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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...

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...

The Chapter has hired a Conservation Program Coordinator. Jennifer Robinson, 32, was hired last month to take the place of Johanna Zetterberg, who left in July. Robinson will be responsible for helping volunteers carry out the regional environmental...

Gay and Lesbian Sierrans The mission of the GLS is to foster the purposes of the Sierra Club by making available a wide range of events for gays, lesbians, and their friends. These include a weekly evening hike in Griffith Park, ski trips, and a New...

Chapter victory in February doesn't deter resort developer Less than a year after the Angeles Chapter declared victory against a golf course development in Laguna Beach, the battle is heating up again. photo courtesy Penny Elia Developer the...