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I just read about the proposed November initiative to provide funding for our state parks by raising vehicle license fees $18 per year (and described as a small fee). I've got news for you--I had a hard time coming up with my car license fee in...

The winning logo, Spiral Trash Can Credit: Christalle Kishi Thanks to a Zero Waste Committee member Bernadette Dollard's relationship with El Camino College, the Zero Waste Committee and students in the Graphic Design Program at El...

This issue of Southern Sierran celebrates the activist spirit that animates the Angeles Chapter all year round. We put out a Chapter-wide call asking every conservation task force and committee about where they plan to focus their...

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,...

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...

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...

Please join me in celebrating the accomplishments of the members who have earned leader status in 2009. In addition to the names of our new leaders, I am providing a description of what each level of certification encompasses. Level O-1...

College Fjord Credit: Donna Specht This Month's Featured Trip: Voyage of the Glaciers! North to Alaska, go North the rush is on.... Sailing May 17-24, 2010 For more information, contact Donna at Donnaspecht@juno.com.

East Orange, just south of Irvine Lake Credit: Photo by Tony Richards WE RESOLVE to never stop fending off sprawl. The Orange Hills Task Force has engaged in a long campaign to protect and preserve the hills east of Orange in the...

Alaskan brown bears at play. Courtesy: Derek Wallentinsen, Shadowcaster Press Why not get back to your Sierra Club roots--all the way back to John Muir--this May with the Angeles Chapter Denali Adventure? You'll experience the same...