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For the past 18 years, CSERC has effectively served as the foremost defender of more than 2,000,000 acres of forests, rivers, lakes, wetlands, roadless areas, old growth groves, scenic oak woodlands, and other precious areas within the central region of the Sierra Nevada. Working long hours on a host of complex, important issues, each year we deal with clearcutting, new road construction, new development projects, widespread spraying of pesticides, destruction of wildlife habitat, and threats to local wild places.
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| Because our Center is located in the midst of a region that is still dominated by proponents of mining, logging, grazing, development, and aggressive use of resources, CSERC is often the only voice for nature speaking up locally at hearings and meetings. CSERC is also the only conservation organization that actively monitors the full range of logging, mining, grazing, development, and water projects in the local area. Without CSERC, the vast majority of threats to nature in this spectacular region would go unchallenged. Many harmful projects would not be altered or blocked by CSERC's science-based testimony and fieldwork. Many precious values would be diminishing or lost. |
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Forest Ecosystems
We defend old growth forest habitat, wild rivers, threatened wildlife, and all the magical wild places still left within this part of the Sierra Nevada.
We go out into the forest to visit every proposed timber sale, road project, pesticide application, or other threat to nature on USFS lands; then we respond with written comments and legal input for controversial, potentially harmful projects. |
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Water Resources
We attend utility meetings and federal re-licensing sessions to speak for rivers and water resources in debates over water development.
We monitor water quality in local water ways with public volunteers to look for contaminants. |
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Development Projects
CSERC staff gives expert testimony at public hearings, board of supervisor or planning commission meetings, and state or federal comment sessions.
We review and respond to every proposed development project across the private lands of Tuolumne County, plus all large projects in Calaveras County. |
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Meadow Monitoring
We monitor livestock grazing on public lands in the region - measuring meadow grasses and photographing meadow systems that are suffering from over-grazing, stream bank damage, or meadow down-cutting. |
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Public Education & Activism
Each year CSERC presents free slide show programs about water, wildlife, and forests to more than 5,000 students or members of community groups.
Our center runs public education ads in newspapers to promote Nature's needs and to raise regional residents' awareness about local environmental issues.
We organize and inform volunteer activists to provide support for wildlife and water resources during public comment periods for a wide range of policies and projects. |
WE SERVE AS YOUR HANDS AT WORK TO PROTECT WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES IN THIS SPECTACULAR REGION OF THE MOUNTAINS
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CSERC | PO Box 396 | Twain Harte, CA 95383 | (209) 586-7440 | info@cserc.org
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