The Sierra Club Yolano Group will host a spring potluck and presentation on the Berryessa-Snow Mountain National Conservation Area from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 12, at Norton Hall, 70 N. Cottonwood St. in Woodland.

The Sierra Club is working with its partners at Tuleyome to spearhead a grassroots campaign to protect more than 500,000 acres of public lands as the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area.

The region ranges from University of California’s Cold Canyon Natural Reserve on Putah Creek to Lake Berryessa, to Snow Mountain Wilderness in the Mendocino National Forest, 100 miles to the north. The region includes Cedar Roughs and Cache Creek Wilderness and other lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, state Department of Fish and Game, and other state and local agencies and organizations.

Local residents are invited to come and learn about these public lands, the plants and animals that live there and this campaign! The presentation will be made by Sara Husby, wxecutive director and campaign director for Tuleyome, and Bob Schneider, Sierra Club Yolano Group conservation chair and Tuleyome’s senior policy director.

Tuleyome is a largely volunteer, advocacy-oriented environmental organization, focused on protecting the wild and agricultural heritages of the Northern Inner Coast Range and Western Sacramento Valley region for future generations.

One of its many projects is the designation of the Berryessa-Snow Mountain region as a National Conservation Area to protect the natural resources of the region, to better manage the impacts of recreation and to sustain the working landscape and its economic viability.

Those attending are asked to bring their favorite dish to share, along with their own plates, cups and utensils. The Yolano Group will provide beverages.

For more information, contact Pam Nieberg at (530) 756-6856 or [email protected]

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Zim Zim Falls is representative of the wild and scenic lands that would be protected in the Berryessa-Snow Mountain conservation area. Courtesy photo

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