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GIS Committee
December 31, 2009
WE RESOLVE to use technology to further the efforts of the Chapter. Our Committee supports Angeles Chapter groups, task forces and committees with geographic information systems maps. The maps we produce range from Chapter groups maps,...
Green Building Committee
December 31, 2009
The Audubon Center: one of the greenest buildings in the U.S. Credit: Lore Pekrul WE RESOLVE to make SoCal's buildings, cities, and people greener. During 2010, the Green Building Committee will continue to support increasing...
Griffith Park Island
December 31, 2009
Welcome to Griffith Park Island A 1927 Fairchild Aerial photo shows the Los Angeles River with a blob of parkland on its east side. A 1930 Federal Writers' Project boundary map of Griffith Park also shows the land blob. This 28-acre parcel...
As a Proposed Road Portends Possible Development
November 30, 2009
BY Terry Welsh Banning Ranch Needs Your EIR Comments by Dec 11. The current proposed Sunset Ridge Park plan has many commendable aspects, including hiking trails, and areas to picnic and enjoy views. However, there is a very worrisome aspect to the...
VOLUNTEER CORNER
November 30, 2009
ANGELES CHAPTER LEADERSHIP ROLES The Angeles Chapter has two leadership opportunities. The Chapter Conservation Chair position and the Chapter Treasurer positions are both available for 2010. If you have an inkling to take on one of these extremely...
Passages / Remembering Al Mader
November 30, 2009
Al Mader, a former hike leader for Crescenta Valley, died Thursday August 13, 2009. Al was 80 years young. He and his wife Suzanne were living in the Seattle area since leaving Los Angeles 4 years ago. Al and Suzanne came to Southern...
The Black Hills: Where the Buffalo Roam
November 30, 2009
Buffalo Custer State Park Photo By: Mike Sappingfield On day one of their first trip to the Black Hills, Mike and Patty Sappingfield set out for coffee. From this mundane errand, they got a lot more than they bargained for: We were...
Chapter Members Participate in National Diversity Conference
November 30, 2009
BY MELODY ANDERSON Several members of the Angeles Chapter recently participated in the inaugural Breaking the Color Barrier in the Great American Outdoors conference in Atlanta. The conference, which was held September 23-26 at the Hilton Atlanta...
What Will You Give The Planet?
November 30, 2009
BY Elizabeth Saas Editor Happy holidays! Whether we observe Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or the Solstice, most of us think of this time of year as the Season of Giving. And if the merchants and the media had their way, Season of Giving would be...
Group Spotlight: OCICO
November 30, 2009
Left Photo: Discovering nature: students who participate in OCICO learn about and participate in conservation. Right Photo:OCICO members remove invasive species. In sharp contrast to The OC presented in TV dramas, in The Real OC, there...