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Southern Sierran Toasting a Successful Century Of Activism And Outings
February 23, 2012
by Bob Gates
Angeles Chapter Historian
Chapter members at Harwood Lodge, the building named for the Sierra Club's first woman president
photo Peter Mason/Camera Committee
More than 60 local Sierra Club...
Ski Trips For Every Level (Beginers Welcome) - and Even Snow-Lovers Who Don't Ski
February 23, 2012
Leader Scott Meek and his friend, Koala, on a back-country ski tour in Mammoth. photo Donna Specht/OCSS
So you’re an experienced hiker who loves to explore the backcountry. From spring through...
PDF of January/February 2012 Issue
February 23, 2012
Download the Southern Sierran issue January/February 2012 [PDF:3.3Mb] published by the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club, serving Los Angeles and Orange counties.
Homes and oil don't mix in Montebello Hills
February 15, 2012
The Montebello Hills are riddled with old oil wells, and one company intends to keep drilling at a proposed hillside development of 1,200 homes; but are oil and homes really a good mix? The Sierra Club’s Save the Montebello Hills Task...
A successful century of activism and adventure
February 10, 2012
Chapter members at Harwood Lodge, the building named for the Sierra Club's first woman president
photo Peter Mason/Camera Committee
More than 60 local Sierra Club members on Nov. 5 braved the icy...
Communities of color promote plan for San Gabriels
February 10, 2012
From left, Sierra Club organizer Byron Gudiel, Azusa School Board President Xilonin Cruz, and Sierra Club organizer Jasmin Vargas.
This summer, the Sierra Club hosted an event in Azusa to introduce the San...
What makes the San Gabriels so special
February 10, 2012
Habitats filled with limber pine, juniper, big-cone Douglas fir and other native foliage in the San Gabriel Mountains are what make the National Park Service take notice
photo by Steve Anderson, Camera Committee...
Sepulveda Basin's sweet spot
February 10, 2012
The Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area is a well-kept secret. The natural area in the heart of the San Fernando Valley covers 60 acres of bird habitat north of Burbank Boulevard on the basin’s east side, south of the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant...
More bad news about bad air
February 10, 2012
Three new studies released in December by the California Air Resources Board reveal that exposure to airborne fine-particulate matter significantly elevates the risk for premature deaths from heart disease in older adults and elevates incidence of...
Volunteer at Sierra Club's LeConte Lodge in Yosemite
February 10, 2012
LeConte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite National Park is seeking volunteers this summer at the Tudorstyle stone structure the Sierra Club built in 1904 to honor geologist and early Club president Joseph LeConte...