Written by Chris Shigley Hello SierraNewsOnline readers! SHANGHAI, CHINA — I’ve been following SNO for a month or so now, and could be one of the furthest-flung fans, having lived in Shanghai, China for the past five years. Some folks have wondered how someone with connections in the Sierra ended up living on the other side of the world. Short ...

AmeriCorps Applicants Needed! Do you love the Sierra? Would you like to help restore and protect the Range of Light? Apply today to become one of the 27 members of the 2012 Sierra Nevada AmeriCorps Partnership (SNAP)! The SNAP program is seeking enthusiastic conservation-minded people to commit to a year of service to protect Sierra natural resources and sustainable communities. ...

So we’ve been back from Haiti for about a week now. Back to where a cool place can be found, back to running water and warm showers. It is nice to be home. It’s curious to me that, at least in the short term, mosquitoes, broken cars and dusty roads leave the deepest impressions of Haiti. These are the subjects ...