Advocating for the San Bernardino Mountains and Forest
Members of the Mountains Group of the Sierra Club have long appreciated the very special qualities of our local mountains. An unusual transverse mountain range of steep slopes running East/West, it boasts a wide variety of ecological habitats and climes varying from low, hot desert valleys to beautiful high-elevation conifer forests.
"Our" mountains support an abundance of species and boast one of the more biologically diverse National Forests in the nation.
A total of 42 endangered, threatened or otherwise imperiled species, 21 plant and 21 animal species, are present or potentially present in the San Bernardino Forest. Increasing development within the forest is threatening to destroy the habitats of...