Mission: To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives. Photo header: Jim Gain
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Anita Young, Elaine Gorman, S
teve Tomlinson, Milt Trieweiler, Kent Mitchell, Candy Klaschus and Laura Stokes
LEADER POSITIONS:
Chair: Anita Young
Vice Chair: Elaine Gorman
Political Chair: Kent Mitchell
Secretary: Sara Averett
Treasurer: Steve Tomlinson
Hospitality: Candy Klaschus
Program Chair: Laura Stokes
Membership: Anita Young
Mailing: Kathy Weise
Publicity: CeCe Hurst
Publicity Assistant: Jeff Olson
Conservation and Sustainability Chair: Milt Trieweiler
Calendar Sales: Doug Hardie
Outings Chair: Randall Brown
Outings Leaders: Randall Brown, Elaine Gorman and Jeff Olson
Newsletter: Kevin Augustine
Meetup Event Link:
https://www.meetup.com/S-M-S-SierraClub
Valley Habitat Newsletter Link:
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/sce/yokuts-group/September_October_2021.pdf
WHAT IS “YOKUTS?”
Members of the Sierra Club residing in Stanislaus County are also members of the Sierra Club’s Yokuts Group. The name “Yokuts'' comes from the Tachi-Yokut Tribe, one of the original ethnic Native American tribes that settled in the San Joaquin Valley. “Tachi'' means mud duck. “Yokuts'' means people. Before Columbus they were seed gatherers not farmers. They are friendly and peaceful loving people who lived a simple life. Their population was estimated to be about 17,000+ in 1770 but dwindled to about 600 by 1910. There are about 2000 Yokuts people now enrolled in this federally recognized tribe. Our Stanislaus Group has been known as the Yokuts Group since 1965. In 2019 the Yokuts Group obtained official permission from the Yokut Tribal Coalition to use their name.
