March/April 1999

Features

Running With Bears
The grizzlies of Kamchatka have never learned to fear humans. And two Canadian researchers studying them have learned not to fear the bears.
by Paul Rauber

Thoreau's Dream
Paddlers, campers, hikers, and hunters join a transcenentalist philosopher from 150 years ago in defense of the great Maine Woods.
by Ted Williams

Canada's Forgotten Coast
When you walk in the realm of the spirit bear, you need to stay a step ahead of the logging companies that are threatening to erase it.
by B.J. Bergman

Dream Parks
Visualize three new well-protected wild areas:
Maine Woods National Park & Preserve
White Mountain Park
Sequoia Ecosystem & Recreation Preserve

Departments

Letters

Inside Sierra
Conservation as adventure by Reed McManus

Ways & Means
Filling the political vacuum by Carl Pope

Good Going
Leaving Las Vegas by Guy Hand

Hearth & Home
Thinking like a bug by Kim Rice

Lay of the Land
Why frogs can't jump
Big Oil vs. Big Auto
No more "green" nukes

Sierra Club Bulletin
Sea of Crude, Legacy of Hope
Home Front

Last Words
Is ecotourism for real?