Issues

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is the process of injecting high-pressure chemical slurries into fossil-fuel-bearing rock layers in order to gather hard-to-extract natural gas and oil from these formations. For years this industry has operated...

The Tehipite Chapter is heavily involved in trying to halt the conversion of agricultural open space into suburban and rural housing tracts on the plateau across the San Joaquin River from Fresno. Lack of sustainable planning is a big concern, as...

The Tehipite Chapter provides connections, oversight and participation in national forest issues to protect forested wildlands, wilderness and roadless areas, water and watersheds, wildlife and recreation on the 1.3 million acre Sierra National...

Diverse water issues in the San Joaquin Valley were the subjects of a community conference held at Fresno City College by the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of California on April 24, 2015. "How Blue Is Your Valley? Your Voice, Your...

The process of creating general management plans for portions of Yosemite National Park and for revising stewardship plans for wilderness areas in both Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks, all with consideration of public input, has...

There will be more to come on this page, which will feature links to useful documents from government agencies, educational institutions, and non-governmental oversight groups.Here is a start:California Dam ProposalsNorth-of-the-Delta Offstream...