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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...

Senior Chapter Director wanted The Senior Chapter Director is the top staff management position in the Angeles Chapter. As such, is responsible for advising the Executive Committee and directing the staff in implementing all programs of the Angeles...

The Foothill South toll road extension proposed by the Orange County Transportation Corridor Agencies leads to a dead end. photo: Karen Phelps A standing-room-only crowd of over 1,000 people turned out to the Nov. 3 California State Park and...

Love of family and the earth spurs Susana Reyes. Any member who's said, 'I don't have time for volunteer work,' should meet Susana Reyes. photo courtesy Susana Reyes The work of Susana Reyes (left) and Angeles Chapter volunteers helped elect L...

Chair, Conservation Management Committee The Angeles Chapter leadership has been fighting valiant struggles on the suburban edges of our megalopolis. Our resources and our volunteers have been working to fight suburban encroachment on our local...

The right appointee is crucial to conserving California's coast The process of insuring good appointments to the California Coastal Commission has never been easy. This year, however, that journey had more ups and downs than a roller coaster. In...

June 15 marked the end of the decade-plus battle over the 121-acre Dana Point Headlands property, when the preliminary injunction against the California Coastal Commission's approval of the Headlands Development and Conservation Plan was denied....

Sometimes people describe disadvantaged neighborhoods as on the 'wrong side of the tracks.' When it comes to some of Southern California's most blighted neighborhoods, the more apt description might be 'too close to the tracks.' Neighborhoods...

The Angeles Chapter Conservation Committee has recently set up a Geographic Information Systems Committee as one of its subcommittees. The purpose of the GIS Committee is to provide mapping and other GIS services to conservation entities. I am the...