Sierra Club, << see AIR uh, >> is an organization in the United States and Canada that works to protect the environment. It also provides opportunities for its members to explore forests, parks, and wilderness areas.
The club has hundreds of thousands of members. Local chapters organize conferences, lectures, films, exhibits, mountain-climbing and skiing expeditions, and other trips. The club has hundreds of committees that strive to save threatened natural resources, scenic areas, and wildlife. The club publishes a biweekly news report, a bimonthly magazine, books, and special publications.
The club was founded in 1892 in San Francisco by the naturalist John Muir. Muir, who wanted to preserve the beauty of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, became the group’s first president (see Muir, John ). The club’s headquarters are in San Francisco.
