The Magazine of The Sierra Club
Making Gum in the Mayan Rainforest
Chicleros continue an ancient tradition of producing and selling natural gum as competitors peddle the synthetic stuff
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Congress, Trump Exploit Fire Tragedy to Promote Logging Agenda
Note to D.C. legislators: More logging isn’t a solution.
Iconic, and Almost Extinct
Genetic rescue is controversial. It also could save the Torrey pine.
Wildfires Burning Through the West Are Terrifying—and Necessary, Too
Fire is not destruction; it’s renewal.
The Mystery of the Missing Ferns
Strange happenings at Seward Park turn neighbors into fern detectives
Here’s What’s at Risk If Giant Sequoia National Monument Is Downsized
Photographer Sam Kweskin’s images reveal what’s at stake
Tracing the Spine of the Pacific
The ‘Alava Trail offers a journey through America’s only paleotropic rainforest
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Researchers Set a Rainforest to Bake
Artificially heating a Puerto Rican rainforest gives clues to our future climate
Environmental News ICYMI
Fracking Robin Hood's oak, bearing arms against armed bears, and a world without giraffes
Burger King Linked to a Whopping Million-Plus Acres of Deforestation
Half of Brazil’s savanna is already gone, and big soy has taken over
