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VOLUNTEER CORNER
August 31, 2009
WATER COMMITTEE - SPECIAL PROJECT The Water Committee is looking for volunteers to help with a water conservation report. If you care about water conservation and have some time to volunteer, please contact jennifer.robinson@sierraclub.org or (213)...
Call For Nominations For Chapter Awards
August 31, 2009
DEADLINE THIS YEAR: NOVEMBER 2, 2009 SHERRY ROSS Angeles Chapter Awards Chair Do you know of a fellow Angeles Chapter member who volunteers tirelessly in service to the Club through conservation, outings, activism, or advocacy? With 50,...
Your Logo Here: Enter OC Design Competition
August 31, 2009
SUVAN GEER & CHUCK BUCK Orange County Global Warming Committee Let's face it. Energy is an unseen 'juice' that makes things run. In Orange County we want to encourage more of that juice that supports our business community to be green...
Healthy Watersheds, Healthy Water
July 31, 2009
Replanting areas subject to heavy erosion improves watersheds and water PHOTO BY TIM WORLEY John Muir famously said, Tug on anything at all and you'll find it connected to everything else in the universe. Gifford Pinchot, a contemporary...
INCENTIVE PRICING A KEY COMPONENT TO REDUCE WATER USE
July 31, 2009
BY DAVID CAMPBELL Water Committee In spite of the frequent news and announcements about the lack of snow on the State's mountains, low levels in reservoirs, and the resulting damage to farms and fish, many urban residents are complaining about, or...
Chapter Approves Internet Voting
July 31, 2009
BY JOE YOUNG Elections Chair At the June 28, 2009 meeting, the Chapter Executive Committee gave the go ahead to institute internet voting for Chapter Executive Committee and for the regional group executive committees. Internet voting would be in...
LETTERS AND EMAILS
July 31, 2009
Cartoon By: Ann Cleaves Dear Editor, I read your article in the July edition of the Southern Sierran regarding the use of drought resistant, native plants instead of grass. While I strongly agree that the use of desert landscaping,...
WHERE DOES OUR WATER COME FROM? The Long Journey To Your Faucet
July 31, 2009
An aqueduct in Southern California Turn on your faucet, and what do you get? Rain that fell on Mount Shasta? Snow from the Feather River watershed in the Sierras? Glacial melt from the Colorado Rockies? Water from deep sandy aquifers far...
HOW RELIABLE ARE OUR MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES?
July 31, 2009
BY GEORGE WATLAND Water Committee Recently, the Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power sent its annual water quality report to its customers. But the continuing drought conditions in California have led the City of Los Angeles to initiate another...
Join the Rafting Adventure August 9
July 31, 2009
The fun starts at 7:30am PHOTO BY: Jeff Wilson Join us for a full day packed with guided Class IV rafting fun on the Big Water run of the lower Kern River! We will meet with the outfitter in Kernville on Sunday to raft all day on the...