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About the Ally – Sierra Nevada Ally
Our Mission. To build healthy communities informed by facts, with a focus on environmental, civics, and cultural reporting from underserved communities. Our Vision. To revitalize the relationship between news media and the communities they serve through a collaborative approach that facilitates free access to high-quality, fact-based journalism and engaging multimedia content that informs and ...
News Archives – Sierra Nevada Ally
4 days ago · A member of the Institute for Nonprofit News, the Sierra Nevada Ally is an independent news and culture publication with no paywall. We provide thoughtful reporting and explanatory journalism on the environment and public policy, while giving voice to …
Up in Smoke – Sierra Nevada Ally
Dec 28, 2024 · A cannabis flower – photo: the Ally. This story was originally published by High Country News in partnership with the Guardian. Republished here with permission. It was a September night in 2020 when the fire torched the Red Mountain Travel Plaza.
A positive step in the fight against wildfires
Oct 20, 2024 · Image courtesy of Tim Hauserman. Reducing the risk of wild fire devastation in the Sierra Nevada is a daunting and multi-faceted task. Much of the effort is focused on reducing fuel load in the forest so that fires that do flare up don’t turn …
Job training reimagined in Nevada – Sierra Nevada Ally
Nov 10, 2024 · First in a series of reports by The Sierra Nevada Ally: Nevada Formulates Innovative Skills Training Programs for a 21st Century Workforce, produced in collaboration with the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization that supports rigorous reporting on how communities respond to problems. For Nevada’s displaced workers, the pandemic and the shutdown of the economy was the ...
Our Team - Sierra Nevada Ally
Alejandra is a visual artist who works with photography and mix-media, and often embeds herself into different cultures and subcultures. A member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation, Alejandra grew up in Camp Verde, a rural river valley in northern Arizona, where she learned the value of the interdependent relationships between land, culture, and community.
2023 Conservation Year in Review – Sierra Nevada Ally
Oct 20, 2024 · Photo credit – Russell Kuhlman. Massive Climate Funding Allocation. The Inflation Reduction Act, passed in 2022, was the largest U.S. climate bill in history, with nearly $400 billion dedicated to fighting climate change.Funding from this bill impacts issues directly affecting Nevada and the West, like habitat restoration, drought-based issues such as wildfire, and renewable energy ...
2020 in images - Sierra Nevada Ally
Nov 10, 2024 · The Sierra Nevada Ally launched on March 1 of 2020. Since then we’ve published more than 600 images. In the photo above, the Reno Downtown Events Center was converted into a massive homeless shelter earlier this year that helped enhance safe social distancing protocols for the houseless.
Sierra Nevada Ally chosen by Press Forward to close coverage …
Feb 20, 2024 · How will funds be used? The Sierra Nevada Ally is investing this funding directly into the reporting you’ve come to rely on. With this foundation, we’re looking to increase our rates to freelancers and offer our journalists the ability to consistently contribute more original reporting.