Wilderness Features: These links offer a variety of online wilderness information, from government resources to inspirational wilderness sites. Use these features to learn about the Sierra's wild areas and answer your wilderness questions.

Scroll down to find a topic, or select a feature from the list on the right. Check back often to see new features as the Sierra Nevada Wild site develops.

SierraWildBear

Worried about the bears? Confused about which container to buy to store your food right? Wondering if bears can smell things in zip lock bags? You’ve got questions, and Sierra Wild Bear.gov has answers… go to feature

Leave No Trace

What’s with the whole “LNT” thing? Everyone is talking about it… Is it an organization? A philosophy? Some bureaucratic thing? What’s the deal? go to feature

Wilderness and You

Take a virtual field trip to Sierra Nevada Wilderness. Your guide is Laurel Boyers, Wilderness Manager at Yosemite National Park… go to feature

Wilderness Views

America’s wilderness awaits your discovery! Over 105 million acres of wilderness is protected for you and future generations. Learn what wilderness is… go to feature

Wildebeat: A Wilderness Audio Journal

Get the latest wilderness news and inspiration from this audio journal/podcast about wilderness adventure. Each week Wildebeat publishes a brief audio documentary… go to feature

Sierra Nevada Water: Is it safe to drink?

Some of us dream of the good old days…days when you could dip your sierra cup into the nearest mountain stream and take a long refreshing drink—sans filtering. Do you really need to filter your water?... go to feature

Chiura Obata’s Great Nature

Artist Chiura Obata first visited the Sierra Nevada in 1927. His experience of the Sierra’s “Great Nature” forever changed his life and his art… go to feature

Wildlink

WildLink brings students to the Sierra on backpacking expeditions and returns these “wilderness charged” students back to their classrooms and communities as ambassadors for the wild… go to feature

Sierra Nature Notes

Providing us the latest in Sierra scientific research from the decline of the Mountain Yellow-legged frog toclimate change across the Sierra Nevada, Nature Notes will have the latest information… go to feature

Buffalo Soldiers of the Sierra Nevada

What were African-American soldiers doing in the Sierra in 1899, 1903 and 1904? Let park ranger Shelton Johnson guide you on a historic journey through time, race, and wilderness… go to feature