist William Platts lifted off in a helicopter here and headed north,
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New Sierra Climate Change Toolkit
The Sierra Nevada Alliance is proud to announce the second edition publication of the Sierra Climate Change Toolkit. The toolkit contains current and relevant information
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Sierra Water and Land Use Policy Summit
Designed for land use planners, water experts, and interested activists, the Sierra Water and Land Use Policy Summit describes the important relationship between water
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