SIERRA CLUB SIERRA CLUB NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENT INTEREST GROUPS TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY ESTABLISHED 1892 PURPOSE TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE MEMBERSHIP 550000 THE SIERRA CLUB IS AN ENVIRONMENTALIST GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES THE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IT IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN ISSUES CONCERNING THE WILDERNESS CLEAN AIR POPULATION ENERGY CONSERVATION FORESTRY LAND USE AND COASTAL AREA PRESERVATION THE ORGANIZATION WORKS TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH STATE LEGISLATURES AND CONGRESS THE COURTS AND ELECTION CAMPAIGNS IT ALSO SPONSORS WILDERNESS TRIPS FILMS AND CONFERENCES ON ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS THE SIERRA CLUB PUBLISHES BOOKS ON OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS A BIMONTHLY MAGAZINE CALLED SIERRA
