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One of the most important ways to protect the health and ecology of the Sierra Nevada is to volunteer to actively monitor projects proposed by the Forest Service, working to get the community engaged in supporting good projects, and opposing plans that are detrimental.

By turning your passion into action, the forests which surround, sustain, and inspire you will have a better chance at long-term protection and restoration. The processes by which the U.S. Forest Service manages our National Forests and proposes projects designed to accomplish their management directives are public processes which any citizen may participate in and comment upon.

We encourage you to take a more active role in the management of your National Forests--public lands that belong to all Americans--and become a forest monitor and activist. Even if you only send letters and e-mail to the appropriate officials from time to time, your voice will be heard and will help our efforts to secure appropriate management of our national forest lands in the Sierra Nevada.

Please submit your email address in the subscribe box to the right to receive our Sierra Alerts so that you can makes those calls and send those emails when our forests are facing a particularly pressing threat. If you would like to learn more about how to become a Forest Monitor and engage more directly in the oversight of the management of your National Forest then please visit our Forest Monitor Resource Center. We'll guide you through the primary laws affecting Forest Service decisions and the public participation aspects of forest management. You will also find a handbook guiding you through the commenting process, and numerous references to support the important work of being a forest monitor.

Thank you for your interest in becoming more active in the management of your National Forests in the Range of Light. The forests and communities of the Sierra Nevada depend upon passionate and engaged citizens to ensure the long-term protection of restoration of our forests, aquatic ecosystems and biological diversity.

Our Mission Statement

Sierra Forest Legacy’s mission is to engage land managers, scientists, and stakeholders in the management of Sierra Nevada ecosystems to protect and restore the unparalleled beauty and natural values of the region.  We apply the best practices of science, advocacy and grassroots engagement through coalition building to safeguard forest lands throughout the Sierra Nevada.  

The Sierra Forest Legacy looks forward to the day when California’s magnificent mountain range is restored to its full health with:

• Landscapes that reflect the natural diversity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and provide habitat to support viable fish, wildlife, and plant communities to near historic quantities and patterns;

• Ecologically robust aquatic and riparian ecosystems, including rivers, streams, lakes and meadows;

• Forests influenced by natural disturbance regimes, e.g., fire, disease, and insects, that beneficially shape their composition and structure in patterns similar to those experienced prior to fire suppression;

• Ecological services and recreational opportunities are ecologically sustainable and provide ecosystem integrity, supporting both passive and active human use of the watersheds; and

• Management of public lands and resources in ways that allow ecological processes to act naturally upon the landscape and are based on the principles of strong sustainability.

Sierra Forest Legacy was founded in 1996, as the Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign. The Campaign's partners, including The Wilderness Society, Sierra Club, Friends of the River, and the Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center, had been working independently on Sierra Nevada issues since the 1980s. The Campaign was formed with the primary goal of protecting and restoring Sierra Nevada national forests and to coordinate and focus the efforts of its member groups and maximize their effectiveness. The Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign became a part of the California Wild Heritage Campaign in 1999, and in 2002 was established as an independent coalition focused exclusively on Sierra Nevada national forest issues.

In 2007, the Campaign changed its name to Sierra Forest Legacy to better reflect its expanded mission and vision of protecting Sierra Nevada forests and communities.

Sierra Forest Legacy
P.O. Box 244
Garden Valley, CA 95631
Email: craigthomas068@gmail.com