The Sierra Club.

The Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is the largest and oldest environmental organization in the United States. It began in 1892 by John Muir, a well known conservationist, who later became the first president of the grassroots organization. Two years before the establishment of the group, Muir and his friend Robert Johnson were able to form the Yosemite National Park located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range located the western states of the United States. The park was one of the first of its kind in the area, so wanting to further preserve the mountain range John Muir and Johnson, with the help of many prominent benefactors and like-minded friends, launched their new club. The Club's first goals included establishing Glacier and Mount Rainer national parks, and saving California's coastal redwood forests. During Muir’s presidency over the club the organization lobbied for conservational changes and often succeeded. In the early 1900’s the Sierra Club lost its first major battle against the government, when a bill to dam the Hetch Hetchy River was passed by Congress. In response the club supported the creation of the National Park Service in 1914, and went on to help establish many other national parks (Sierra Wiki).
The mission, or philosophy of the Sierra Club is “To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; To educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.” (Sierra Wiki). This means that the organization believes in a pretty basic and common idea of conservation, the Club’s underlying philosophies are that nature should be preserved so that we can use it in the future and enjoy its beauty. The Sierra club has 17 different policies on global and current conservation issues, but there are four main problems that the Club fights more vehemently than...