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More than 600 acres of land at the Ballona Wetlands is now in public hands and safe. Or is it? Title of the land did change hands from Playa Vista developers and is now owned by the state of California. But Sierra Club activists know from many...

Banning Ranch Park and Preserve Task Force Banning Ranch, which is 412 acres of coastal bluffs and wetlands in the Newport Beach area of Orange County, has recently been the recipient of some small but important victories. The Banning Ranch Park and...

Three incumbents were reelected and four new members were elected to the Angeles Chapter Executive Committee in November's election. Reelected to two-year terms were Virgil Shields, Donna Specht, and Jay Matchett. Also elected to two-year terms were...

San Diego Chapter Border Committee As members of the Sierra Club, our main goal is to protect the natural environment. One of the top threats to the preservation of wilderness is the enactment of corporate-driven international trade agreements that...

Karen Pearson: departing hero of north L.A. County. Karen Pearson has an oak tree named after her. She also has an eponymous hillside trail, and more plaques for environmental service than you can shake a tail feather at. Her work in Santa Clarita,...

Down by the Los Angeles River, by Joe Linton, Wilderness Press, 2005, $17.95 Illustration by Joe Linton An illustration from Down by the Los Angeles River shows a willow tree in a soft-bottom portion. The Los Angeles River's long-...

Member finds the Club's 100-year-old LeConte Lodge full of life during week of volunteering Reprinted with permission from the Foggy View, the newsletter of the Palos Verdes-South Bay Group. It was January when an e-mail calling...

Airport Marina Group The facts Established 1970 Serves the 1,900 Sierra Club members who live in Venice, Marina del Rey, Westchester, Inglewood, and the L.A. Airport area. The group works to save natural resources, to promote the enjoyment of nature...

Member Training Workshop The Angeles Chapter's Annual Member Training Workshop is coming up on Feb. 11 at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena. If you've taken on new responsibilities in the Chapter and need help learning the job, this is the...

R.J. Secor is hiking again after Mt. Baldy accident Reprinted with permission from the Arroyo View, the newsletter of the Pasadena Group. Mountain climber and author R.J. Secor is famous for his classic guide book, The High...