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Hot Ticket - Magic Hiking Circuit of Ecuador
September 30, 2010
WHAT: Angeles Chapter. Ten day trip based at Eco-Lodges in the High Barren Plains and Highland Rainforest. Our days will be spent trekking with guides to sacred waterfalls, panoramic views, some trails follow in the same footsteps as the pre-Incans...
A Note From the Political Committee
September 30, 2010
Please note that Sierra Club Angeles Chapter volunteers and staff have tried to make this list of endorsements and candidate write-ups as accurate as possible. As of press time, these are the candidates that we have endorsed. Our endorsement process...
Harwood Lodge Marks 80TH Anniversary
August 31, 2010
On Saturday, October 23, 2010, the Harwood Management Committee is hosting a day-long celebration to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Aurelia S Harwood Memorial Lodge. All Sierra Club members and friends are invited to enjoy a barbeque lunch and...
HOT TICKET -- Newcomer / Member Information Event
August 31, 2010
Join us at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena for the annual Newcomer / Member Information Event. Find out about all the exciting opportunities that await you when you join the Angeles Chapter. photo by Don Bremner What: Angeles...
You're Never Too Little for the Natural Science Section
August 31, 2010
photo by Silvia Darie On Saturday, May 15, a group of families met Silvia Darie and me at the Placerita Canyon Nature Center for a walk organized by the Little Hikers Section of the Sierra Club. It was a perfect day, warm and sunny, with lots...
LEARN TO LEAD: Sign up for Outdoor Leadership Training October 2
August 31, 2010
Potential leaders study maps at Indian Cove in Joshua Tree during one of the Leadership Training Committee's 'Navigation Noodles.' To pass the test, candidates hike across the desert to pre-selected points, then prove to examiners that they...
Newhall Ranch's Water Plan Means The Sacramento Delta Will Die Of Thirst
August 31, 2010
Santa Clara River at the site of the proposed 21,000 unit Newhall Ranch Project photo by Lynne Plambeck On August 4th the State Water Resources Control Board approved a report on flow criteria for the Sacramento Delta. This study was...
BOOK REVIEW: Rewilding the World
August 31, 2010
Author Caroline Fraser Stresses Connectivity in Ecosystem Restoration The environmentally aware know the grim litany: Overdevelopment. Overgrazing. Overfarming. Deforestation. Desertification. Habitat loss. Climate change. Loss of biodiversity. We...
Screening of Film Sweet Crude in Orange County September 26
August 31, 2010
Angeles Chapter's International Issues Committee in partnership with Sierra Club's Responsible Trade Team and the Presbyterian Church USA invite Sierra Club members to view the highlyrespected film, Sweet Crude on Sunday, September 26, at...
Remembering Lloyd Balsam 1925-2010
August 31, 2010
Lloyd Balsam, a valued, long-term member of the Sierra Club, passed away on May 6 of this year at the age of eighty-five. He led his first Sierra Club outing, a climb of Telescope Peak, sponsored by the Desert Peaks Section, in May of 1948....
