Saving the Sierra is a multi-media experience that will enhance your air and website. At heart it is a top-drawer documentary about America?s rural lands under siege. It connects with listeners from the opening sentence. You listen and think,?I?ve been to a place like that and felt just that way.? The piece maintains the highest production values; it is deep and lush. The writing is crisp; the host is warm and inviting. The journalism is solid. The companion website is equally well-crafted and a welcome link on your own site.

The issues examined in Saving the Sierra, while located in the Sierra mountains of California, could as easily be along Wyoming?s Wind River mountain range, in Florida?s Everglades, on the shores of the Great Lakes or in any stretch of former farmland now lined with rows of condos. The producers have made an ode to the Walden-like lure of rural places without lapsing into the maudlin or strident. The piece laments the impact of development and change; at the same time resisting the urge to preach. Saving the Sierra places before the listener a series of real solutions offered by thoughtful people, each with a stake in the outcome. The protagonists are treated with respect so their perspectives can be heard and considered. The documentary is not a provocative slogan on a picket sign; it is instead an invitation to sit down listen to each other and find common ground for the future of our rural open spaces.