Conservation News

Join the tide of support for ocean protection Now is the time to voice your support for increased protections of special ocean areas.

Protect Carrizo Plain from oil exploration
With the skyrocketing price of energy supplies, exploration is suddenly potentially profitable in places where it hasn't been before.

EBMUD revives threat to build reservoir in Buckhorn Canyon! Conserve or be dammed.

Tuolumne River salmon at risk
The collapse of salmon in California has hit the Tuolumne River hard.

Big Year species of the month Oil is just one of the threats the murrelet faces.

Environment wins in most June races
Bay Chapter volunteers help garner 80% success.

Master Plan could save and restore Tomales Dunes
After 10 years of environmental review, in late April the owners of Lawson's Landing submitted a revised proposal for a Master Plan for approval.

Museum wrong for Presidio district
San Francisco's Presidio is a uniquely historic portion of the 80,000-acre Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and its Main Parade Ground is its historic heart.

Patterson Ranch once again threatened with development Patterson Ranch has long served as a natural buffer between the urbanized Tri-Cities and the wind-swept ridgelands and meandering wetlands of Coyote Hills Regional Park.

Billy Goat Hill dispute leads to citywide nature-protection proposal
As vice chair of the Sierra Club San Francisco Group, I got a phone call..

Getting congestion pricing to support San Francisco's transit
Congestion pricing could be San Francisco's key to reducing downtown traffic and at the same time improving public transit.

Vast landscapes protected at Tejon Ranch Hundreds of square miles saved in heart of southern California wildlands.

Pacific Lumber's Humboldt forests: bankruptcy ruling brings promising new owner
For over 23 years, environmentalists and the Pacific Lumber Company have found themselves at, well, loggerheads.

Filtering out solid waste
People buy water filters hoping for cleaner water.

Port activists share strategies for cleaner air in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland
For volunteers who focus on local issues, one of the great advantages of working with the Sierra Club is the chance to share ideas with colleagues facing similar concerns in other places.