University of Wyoming
The Sierra Club Northern Plains Regional Office, located in Sheridan, Wyoming, represents and serves chapters in Wyoming, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. The Sierra Club is the oldest grassroots environmental organization in the United States and works to protect communities and the planet. The Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund has supported legal action in the North Plains Region.
The collection contains the office files for the Sierra Club Northern Plains Regional Office. Records include reports, published materials, correspondence, management plans, minutes, articles, clippings, copies of legislation, court cases with related documents, and correspondence. The organizational materials such as board minutes are intermingled with other types of files. These files were used as references and resources for the five state chapters and their groups. Topical areas include: agriculture, land use, water rights, energy exploration and generation, oil and gas leases, environmental law, litigation, wilderness resource management, state political campaigns and election results, among others. Files on various subjects including Rock Creek burn, Savage Run, Sheep Mountain, Como Bluffs and Jackson Hole are in the collection.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
There are no known other archival collections created by the Sierra Club Northern Plains Regional Office (Sheridan, Wyo.) at the date of processing.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
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