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Finding Aid to the Northern /Nevada Regional Conservation Committee

Lisa Monhoff The Bancroft Library

2017 The Bancroft Library University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 [email protected] URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library

Finding Aid to the Sierra Club BANC MSS 2005/296 1 Northern California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library Title: Sierra Club Northern California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee records, 1880-1992 creator: Sierra Club. Northern California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2005/296 Physical Description: 12.5 linear feet (10 cartons) Date (inclusive): 1880-1992 (bulk 1970-1984) Date (bulk): 1970-1984 Abstract: The Sierra Club of Northern California/Nevada Conservation Committee records document the organization’s conservation policy and conservation position work in Northern California and Nevada, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s. Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog. Conditions Governing Access Collection is open for research. Accruals Future additions are expected. Organizational History The Sierra Club of Northern California/Nevada Conservation Committee was founded in 1968 as the Sierra Club Northern California Regional Conservation Committee and is also known as the California Conservation Committee, the California-Nevada Conservation Coordinating Committee and CNRCC. The organization works to establish general conservation policy and specific conservation positions for Sierra Club California and the 13 chapters of the California Sierra Club. Its structure is composed of conservation issue committees and task forces that research and propose conservation policy and coordinate and implement programs for conservation issues across the various chapter boundaries. Sources: California Conservation Committee, 2017. Web site accessed December 1, 2017 Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Sierra Club Northern California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee records, BANC MSS 2005/296, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. System of Arrangement Arranged to the folder level. Processing Information Processed by Lauren Lassleben and Lisa Monhoff in 2006 and 2017. Scope and Contents The Sierra Club of Northern California/Nevada Conservation Committee records document the organization’s conservation policy and conservation position work in Northern California and Nevada, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s. This collection includes records of three legislative representatives who lobbied for the organization during that period: Paula Carrell, Russell Shay and Lowell Smith. Activities documented include public policy research and planning, lobbying and legislative hearings, and task force and committee meetings. Consists of correspondence, administrative records and financial records, environmental analysis, testimony, maps, meeting minutes, and newsletters. The collection is divided into two series: Administrative files and Subject files. Conditions Governing Use Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html Subjects and Indexing Terms Sierra Club. Northern California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee

Finding Aid to the Sierra Club BANC MSS 2005/296 2 Northern California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee Shay, Russell Carrell, Paula Smith, Lowell Conservationists--California Conservationists--United States Conservationists -- Nevada Environmentalists--California Environmentalists--United States Environmentalists -- Nevada

Series 1: Administrative 1880-1992 Arrangement Arranged alphabetically. Scope and Contents This series contains Sierra Club of Northern California/Nevada Conservation Committee’s administrative, committee and task force files. Consists of legislative representative Paula Carrell’s files and general administrative files of the organization including correspondence, agendas, financial records, meeting minutes and membership rosters.

carton 1, Correspondence 1970-1983 folder 1-5 carton 1, NCRCC agendas 1970-1981 folder 6-7 carton 1, folder 8 NCRCC financial records 1971-1979 carton 1, folder 9 NCRCC membership lists 1971-1976 carton 1, NCRCC minutes 1968-1992 folder 10-14 carton 1, folder 15 NCRCC organizational guidelines 1971-1977 carton 1, folder 16 NCRCC policies 1972-1979 carton 1, folder 17 NCRCC press releases/action alerts 1981 carton 1, folder 18 NCRCC resolutions 1972-1980 carton 1, NCRCC rosters 1977-1990 folder 19-20 carton 1, NCRCC/SCRCC joint meetings 1974-1984 folder 21-22 carton 1, folder 23 Photograph approximately 1982 Scope and Contents Palmer, Mark J.; Watt, James G.

carton 1, folder 24 SCRCC Desert Committee 1976-1981 carton 1, Air Pollution Committee 1971-1978 folder 25-26 carton 1, folder 27 California Legislative Committee 1971-1984 carton 1, Coastal Task Force 1972-1979 folder 28-30 carton 1, folder 31 Energy Committee 1972-1980 carton 1, folder 32 Environmental Education Committee 1973-1977 carton 1, folder 33 Forest Practices Task Force 1974-1977 carton 1, folder 34 Geothermal Task Force 1973-1980 carton 1, folder 35 Indian Lands Sub-committee 1970-1974 carton 1, folder 36 Lake Tahoe Task Force 1970-1978 carton 1, folder 37 Land Use Task Force 1975-1977 carton 1, folder 38 Mineral King Task Force 1976-1978

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carton 2, Mining Impact Task Force 1970-1978 folder 1-2 carton 2, folder 3 Mono Lake Task Force 1971-1979 carton 2, folder 4 MX Campaign Steering Committee 1979-1981 carton 2, folder 5 North Bay Task Force 1976 carton 2, folder 6 Off-Road Vehicles Committee 1971-1979 carton 2, folder 7 Public Lands Committee 1970-1978 carton 2, folder 8 Pyramid Lake Task Force 1974-1978 carton 2, Redwoods Task Force 1971-1978 folder 9-10 carton 2, folder 11 Sierra Nevada Task Force 1969-1974 carton 2, folder 12 Solid Waste Task Force 1972-1978 carton 2, Transportation Committee 1971-1978 folder 13-14 carton 2, Tuolumne Meadows Land Advisory 1880-1977 folder 15-17 carton 2, Water Resources Committee 1966-1978 folder 18-23 Scope and Contents Tuolumne River

carton 2, folder 24 Wild Rivers Task Force 1971-1978 carton 2, Wilderness Committee 1970-1979 folder 25-26 carton 2, folder 27 Wilderness Coordinating Task Force 1976-1978 carton 2, folder 28 Wildlife Committee 1972-1986 carton 3, Yosemite Task Force 1971-1980 folder 1-3 Series 2: Subject Files 1966-1984 Arrangement Arranged alphabetically by subject within two subseries: Lowell Smith and Russell Shay. Scope and Contents This series contains the subject files of two Sierra Club of Northern California/Nevada Conservation Committee conservation policy legislative representatives, Lowell Smith and Russell Shay. Consists of research files and lobbying documentation on environmental conservation issues such as air transport, all-terrain and off-road vehicles, livestock grazing, minerals and mining, MX weapons systems, public lands, weather modification, wilderness use, and the establishment of national monuments and parks. Includes correspondence, newsletters, proposals, proclamations, resolutions, testimony, environmental analysis, reports, graphs and maps.

Subseries 2.1: Lowell Smith Files 1967-1981

carton 3, folder 4 Air quality standards 1971-1973 carton 3, folder 5 Airports 1972-1973 carton 3, folder 6 Alaska 1971-1977 carton 3, folder 7 American Bicentennial Commission 1971-1972 carton 3, folder 8 Auburn Dam 1969-1977 carton 3, folder 9 Brushland management 1973 carton 3, folder 10 Bucks Lake 1971-1972 carton 3, folder 11 Butler Valley Dam 1972-1973 carton 3, folder 12 California Coastline Conservation Initiative 1972 carton 3, folder 13 Clean Air Act 1972-1973 carton 3, Coastal zone management 1969-1977 folder 14-17 carton 3, folder 18 Deepwater ports 1973

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carton 3, folder 19 Desert protection 1971-1979 carton 3, folder 20 DNA research 1976-1977 carton 3, folder 21 Dow Chemical Company 1975-1978 carton 3, folder 22 Dutch elm disease 1975-1976 carton 3, folder 23 Energy generation and transmission 1973 carton 3, folder 24 Energy policy 1971-1974 carton 3, folder 25 Flora and Azalea Lakes property 1976-1977 carton 3, folder 26 Forest Highway 100 1971-1972 carton 3, Forest practices 1971-1978 folder 27-28 carton 3, folder 29 Forest Service roadless areas in California 1972-1974 carton 3, folder 30 Hetch-Hetchy 1972 carton 3, folder 31 Independence Lake 1974-1978 carton 3, folder 32 Jarvis-Gann Initiative 1978 carton 3, folder 33 Kings River 1973-1975 carton 3, folder 34 Kirkwood Meadows 1971-1973 carton 3, folder 35 Liquefied natural gas 1977-1978 carton 3, folder 36 Mammoth and June Lakes 1971-1972 carton 3, folder 37 Mineral King 1972-1978 carton 3, folder 38 1972-1979 carton 3, folder 39 North Battle Creek Reservoir 1971-1973 carton 3, folder 40 Nuclear energy 1973-1979 carton 3, Off-road vehicle policy 1970-1973 folder 41-43 carton 3, Open space planning 1971-1973 folder 44-46 carton 3, folder 47 Outer Continental Shelf 1977-1979 carton 4, folder 1 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 1973 carton 4, folder 2 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 1975-1976 carton 4, folder 3 Pacific Gas and Electric Company January 4-21, 1977 carton 4, folder 4 Pacific Gas and Electric Company January 25-31, 1977 carton 4, folder 5 Pacific Gas and Electric Company February 2-14, 1977 carton 4, folder 6 Pacific Gas and Electric Company February 15-March 21, 1977 carton 4, folder 7 Peripheral Canal 1968-1981 carton 4, folder 8 Pesticides 1970-1978 carton 4, folder 9 Pinnacles National Monument 1967-1971 carton 4, folder 10 Population 1970-1978 carton 4, Power plant siting 1970-1973 folder 11-12 carton 4, folder 13 Proposition One 1973 carton 4, folder 14 Rangeland enhancements 1972-1973 carton 4, Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE II) 1975-1978 folder 15-16 carton 4, folder 17 Sacramento-Stockton-San Francisco Bay Area Corridor 1973 carton 4, folder 18 Santa Barbara Channel 1973 carton 4, folder 19 1971-1974 carton 4, folder 20 1972 carton 4, folder 21 Stanford University lands 1971-1972 carton 4, Stanislaus River 1971-1972 folder 22-23 carton 4, folder 24 Suisun Marsh 1973-1979 carton 4, Supersonic Transport 1970-1972 folder 25-26 carton 5, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency 1971-1976 folder 1-2 carton 5, folder 3 Trinity Alps 1971-1978 carton 5, folder 4 Warm Springs Dam 1973-1978 carton 5, folder 5 Water pollution 1970-1973

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carton 5, folder 6 Weather modification 1972-1978 carton 5, folder 7 Westlands Project 1976-1977 carton 5, folder 8 Whaling 1977 carton 5, folder 9 Wild and Scenic Rivers 1971-1972 carton 5, folder 10 Wilderness protection 1970-1979 carton 5, folder 11 Wilderness use permits 1972-1973 carton 5, folder 12 Wildlife poisoning 1971-1972

Subseries 2.2: Russell Shay Files 1966-1984

carton 5, folder 13 All-terrain vehicles, Barstow to Las Vegas Race 1974-1975 carton 5, folder 14 ATVs, Barstow to Las Vegas Race 1982-1983 carton 5, folder 15 ATVs, Blue Lakes, Nevada 1973-1977 carton 5, folder 16 ATVs, coastal zone management 1979-1982 carton 5, ATVs, Dove Spring Canyon, California 1980-1983 folder 17-19 carton 5, ATVs, Imperial Sand Dunes, California 1979-1980 folder 20-21 carton 5, ATVs, Johnson Valley to Parker Race 1980-1981 folder 22-23 carton 5, folder 24 ATVs, Las Vegas to Reno 1982 carton 5, folder 25 ATVs, Ludlow to Parker Race 1979 carton 5, folder 26 ATVs, Parker 400 Race 1981 carton 5, folder 27 ATVs, Phantom Duck of the Desert 1975-1981 carton 5, folder 28 ATVs, Red Garter Enduro Race 1980 carton 5, ATVs, management 1975-1983 folder 29-30 carton 5, folder 31 ATVs, Management Plan for Ballinger Canyon 1979-1980 carton 5, folder 32 ATVs, use on public lands 1977-1981 carton 5, folder 33 ATVs, workshops and conferences 1979-1980 carton 5, folder 34 Amendment of Wilderness Inventory Decision 1982-1983 carton 5, folder 35 Apportionment, California Sebastiani Plan 1983 carton 5, folder 36 Assessment of the Forest Resources of California 1979 carton 5, folder 37 Assets Management Program, Forest Service land sales 1983 carton 6, folder 1 Bureau of Land Management, budget 1976-1978 carton 6, folder 2 BLM California Desert District Advisory Council 1981-1982 carton 6, folder 3 BLM California Desert District Advisory Council 1976-1979 carton 6, folder 4 BLM California desert legislation 1976-1985 carton 6, folder 5 BLM California Desert Conservation Area Plan 1973-1977 carton 6, folder 6 BLM California Desert Conservation Area Plan 1978-March, 1980 carton 6, folder 7 BLM California Desert Conservation Area Plan April-October, 1980 carton 6, folder 8 BLM California Desert Conservation Area Plan November 1980-1984 carton 6, folder 9 BLM California Desert Conservation Area Plan, amendments 1981-1982 carton 6, folder 10 BLM California Desert Conservation Area Plan, Jack Anderson 1976 carton 6, folder 11 BLM California Desert Conservation Area Plan, lawsuit 1981-1983 carton 6, folder 12 BLM California Desert Conservation Area Plan, motor vehicle routes 1981-1982 carton 6, folder 13 BLM California Desert Conservation Area Plan, newsclippings 1975-1980 carton 6, folder 14 BLM California Desert Conservation Area Plan, opponents 1979-1980 carton 6, folder 15 BLM California Desert Conservation Area Plan, prototype 1979 carton 6, folder 16 BLM desert grazing 1982 carton 6, folder 17 BLM Environmental Analysis Record, Cadiz-Danby Area 1976-1977 carton 6, folder 18 BLM Environmental Analysis Record, Eureka Dunes 1976 carton 6, folder 19 BLM Environmental Analysis Record, 1973-1978 carton 6, folder 20 BLM Four-Year Authorization 1979-1981 carton 6, folder 21 BLM Land Use Planning Proposal 1979 carton 6, folder 22 BLM Land Use Planning Regulations 1981-1982 carton 6, folder 23 BLM Mid-Course Review 1980 carton 6, folder 24 BLM Rangeland Policy Review Committee 1980

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carton 6, folder 25 BLM Wilderness, "A Conservationists Handbook" 1978-1983 carton 6, BLM Wilderness Study Areas 1974-1984 folder 26-29 carton 6, folder 30 BLM Wilderness Study Areas, Energy Leasing 1982 carton 6, BLM Wilderness Study Areas, James Watts Policies 1982-1983 folder 31-32 carton 6, folder 33 Burton, Philip, congressional campaign 1982 carton 6, folder 34 California Omnibus Bill 1976 carton 6, folder 35 California Omnibus Bill April-October 1979 carton 6, folder 36 California Omnibus Bill November 1979-June 1980 carton 6, folder 37 California Omnibus Bill July-December 1980 carton 7, folder 1 California Wilderness Bill 1980 carton 7, folder 2 California Wilderness Bill January-July 1981 carton 7, folder 3 California Wilderness Bill August-December 1981 carton 7, folder 4 California Wilderness Bill 1982 carton 7, folder 5 California Wilderness Bill January-July 1983 carton 7, California Wilderness Bill Jul 1983 folder 6-8 carton 7, folder 9 California Wilderness Bill July-December 1983 carton 7, folder 10 California Wilderness Bill 1984 carton 7, folder 11 California Wilderness Bill, compromise 1984 carton 7, California Wilderness Bill, Granite Chief 1968-1984 folder 12-14 carton 7, folder 15 California Wilderness Bill, hearings June 1981 carton 7, folder 16 California Wilderness Bill June-July 1981 carton 7, folder 17 California Wilderness Bill, hearings 1983 carton 7, California Wilderness Bill, hearings (San Francisco, California) April 1982 folder 18-19 carton 7, folder 20 California Wilderness Bill, hearings (Washington D.C.) November 1979 carton 7, folder 21 California Wilderness Bill, hearings (Weaverville, California) May 1981 carton 7, folder 22 California Wilderness Bill, House of Representatives 1983 carton 7, California Wilderness Bill, leasing 1981-1983 folder 23-24 carton 7, folder 25 California Wilderness Bill, legislation 1981-1982 carton 7, folder 26 California Wilderness Bill, lobbying material 1983 carton 7, folder 27 California Wilderness Bill, maps undated carton 7, folder 28 California Wilderness Bill, opponents 1972-March 1983 carton 7, folder 29 California Wilderness Bill, opponents May-June 1983 carton 7, folder 30 California Wilderness Bill, opponents 1984 carton 7, California Wilderness Bill, Sierra Club response 1982-July 1983 folder 31-32 carton 8, folder 1 California Wilderness Bill, Sierra Club response July 1983-April 1984 carton 8, folder 2 California Wilderness Bill, Sierra Club response May-October 1984 carton 8, folder 3 California Wilderness Bill, ski resorts 1978-1981 carton 8, California Wilderness Bill, testimony 1981-1983 folder 4-5 carton 8, folder 6 Crested Butte undated carton 8, folder 7 Death Valley 1976-1977 carton 8, folder 8 Grazing, cooperative projects 1978-1980 carton 8, folder 9 Grazing, Domenici field hearings 1979 carton 8, folder 10 Grazing, legislation 1978 carton 8, folder 11 Grazing, livestock limitation 1979-1980 carton 8, folder 12 Grazing, public lands 1978-1984 carton 8, folder 13 Grazing, Sierra Club Sub-committee 1979-1983 carton 8, folder 14 Gregg, Frank, BLM director 1977-1979 carton 8, folder 15 Mineral leasing 1981-1982 carton 8, folder 16 Mojave National Park (proposed) 1978-1984 carton 8, folder 17 Mount Shasta Wilderness (proposed) 1974-1976

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carton 8, folder 18 Mount Shasta Wilderness (proposed) 1978-1982 carton 8, folder 19 MX (weapons systems), Draft Environmental Impact Statement 1978-1980 carton 8, folder 20 MX, Draft Environmental Impact Statement 1981 carton 8, folder 21 MX, fundraising 1980-1981 carton 8, folder 22 MX, legislation and hearings 1979-1980 carton 8, folder 23 MX, multiple protective shelters 1981 carton 8, folder 24 MX, opponents 1978-1981 carton 8, folder 25 MX, press releases 1979-1981 carton 8, folder 26 MX, Sierra Club Campaign Steering Committee March 1980-1981 carton 8, folder 27 MX, Sierra Club Campaign Steering Committee 1978-February 1980 carton 8, folder 28 MX, Sierra Club Campaign Steering Committee March-August 1980 carton 8, folder 29 MX, Sierra Club Campaign Steering Committee September 1980-1981 carton 8, folder 30 MX, Sierra Club Campaign Steering Committee, Dennis Willigan 1980-1981 carton 8, folder 31 MX, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund 1980-1981 carton 8, folder 32 MX, United States Air Force 1978-1980 carton 8, folder 33 National Forest Management Act 1980 carton 8, 1872 Mining Law Reform 1974-1979 folder 34-37 carton 9, folder 1 Pacific Crest Trail Mine 1978 carton 9, folder 2 Presidential proposals for national monuments 1974-1981 carton 9, Privatization of public lands 1979-1983 folder 3-8 carton 9, Proposed wilderness and wilderness study areas 1969-1979, 1983 folder 9-10 carton 9, Red Buttes (California and Oregon) 1974-1978 folder 11-12 carton 9, folder 13 Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE II) May 1977-1978 carton 9, folder 14 RARE II January-April 1977 carton 9, folder 15 RARE II 1979-1981 carton 9, folder 16 RARE II, Alternative H 1977-1978 carton 9, RARE II, California 1978-1979 folder 17-18 carton 9, folder 19 RARE II, California vs. Bergland 1980-1982 carton 9, RARE II, correspondence 1977-1982 folder 20-22 carton 9, folder 23 RARE II, Draft Environmental Statement 1978 carton 9, folder 24 RARE II, fire salvage 1980-1982 carton 9, folder 25 RARE II, Forest Service list undated carton 9, folder 26 RARE II, Marble Mountain Wilderness 1977-1983 carton 9, folder 27 RARE II, position papers 1977-1979 carton 9, RARE II, release strategy 1979-1981, 1983, 1984 folder 28-30 carton 9, folder 31 RARE II, Trinity County, California 1978-1979 carton 10, San Joaquin Wilderness Area, California (proposed) 1967-1981, 1983 folder 1-2 carton 10, folder 3 Secretary of the Interior, William Clark 1983-1984 carton 10, Siskiyou Mountains 1973-1985 folder 4-6 carton 10, folder 7 Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area 1978-1980 carton 10, Snow Mountain Wilderness Area, California (proposed) 1972-1983 folder 8-9 carton 10, Snowmobiles in Lassen National Park 1981-1982 folder 10-11 carton 10, Snowmobiles in National Parks 1973-1981 folder 12 carton 10, Tuolumne River 1972-1984 folder 13-14

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carton 10, Tuolumne River, House of Representatives testimony 1983-1984 folder 15 carton 10, Tuolumne River, Senate testimony 1983 folder 16 carton 10, Tuolumne River, Sierra Club actions 1982-1983 folder 17 carton 10, Tuolumne River Preservation Trust 1981-1984 folder 18-20 carton 10, Trans-Sierra Highway (proposed) 1966-1983 folder 21 carton 10, 1969-1984 folder 22-23 carton 10, , additions 1975-1983 folder 24 carton 10, Wild and Scenic Rivers 1980-1981 folder 25 carton 10, Wilderness Areas, boundary adjustments 1980-1982 folder 26 carton 10, Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness 1971-1984 folder 27

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