Dear Stewards of the Sierra,

     The Sierra Nevada is a jewel of biodiversity. Humans have tremendous power to influence the future of the region. The decisions we make will be felt for generations. We are the vote and political voice of the Pika and Wolverine. I encourage you to take these three steps to help make a difference.

  1. Get yourself out into the field! Connect again with how much you love the mountains, how it moves you and gives you solace. then when the time comes to act, you are full of the freshness and energy that wild places give.
  2. Bring a friend. Introduce others to the joy of exploring nature and the peace that comes from this connection. Many people have not had the opportunity to discover this for themselves. By helping a friend, loved one, or neighbor open themselves to nature you will have changed their lives forever and added one more person to our growing community of stewards.
  3. Connect with others who love nature and work together to protect it. By joining a community we are more motivated, coordinated and effective than we are in isolation. Consider joining Friends of the Inyo, or The Mono Lake Committee, (both in the eastern Sierra) the Yuba Watershed Institute or Protect American River Canyons, (both in the western Sierra) your local chapter of the Audubon Society or California Native Plant Society or The Wilderness Society. Grass-roots groups are springing up all over the range where people are coming together. The Sierra Nevada Alliance is a great resource to all of these groups.

There is great reason to have hope. Wolverine once again prowl the Sierra. Based on DNA studies, the recently photographed wolverine has come all the way from the Rocky Mountains to do its part in repopulating the Sierra with wildness. If it can come all that way, we can to do our part too. I invite you to join us and take heart. Look in the mirror and see the "fierce green fire" in your own eyes.

     With love, 

                    

 

Action Alert! Help save Eastern Sierra Wilderness. Your letters are needed now. Please visit Keep the Eastern Sierra Wild and click on the get involved button.

7 for the Sierra is a site with other great ideas of other ways to get involved with sierra stewardship.