Thirty years ago, Sierra Foothill Conservancy began with a small group of volunteers and an ambitious idea: protect some of the special places that make the Sierra foothills what they are.
Three decades later, that effort has grown into a regional conservation organization responsible for protecting more than 67,000 acres of forests, foothills, rangelands, wildlife habitat and open space between Yosemite and Kings Canyon national parks.
Sierra Foothill Conservancy is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2026, marking three decades of work that began in 1996 with efforts to protect the McKenzie Table Mountain Preserve and Black Mountain Preserve…