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| 1936 || || The ''Sierra Club grading system'' is created to classify hikes and climbs in the [[wikipedia:Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]. The system divides climbs into six classes, class 1 being easy and class 6, severe. This classification would be modified in 1938.<ref name="The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails">{{cite book|last1=Secor|first1=R. J.|title=The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=u0sc6cgA1IUC&pg=PA33&dq=%22sierra+club%22+%22in+1893..1950%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwih4LjvwtLUAhXDS5AKHWn8ANcQ6AEIPzAG#v=onepage&q=%22sierra%20club%22%20%22in%201893..1950%22&f=false|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref> ||  
 
| 1936 || || The ''Sierra Club grading system'' is created to classify hikes and climbs in the [[wikipedia:Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]. The system divides climbs into six classes, class 1 being easy and class 6, severe. This classification would be modified in 1938.<ref name="The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails">{{cite book|last1=Secor|first1=R. J.|title=The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=u0sc6cgA1IUC&pg=PA33&dq=%22sierra+club%22+%22in+1893..1950%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwih4LjvwtLUAhXDS5AKHWn8ANcQ6AEIPzAG#v=onepage&q=%22sierra%20club%22%20%22in%201893..1950%22&f=false|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref> ||  
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| 1948 || ||  Sierra Club backs a plan for a ski resort at [[wikipedia:Mineral King|Mineral King]], a [[wikipedia:subalpine|subalpine]] [[wikipedia:glacial|glacial]] valley located in the southern part of [[wikipedia:Sequoia National Park|Sequoia National Park]]. However, the project would be abandoned due to inadequate roads.<ref>{{cite web|title=Walt Disney’s Mineral King|url=http://www.yesterland.com/mineralking.html|website=yesterland.com|accessdate=7 July 2017|quote=In 1948, the Sierra Club had backed a plan for a ski resort at Mineral King, but the inadequate road killed the project}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1951 || || The Sierra Club oposes federal government’s interest in damming [[wikipedia:Dinosaur National Monument|Dinosaur National Monument]] in [[wikipedia:Colorado|Colorado]] and [[wikipedia:Utah|Utah]].<ref name="Sierra Club (The)"/> ||  
 
| 1951 || || The Sierra Club oposes federal government’s interest in damming [[wikipedia:Dinosaur National Monument|Dinosaur National Monument]] in [[wikipedia:Colorado|Colorado]] and [[wikipedia:Utah|Utah]].<ref name="Sierra Club (The)"/> ||  

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Period Key trend/development
1950s Many of the Sierra Club’s efforts involve fighting efforts to dam rivers.[1]
1960s Sierra Club has chapters on both East and West Coast of the United States.[1]
1980s Sierra Club experiences considerable growth as it garners support for opposing the policies of the often described as "anti-environmentalist" U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt, who advocates use, rather than protection, of wilderness.[2]

Timeline

Year Event type Event Geographical location
1864 Antecedent Yosemite Valley becomes protected from development and is preserved as a public trust.[1] California
1872 Foundation Sierra Club is founded by a San Francisco group of professors, businessmen, and other professionals led by Scottish-American naturalist John Muir.[1] San Francisco
1872 Foundation Yellowstone is founded as the first national park of the United States.[1] Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
1892 Campaign Sierra Club’s first conservation campaign is launched, as an effort to defeat a proposed reduction of Yosemite National Park’s boundaries.[1]
1904 LeConte Memorial Lodge, a current National Historic Landmark, is built by the Sierra Club in 1903 in memory of Joseph LeConte, one of the founding members of the Sierra Club".[3]
1907 A seven-year environmental struggle begins between The Sierra Club and the proposal of a reservoir in the Hetch Hetchy, a project that follows the need for additional water for growing San Francisco. However, the United States Congress would flood the valley in 1913.[1][4]
1911 Organization The first official chapter of the Sierra Club starts in Southern California.[1] Southern California
1916 The Sierra Club supports bill that would create the National Park Service.[1]
1919 Sierra Club appoints American photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams custodian of LeConte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite, a position Adams would held until 1927.[5]
1927 Conservationist Aurelia Harwood becomes the first female President of the Sierra Club.[6]
1936 The Sierra Club grading system is created to classify hikes and climbs in the Sierra Nevada. The system divides climbs into six classes, class 1 being easy and class 6, severe. This classification would be modified in 1938.[7]
1948 Sierra Club backs a plan for a ski resort at Mineral King, a subalpine glacial valley located in the southern part of Sequoia National Park. However, the project would be abandoned due to inadequate roads.[8]
1951 The Sierra Club oposes federal government’s interest in damming Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah.[1]
1952 "By the 1950s many of the club’s efforts involved fighting efforts to dam rivers, including the city of Los Angeles’s efforts to build dams in Kings Canyon National Park in 1952"[1]
1952 As rock climbing becomes more popular, the 1938 Sierra Club classification system is modified further into the Yosemite Decimal System.[7]
1960 "The Sierra Club Foundation is an American environmental nonprofit. It is affiliated with the Sierra Club. The organization's stated mission is to "help educate, inspire, and empower humanity to preserve the natural and human environment."" "The Sierra Club Foundation is the 501(c)(3) counterpart to the 501(c)(4) Sierra Club. It was established in 1960 in order to “provide financial support to the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations for tax deductible work.”"[1]
1960 Organization Sierra Club Books is founded as the publishing division of Sierra Club. Along its history, Sierra Club Books would publish important books such as The Population Bomb and Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.
1964 "By the 1960s the Sierra Club had chapters on both coasts and was fighting to get Congress to pass the Wilderness Act, which it did in 1964"[1]
1970 Organization Sierra Club North Carolina Chapter is established.[9] North Carolina
1971 The Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund is launched as a group whose task is to handle the Sierra Club’s mounting litigation.[2]
1980–1983 Sierra Club’s membership nearly doubles to 346,000 during this period.[2]
1987 LeConte Memorial Lodge, built by Sierra Club, is declared a National Historic Landmark.[3]
1991 The Sierra Student Coalition (SSC) is founded as the national student chapter of Sierra Club. Washington, D.C
1992 "Sierra Club du/of Canada (SCC) is the equivalent organization in Canada. It developed from Canadian chapters of the U.S. Sierra Club and incorporated in 1992. The “SCC has developed major national campaigns with four program areas: health and environment, protecting biodiversity, atmosphere and energy, and supporting a transition to sustainable economy.”"[1]
1996 Environmental activist Adam Werbach becomes the youngest person ever elected as national president of the Sierra Club, at the age of 23.[10]
2011 Sierra Club and Tucson–based Center for Biological Diversity file a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Land Management oil and gas leases in Fresno and Monterey counties, arguing that BLM has failed to consider the possibility that these leases could be fracked, will all the entailing risks. By 2013, the court would agree that BLM broke the law, with BLM taking a voluntary remand to correct its deficient environmental analysis.[11]
2016 Sierra Club changes the name of LeConte Memorial Lodge to Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center after finding that Sierra Club founding member Joseph LeConte, for which the lodge was originally named, is now viewed as a racist and white supremacist.[3][12]

Sierra Club presidents

Period President[6]
1892-1914 John Muir (founder of Sierra Club)
1915-1917 Joseph Nisbet LeConte (son of Sierra Club founding member Joseph LeConte)
1917-1919 William Edward Colby
1919-1922 William F. Badè
1922-1924 Clair S. Tappaan
1924-1925 Robert M. Price
1925-1927 Walter L. Huber
1927-1928 Aurelia Harwood
1928-1931 Duncan McDuffie
1931-1933 Phil S. Bernays
1933-1935 Francis P. Farquhar
1935-1937 Ernest Dawson (father of mountaineer Glen Dawson)
1937-1940 Joel Henry Hildebrand
1940-1941 Francis D. Tappaan
1941-1943 Walter A. Starr (father of mountain climber Walter A. Starr, Jr.)
1943-1946 Duncan McDuffie
1946-1948 Bestor Robinson
1948-1949 Francis P. Farquhar
1949-1951 Lewis F. Clark
1951-1953 Harold E. Crowe
1953-1955 Richard M. Leonard
1955-1957 Alexander Hildebrand
1957-1959 Harold C. Bradley
1959-1961 Nathan C. Clark
1961-1964 Edgar Wayburn
1964-1966 William Siri
1966-1967 George Marshall
1967-1969 Edgar Wayburn
1969-1971 Phillip Berry
1971-1973 Raymond Sherwin
1973-1974 Laurence I. Moss
1974-1976 Kent Gill
1976-1977 Brant Calkin
1977-1978 William Futrell
1978-1980 Theodore Snyder
1980-1982 Joseph Fontaine
1982-1984 Denny Shaffer
1984-1986 Michele Perrault
1986-1988 Lawrence Downing
1988-1990 Richard Cellarius
1990-1991 Susan Merrow
1991-1992 Phillip Berry
1992-1993 H. Anthony Ruckel
1993-1994 Michele Perrault
1994-1996 Robbie Cox
1996-1998 Adam Werbach
1998–2000 Chuck McGrady
2000-2001 Robbie Cox
2001-2003 Jennifer Ferenstein
2003-2005 Larry Fahn
2005-2007 Lisa Renstrom
2007-2008 Robbie Cox
2008-2010 Allison Chin
2010-2012 Robin Mann
2012-2013 Allison Chin
2013-2015 David Scott
2015-2017 Aaron Mair
2017- Loren Blackford

See also

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 "Sierra Club (The)". learningtogive.org. Retrieved 28 June 2017. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Finding Aid to the Sierra Club Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1892-1995". cdlib.org. Retrieved 28 June 2017. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Sierra Club renames Yosemite stone hut". uniondemocrat.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017. 
  4. Muir, John (1912). "Hetch Hetchy Valley". The Yosemite. New York: The Century Co. Retrieved 7 July 2017. 
  5. Starr, Kevin. The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s. Retrieved 28 June 2017. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Sierra Club Presidents". sierraclub.org. Retrieved 28 June 2017. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Secor, R. J. The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails. Retrieved 28 June 2017. 
  8. "Walt Disney's Mineral King". yesterland.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017. In 1948, the Sierra Club had backed a plan for a ski resort at Mineral King, but the inadequate road killed the project 
  9. "Sierra Club (National)". capefearsierraclub.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017. 
  10. "New York Times: "Sierra Club Gets a Young New Face" June 2, 1996". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2017. 
  11. "Ventana chapter". ventanasierraclub.org. Retrieved 28 June 2017. 
  12. "Sierra Club Discovers Founder Was a White Supremacist". breitbart.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017.