Betty White first visited California’s Sierra Nevada mountains when she was four years old. That visit, and visits almost every year thereafter, made a lasting impression on her.
There has been a lot of talk lately about the nation’s crumbling manmade infrastructure, such as failing bridges, aging highways and faltering transmission lines.
This research paper is intended to identify issues relating to climate change that the Forest Service should consider as it revises its forest management plans in the Sierra Nevada. Climate change puts at risk the ability of ecosystems to continue to provide the values we expect from wildlands.
Congress took an important step on Jan. 11 toward making 2009 a banner year for wilderness designation.
During a rare Sunday session, the Senate voted overwhelmingly to move forward with a package of more than 160 public lands, water, and resources bills.
