July/August 1997

Features

Among the Giants
Sequoias have endured for eons. Can they survive the U.S. Forest Service?
by Rebecca Solnit

Nine Ways to Save Our Forests
We own these woods. Here's how to ensure they are managed for people, not profit.
by John J. Berger

The Great Green Hope
Al Gore knows what has to be done. But will he do it?
by Paul Rauber

Looking Up
Sierra's nature-writing-contest winner chronicles a flood's aftermath.
by Kathryn Wilder

Departments

Letters

Field Guide
Activism meets art

Ways & Means
Why NAFTA is failing by Carl Pope

Good Going
Santa Rosa Island by Guy Hand

Hearth & Home
Curing Affluenza by Mara Shurgot

Way to Go
A fjordable vacation by Bill Sherwonit

Sierra Club Bulletin
A new kind of Club
Student dynamo
Ecoregion Roundup

Lay of the Land
Road-carving frenzy
War on the Mojave
SLAPPing students
Cloning trees

Last Words
Favorite getaways