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co-founder LeConte had a long history of racist views
The '''Sierra Club''' is a liberal [[United States of America|American]] [[Environmentalism|environmental]] organization founded in 1892 by [[John Muir]]. The Sierra Club is a coalition partner of the [[liberal]] coalition [[America Votes]].<ref>[http://www.americavotes.org/site/partner_summaries/ America Votes - Partners]</ref>
The '''Sierra Club''' is a liberal [[United States of America|American]] [[Environmentalism|environmental]] organization co-founded in 1892 by [[John Muir]] and [[Joseph LeConte]]. The Sierra Club is a coalition partner of the [[liberal]] coalition [[America Votes]].<ref>[http://www.americavotes.org/site/partner_summaries/ America Votes - Partners]</ref>
Their stated mission is to:<ref>http://www.sierraclub.org/inside/</ref>
Their stated mission is to:<ref>http://www.sierraclub.org/inside/</ref>
By 2011, however, it had become a $100-million-per-year entity with declining membership and reliance on at least one multi-million-dollar deal with the corporate world.
By 2011, however, it had become a $100-million-per-year entity with declining membership and reliance on at least one multi-million-dollar deal with the corporate world.
== Further Information ==
In 2016, current President Aaron Mair asked the National Park Service Director to rename the LeConte Memorial Lodge in the Yosemite Valley. It appears that the co-founder LeConte had a long history of racist views. <ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/california/2016/02/19/oops-yosemite-lodge-honors-white-supremacist/ Sierra Club Discovers Founder Was a White Supremacist, Breitbart, February 19, 2016]</ref>
*http://www.sierraclub.org/
== External links ==
*[http://www.sierraclub.org/ Official website]
==See also==
==See also==
* [[John Muir]]
* [[John Muir]]
* [[Gifford Pinchot]]
* [[Gifford Pinchot]]
==References==
==References==
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{{reflist|2}}
[[category:United States Political Organizations]]
[[category:United States Political Organizations]]
[[Category:Environmentalism]]
[[Category:Environmentalism]]
[[Category:Liberal Organizations]]
[[Category:Liberal Organizations]]
[[Category:Anti Second Amendment]]
[[Category:Anti Second Amendment]]
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