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My Favorite National Park Photo Contest
Time to hit us with your best shot — of one of America's crown jewels. To enter, join the National Parks group at Sierra Club Trails and post your favorite park picture by June 24.

Wilderness Survival Video
A former Green Beret shows you how to keep it together if you get lost. Rule #1: Don't do anything stupid. A video companion to "How Not to Die in the Woods."

Good Eats
DIY energy bars

Law Saves the King
How the Club's 1960s lawsuit stopped Disney from turning Mineral King into a ski resort

Spout Extras
More reader complaints and compliments — and lively debates over recent stories

Hey Mr. Green
Sierra's own Mr. Green answers your green living questions.

THE GREEN LIFE

Ideas for living well and doing good from Sierra magazine

7.2.09
Daily Roundup: July 2, 2009
Earth Angel: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa declared that by 2020, his city won’t use coal anymore. Instead, the power L.A. now gets from coa...
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7.2.09
Five Tips for A Greener 4th
What for many Americans is the highlight of summer—the picnics, parades, and fireworks of the 4th of July—can be less than ideal for the planet. Let...
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Danielle Babb kickin' it in Yosemite.
Photo by MICHAEL WINOKUR

FEATURES

OUR COMMON GROUND
Collect 'em All
Filmmaker Ken Burn's co-producer had a self-imposed mission: Visit every U.S. national park.
DAYTON DUNCAN

Team of Rivals
Notorious Los Angeles high schools come together in Yosemite.
JUDITH LEWIS

BAD ENERGY
The Great Alaska Coal Rush
It's not just oil and timber anymore. Alaska's latest boom is stripmined coal. Welcome to the next Appalachia.
TOMAS ALEX TIZON

TRAIL TIPS
How Not to Die in the Woods
Skills we hope you'll never have to use.
PAUL RAUBER

Resurrection Road
Shouldering a backpack after a 30-year break.
DEBRA JONES

Dream Gear
Sleeping under the stars? Here's how to do it in style.
RACHEL ODELL WALKER

DEPARTMENTS

Spout
Black and white and green all over

Create
Windows of opportunity

Enjoy
º enviroTunes
º Best energy bars

Hey Mr. Green
What to do with your meds
and whether to buy a Prius

Explore
Yushan, Taiwan

Grapple
º Upside to the downturn
º Trippy fish
º A world without chocolate
º Up to Speed

Act
Put on your gorilla face

Innovate
Many roads to better milage

Smile
Half Dumb

Comfort Zone
Future tents

Mixed Media
º Field guide to field guides
º Croakers in concert

Bulletin
º Overdue wilderness bill
º Our new directors

Last Words
You can take it with you


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