FALL 2009

· Workday projects succeed in restoring degraded meadow

• Workdays provide opportunities to achieve immediate benefits

• CSERC continues to play a watchdog role in major development projects and in county policy debates affecting the local region

• Yosemite planners disappoint by proposing a minimal change "preferred alterative" plan for Tuolumne Meadows

• Fire lit by the Park Service escapes and consumes thousands of acres - blocking tourist access and blanketing region with smoke

• Why did CSERC support the Forest Service and timber industry when appeals were filed against the Phase II thinning project?

• Contact CSERC if you have spotted the rare and elusive fisher

• New studies reveal that airborne Central Valley pesticides are drifting into the mountains and harming amphibians

• Court decision upholds Roadless Rule that currently preserves undeveloped wild lands in America's national forests

• Decline of big trees in Yosemite Park reflects the changing climate as well as ecological effects of management

• There are many reasons for our members to support efforts to protect the ecosystem of this precious region

• Okay, quickly, can you identify this rare animal?

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