HighSierraHikers.org
Title
High Sierra Hikers Association
Description
Hikers Association
The High Sierra Hikers Association (HSHA) is a nonprofit, all volunteer organization formed in 1991 by a handful of concerned hikers. The HSHA currently has more than 700 members from throughout the U.S. and Canada.
We feel that the management agencies in the High Sierra are heavily biased in favor of commercial interests such as horse & mule packers, cattle & sheep grazers, and mining companies. These interests exploit, debase, and pollute our cherished national lands for private gain—to the detriment of those of us on foot, and at great cost to the public.
While the Sierra Club and other conservation groups have moved on to national and global issues, the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada continues to suffer at the hands of these commercial interests and under the hooves of horses, mules, cattle, and sheep. Commercial mule packers, livestock grazers, and mining companies are well organized, have high-priced legal help, and essentially have had things their own way for decades.
