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Recounts the experiences of outdoorsman Britt Jefferson during a snowstorm in Sierra Nevada, California in October 2004. Rules applied by Jefferson and his companions; History of the participation of Jefferson in Sierra Club service trips; Factors to be considered in order to survive snowstorms.

Reports on a scholarship grant to college students in California and Nevada from Sierra Club in September 2003. Value of the grants given; Recipients of the grants; Qualities of students who were given the grants.

Presents information on the legislation protecting the wilderness areas of Nevada. Description of the wilderness areas of the state; Overview of the campaign made for the legislation; Comments of Sierra Club conservation organizer Carrie Sandstedt on the legislation. INSETS: Crème de la Club;Kudos for Club's High Achievers.

The article reports on green technologies to be used at the 2007 Burning Man, an eight-day-long annual festival that takes place in Black Rock, Nevada. The festival abides by the leave no trace principle. The principle refers to efforts organizers of the festival are expanding from the festival's northern Nevada site to the entire planet. For the 2007 Burning Man, tickets are being printed on tree-free paper and the radio station, medical outpost and other facilities at the festival will be run on biodiesel fuels.

Reports on the criticisms received by the U.S. Forest Service for its Sierra Nevada logging plan. Ways by which the agency promoted the logging plan; History of Sierra Nevada according to the brochure prepared by OneWorld Communications, a public relations firm hired by Forest Service; Conflict in the representation of the history of Sierra Nevada.