SIERRA: The national magazine of the Sierra Club

Giving the Right of Way to Wildlife

How “road ecology” is providing new avenues for animals to roam
By Alisha McDarris | Aug 14 2021

ICYMI: Tesla Moon, Irreversible Warming & Dixie Deniers

A weekly roundup for busy people
By Paul Rauber | Aug 13 2021

All Together Now

How a Civilian Conservation Corps could help address the global warming emergency
By James Steinbauer | Aug 12 2021
Giant concrete barrier, kind of like an enormous Q-tip, stretching across blue water and marshland

The End of Mr. Go

It's made hurricanes in New Orleans more dangerous for decades. Is it finally on its way out?
By Philip Kiefer | Aug 11 2021

In a “Code Red for Humanity,” UN Warns of Accelerating Climate Crisis

International panel of climate scientists says temperatures will rise for decades, even in a best-case scenario
By Jonathan Hahn | Aug 10 2021

Studies Show We’re Tipping Climate. It’s Up to Us to Tip It Back.

Experts weigh in on how to change the systems and behaviors leading us to catastrophe
By Kendra Pierre-Louis | Aug 9 2021

Summer 2021

Summer 2021 Sierra magazine

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  • An Artist's Quest to Document the World's Oldest Trees
  • Can We Save the San Joaquin's Salmon?
  • The Bison and the Blackfeet
  • Everybody Gets Frisky During a Herring Spawn
  • Public Lands Preserve More Than What's on the Surface

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    4 Must-Read Books for Your Summer Reading List

    These stories illuminate all we have to gain in a troubled world
    By Jonathan Hahn, Jason Mark, Abe Musselman, Heather Smith | Aug 8 2021

    The Fight to Save Lake Superior’s Last Caribou

    After rampant old-growth deforestation and development, this coastal population could be quickly wiped out
    By Andy McGlashen | Aug 7 2021
     
     

    ICYMI: Hog Hotels, Hunting Wolf Pups by Helicopter & African Gecko’s Middle Passage

    A weekly roundup for busy people
    By Paul Rauber | Aug 6 2021

    Meet the Polar Bear of Tomorrow

    Polar bears are interbreeding with grizzlies—and it may be their only hope
    By Sara Novak | Aug 5 2021