The Sierra Club does not manage any national parks. They are a special interest group with an interest in protecting national parks, but the National Park Service, a federal agency, is responsible for managing the national parks.
It lobbies for the creation of national parks.
They persuaded the president to support the idea of national parks.
It lobbies for the creation of national parks.
They were afraid that corporations would exploit resources and damage the environment
They were afraid that corporations would exploit resources and damage the environment.
Ansel Adams
This champion of the US' western forests is remembered as the Father of the National Parks and co-founder of The Sierra Club. He has a 200 mile-long hiking trail named after him in his beloved Sierra Nevadas.Please see the link below for more information:
The motto of Nature Conservation Foundation is 'To carry out science-based and socially responsible conservation'.
Sierra Club was created in 1892.
Environmental Protection Agency
John Muir was an environmentalist and a journalist. He founded the Sierra Club and helped establish Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks. His theory that Yosemite's geological structures were formed by glacial activity were important in the scientific world.
Sierra Club Books was created in 1960.