2021 Fall Sierra Magazine

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Deb Haaland sits facing the camera with her hands in her lap.
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Deb Haaland, A Living Testament

The path to becoming the nation's first Native interior secretary

By Jenni Monet

September 15, 2021

Watercolor illustration shows a wooden and metal fence and an elk antler lying on the ground.
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The Curious Case of the Dead Elk at Point Reyes National Seashore

Wildlife advocates and the National Park Service are at odds over a spike in elk mortality

By James Steinbauer

September 18, 2021

A brightly colored illustration shows the top of Earth with water and islands of homes and buildings with wind turbines scattered throughout.
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Regeneration, Justice, and Renewal

The path to a climate-resilient future

By Paul Hawken

September 25, 2021

Wind turbines are shrouded in mist. Below them is lush green forest.
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The NIMBY Threat to Renewable Energy

In Vermont, everyone loves clean energy—when it comes from someplace else

By Jim Motavalli

September 20, 2021

Two women wearing summer clothes pose in front of a tree in a park, smiling. A bike is leaned up against the tree.
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Biking While Black in Minneapolis

The simple freedom of moving yourself through space in a fraught city

Adapted from an interview by Heather Smith and Patience Zalanga

September 21, 2021