The news of the Sierra Club across LA and Orange Counties!
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Passages
June 30, 2008
Barbara MorelThe oldest of two daughters born to an elementary schoolteacher and a home builder,Barbara grew up in Los Angeles in the days when their Carthay Center home, built by her father, was on the outskirts. It was a safe and loving home...
BOXER, MCKEON INTRODUCE LANDMARKSAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS BILL
June 30, 2008
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) have launched a bipartisan legislative effort to protect over 470,000 acres of wilderness and 52 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers in California. The legislation—The...
Have Some Poison, My Dear
June 30, 2008
Keep poison off the menu by employing sustainablegardening techniques. SIERRA CLUB ARCHIVES Just suppose you gave a party for some dear friends and without being aware of it, many of the dishes you served up were poisoned! Not a pleasant...
Tip of the Month
May 31, 2008
It is fire season again in Southern California! Many California native plants are not only very beautiful but also fire resistant. Of course eventually everything will burn, so keep your plants at a safe distance from your house and properly...
Volunteer Corner for Web
May 31, 2008
Water! Water! Water! More than ever a life issue. Help protect the quality and conserve our water. We need you to be a part of this important effort. Water is becoming scarcer, especially in Southern California. Water rationing might be coming to...
Burbank City Council:
May 31, 2008
'Sustainability's #1' Burbank's City Council chose to make sustainability the City's number one priority at its annual goal setting meeting held May 3, 2005. Each year the Council holds this meeting on the first Saturday in May to specifically...
Sierra Club Makes History : 240,000 Acres Preserved in Perpetuity
May 31, 2008
Editor, Southern Sierran Photo courtesy TejonPreserve.com Golden Hills Oaks On May 8, 2008, the Sierra Club and four other leading environmental organizations announced a historic land conservation agreement with the Tejon Ranch Company...
Maddalena Serra Joins Chapter Staff
May 31, 2008
Please welcome Maddalena Serra to her new post as Conservation Coordinator for the Angeles Chapter. Serra comes to the Chapter headquarters from Amigos De los Rios, where she spent the last two years focusing on campaigns promoting open space,...
Parks Are For Backpacks, Not Packing Heat
May 31, 2008
With the approval of Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne, the National Park Service published a proposed regulation in the Federal Register on April 30 that would allow private citizens who possess concealed weapon permits to carry loaded...
Victories for San Pedro Bay
May 31, 2008
Chair, Harbor Vision Task Force The Angeles Chapter's Harbor Vision Task Force participated in two historic victories in March and April. One will help clean up stinky trucks and provide for trucking improved jobs. The other will create a $51...