| Many of us have heard the name once or twice, | | | | when putting the group together: |
| but very few of us are actually aware of what | | | | - To establish Glacier and Mount Rainier National |
| exactly it is, or what exactly The Sierra Club | | | | Parks |
| does. But in fact, The Sierra Club is the United | | | | - To convince the California legislature to give up |
| States' oldest and largest grassroots | | | | Yosemite Valley to the United States Federal |
| environmental campaign. Founded by John Muir in | | | | government |
| San Francisco, California all the way back in 1892, | | | | - To try and save California's beloved redwood |
| and has continued to promote a safer and | | | | trees |
| healthier community, work on developing | | | | Once these goals were fully met, The Sierra Club |
| environmentally friendly technology, and help to | | | | later acted in support of the National Park Service |
| preserve our nation's forests and wildlife. | | | | and started improving on forest trails and |
| Since 1892, The Sierra Club has actively continued | | | | expanding on parks. They believed the Forest |
| to expand on it services, its locations, its goals, | | | | Service was doing an inadequate job; and in 1916 |
| and of course, its employees. Currently with | | | | the National Park Service was indeed founded. |
| offices in every state, as well as an office in | | | | But what really put this organization on the map |
| Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, The Sierra Club | | | | was a mid 1950's effort to exclude the Echo Park |
| is doing its best to help out not only our own | | | | Dam from the Colorado River Project. Thanks to |
| nation's global warming issues, but those of our | | | | this victory, The Sierra Club was all but a |
| neighbors as well; but as you might expect, the | | | | household name; and boasted a group |
| group really has their work cut out for them. | | | | membership of 15,000 strong. |
| When the group originated, neither global warming | | | | Since this highly prolific victory, they have |
| nor climate change was even on the minds of the | | | | spearheaded a number of campaigns both in |
| founders. In fact, the founding fathers of The | | | | opposition and in support for a variety of topics. |
| Sierra Club had three very specific goals in mind | | | | |