The Sierra Club seeks to engage a broad spectrum of citizens around the values of protecting wildlife, public lands, and special places, and blocking threats to these lands from commercial logging, mining, abusive recreation, and overgrazing. Learn more.

Get Involved

Help protect our forests from logging, fires, and other threats.

Join Sierra Club on National Public Lands Day -- Saturday, September 29 -- in the nation's largest land restoration event.

Share your thoughts on recent wilderness news.

Read about endangered species, then take action to protect them.

Join the Discussion: From Our Blogs

Mon, Jul 14, 2008

Green Your Rafting Trip -- Getting Thereby Della Watson

You're floating the river in a reused raft--sounds pretty green so far. But how'd you get to that river? We've got a few suggestions to help you make ...

Read More @ Green Life

Mon, Jun 23, 2008

Airtime in Clevelandby Carl Pope

Cleveland, OH -- Not since the Sierra Club's first-ever Presidential endorsement, of Walter Mondale back in 1984, has a Club Presidential endorsement ...

Read More @ Taking the Initiative

Tue, May 27, 2008

Wild Sky Breaks New Ground for Western Wildernessby Tom Valtin

After nine years of planning, organizing, mapping, photographing, letter-writing, lobbying elected officials, presenting slideshows, and leading tours, ...

Read More @ Scrapbook

Sierra Club Report: The New Economy of the West

Protected public lands are among the nation's most valuable economic assets. Increasingly, economic growth in The West stems from services to the rising number of residents who want to live and work in places surrounded by protected natural areas and visitors who are drawn to the recreational opportunities these places offer. Several studies have shown that scenery and recreational opportunities are influencing decisions about where people live and do business.

The economy of the West is undergoing a transformation, from relying on logging, mining, and oil, to relying on the unspoiled landscapes and abundant wildlife that support recreation and tourism. If we protect them now, they will provide a powerful economic asset for generations to come.