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You need flash 8 & javascript enabled to view the entire contents of Sierra Business Council's website. Please install/upgrade flash or consult your browsers help to enable javascript. Fire changes historyIn his new book The Big Burn, author Timothy Egan takes us back to 1910, to the scene of the largest forest fire in American history. Three million acres - an area the size of Connecticut - burned down in Idaho and Montana over the course of a single weekend. The Rural Grocery CrisisRural groceries feel pressured by high utility costs and big box competition. Read more and visit the Sierra Nevada Energy Watch Program page to see how we're helping. Photo courtesy of Kay Westhues. Sierra Nevada Energy WatchFind out if your business qualifies for an audit through the Sierra Nevada Energy Watch Program, available to commercial facilities and others in PG&E territory in the Sierra Nevada. Is bigger better?SMALL is beautiful,wrote the economist E. F. Schumacher almost 35 years ago. In most areas of the economy, he reasoned, production had become too big and too centralized. But he might have been wrong about the subject he knew most about: energy. Rural UnemploymentOnly 405 out of 2,038 rural counties — fewer than one in five — are within one percentage point of the national average unemployment rate. In this economy, "average" doesn’t mean much. Location tells more about an economy than anything else. Sierra Forest Carbon BlogPast posts on this blog have covered such topics as the emerging forest carbon market, effects of climate change in the Sierra Nevada, and, most recently, the importance of biomass utilization. SierraNevadaGeotourism.orgNominations are received on a rolling basis, however, the latest nominations are under review. Continue to contribute! Nomination periods have simply been established to create a usable resource for you now! Support local business!Shop Local this holiday season and check out the newest resource from Sierra Business Council; the Local First Google Map! Take ACTIONThe Sustaining Rural Places Toolkit was created in partnership with the Sierra Business Council and Saving the Sierra because sharing stories about people, place, and innovation helps to protect our beautiful places.
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