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Hunters in California Ditch the Lead and Keep the Conservation Heritage
May 25, 2021
Same tradition, different rules.
2020 saw recreation in our city centers severely limited, restricting human interactions and forcing isolation in homes. Supply chains were interrupted and panicked food shortages became the norm. Public...
Morgan Goodwin on Environmental Directions
May 19, 2021
Listen to Angeles Chapter Senoir Director Morgan Goodwin talk with Nancy Pearlman on Environmental Directions. This international, award-winning interview radio series is the longest-running environmental program in the country.
Call for Angeles Chapter Executive Committee Candidates
May 18, 2021
The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter nominating committee is looking for members from sections and groups across the Chapter to run for the chapter Executive Committee (ExCom). We are striving for the Angeles Chapter leadership to reflect the...
Permits First
May 3, 2021
You need a hunting license before you go hunting, a marriage license before you get married and the Poseidon desalination project needs to get their permits before they are allowed to operate.
Poseidon has asserted (with no evidence) that...
Check out the Angeles Mule Pack Section
April 30, 2021
The Mule Pack Section conducts base camp trips into the Sierra Nevada Mountains. We hire packers to carry our camping gear to a selected base camp while we hike separately with only a day pack. You are able to enjoy the beauty of the...
Check out the Angeles 20s and 30s Section
April 30, 2021
The 20s and 30s Section is a group of 20 and 30 somethings interested in meeting new friends in the greater Los Angeles area while enjoying the outdoors through hiking, camping, backpacking, beach-combing, playing volleyball and other fun...
West Basin and the Angeles Chapter
April 30, 2021
World Water Day may annually be recognized on March 22, but we must honor and respect water every day as we confront climate change in order to ensure we have adequate supplies of safe, affordable water to meet our needs.
The management and...
Director's Desk: The Sierra Club Ecosystem
April 27, 2021
I do my best thinking when I'm out in the mountains.
Long, uninterrupted hours putting one foot in front of the other creates that rhythm where I reflect on the puzzles I'm working through in my work. But it's not just the rhythm -- I...
Pesticides Are Killing Our Bees
April 27, 2021
A group of pesticides called neonicotinoids have been causing destruction and killing bees for years, and we need to act now before it’s too late.
Sierra Club staff and volunteers work together to analyze and determine Club positions on...
Save the Planet & Spare the Desert
April 26, 2021
What does turning off the lights when you leave the room, have to do with preserving wild spaces? Everything. Here’s why.
California has adopted very aggressive decarbonization goals: to abandon all fossil fuels and to meet...