Sierra Club
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The Sierra Club is an American environmental organization founded on May 28, 1892 in San Francisco, California by the well-known conservationist and preservationist John Muir, who became its first president. The Sierra Club has hundreds of thousands of members in chapters located throughout the United States, and is affiliated with Sierra Club of/du Canada. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Online
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(English)
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National
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Not Applicable
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nonprofit_organization
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San Francisco, US
Editorial
Edited By:
David Fox
Last Edit:
Aug 12, 2009 - 4:57 PM PDT
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