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Senior Regional Representative There's no other place like it in California. Tejon Ranch is 270,000 acres of land owned by one corporation and sitting at the crossroads of the Sierra Nevada, the South Coast mountain ranges, the San Joaquin Valley,...

U.S. Congresswoman In Southern California over the past 75 years, we've developed an elaborate flood control system that has turned many local creeks and rivers into concrete channels. That's allowed the rain from heavy storms to be moved quickly...

A wetland in Long Beach is in danger of being flattened for a pay-for-play sports park. The 60-acre remnant of a riparian corridor, known as Willow Spring, originated well up in the watershed and emptied into the L.A. River. The city of Long Beach...

Vice-chair, Angeles Chapter Conservation Committee and Chair, Ballona Wetlands Restoration Committee We hear lots of talk today about restoring the Los Angeles River, restoring the Ballona Wetlands, restoring Bolsa Chica Wetlands. What does...

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-...