Sierra Nevada Campaign
(Status Report to the CNRCC)
Mission
The mission of the Sierra Nevada Campaign is to disseminate information about environmental issues within the Sierra Nevada Bioregion to Sierra Club activists and Club Chapters which have part of the Sierra Nevada within their boundaries.
Chair
Joe Fontaine
Members
The Campaign includes members from the Toiyabe, Mother Lode, Tehipite and Kern/Kaweah Chapters including appropriate Sierra Club staff.
Function
Campaign members participate in monthly conference calls. The Sierra Nevada Campaign does not conduct campaigns on behalf of the Sierra Club. We monitor and keep up to date on environmental issues in the Sierra Nevada. Our members in turn pass this information on to the appropriate Chapters which have the authority to take positions on issues within the parameters of Sierra Club policy. Since most environmental issues in the Sierra are not confined to one chapter we attempt to provide information to the appropriate chapters to help them coordinate positions on issues as needed.
The Campaign monitors wildlife issues, both at the state and national level and keeps Club Chapters informed on important wildlife issues.
Management of National Parks, primarily Yosemite and Sequoia and Kings Canyon. In addition to general management issues we focus on wilderness management consistent with the requirements of the 1964 Wilderness Act, the use of managed fire to restore and maintain healthy forests and working with the National Parks to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park System.
The Campaign also monitors issues on Federal BLM and State Park concerns as well as biological corridors between the Sierra Nevada and other California bioregions such as the Coast Range and the deserts to the east of the Sierra.
Campaign issues for 2016.
Clear Cutting on private land mostly in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Northern coast.
National Forest Management Plans dealing with Roadless areas and Wilderness, Wild and Scenic Rivers, restoring and maintaining healthy forests including protection of Species of Conservation Concern, and use of managed fire etc. Currently new Management Plans are in the final stages of adoption in Sierra, Sequoia and Inyo National Forests and are expected to be completed this year.