Do you live, work, or play in the Northern Yosemite and Central Sierra region?
Do you care about the environment and threats facing the local places you love?
Then check out these news articles!
We try to keep readers up to date about current issues affecting many different aspects of the local environment, such as wildlife, wild places, meadows, forests, rivers and watersheds. You can also stay up to date on seasonal information like where the wildflowers are blooming, and where to go to see local wildlife or scenic vistas.
Whether you read an article from our newsletter, a director’s report or a blog, you will find local, timely news related to the beautiful environment here in the Central Sierra and northern Yosemite region.
Recent News

How the Controversial Yosemite Land Swap Would Effectively Create a Private Park Entrance for the Wealthy
Court documents and a former caretaker reveal more behind the proposed Hazel Green resort, including exactly where the new road would cut into the park. …
Mother Jones Identified California’s Top 100 Roundup Users. Some May Surprise You.
To read the full article at Mother Jones, click here.
All Logging on National Forests Is Worth Less Than Two Home Depot Stores
More than 90 percent of American lumber comes off private land. The Trump administration wants to industrially log America’s national forests anyway. To read the …
Forest fires follow roads. The Trump administration wants to build more
The Trump administration announced Tuesday it is rolling back a rule prohibiting logging and road construction in undeveloped parts of national forests, including more than …
Prescribed burns saved thousands of giant sequoias
When two major wildfires burned through the Sierra Nevada in 2020 and 2021, they took thousands of giant sequoia trees with them. Without prescribed burns, …
Newsletters
Don’t miss out on the latest news about environmental issues in the northern Yosemite and central Sierra: Sign up to receive our quarterly print newsletter by mail here ! The newsletters feature color photographs and articles covering local environmental issues and celebrating the beauty of the region.
Newest publication: Spring 2021
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Director's Report
Hear about some of latest issues from CSERC's director
Newest report: May 2021
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Archived articles outside of CSERC's website
- 1/15/14: Oldest trees are growing faster, storing more carbon as they age, study reports
- 12/27/13: Yosemite Fire debate over harvesting burned trees (San Francisco Chronicle)
- 7/6/11: Sierra Nevada Forest Imagery Interactive: Amazing aerial map showing the extent of clear-cuts throughout our region.
- 7/22/11: 'Suction Dredging is Bad for Fish' a blog by Dr. Peter Moyle.

