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Activists use surfing event to promote beach preservation
October 31, 2005
, Gail Prothero, and Brittany McKee Immortalized in the 1963 song 'Surfin' USA' by the Beach Boys, Trestles Beach just south of San Clemente is known as one of the finest remaining natural surf breaks in the world. However, a proposed toll road...
Thousands attend first Sierra Summit
September 30, 2005
The Moscone Center in San Francisco was awash in green as Sierra Club members from across the nation gathered on September 8-11 for the Club's first National Environmental Convention and Expo. Sierra Summit 2005 brought 700 delegates representing...
No on Proposition 75
September 30, 2005
Senior Representative, Sierra Club California Conservative ideologues and large corporations have placed on the Nov. 8 special election ballot an initiative to prohibit public employee unions from making expenditures on political activities,...
No on Proposition 76
September 30, 2005
Sierra Club California Legislative Representative With the support of the governor, the business-backed Citizens to Save California has proposed an initiative to fundamentally change the budgetary process-imposing a new spending limit, giving the...
The last tidelands
September 30, 2005
The sliver of California's coastal wetlands that remains, unprotected by the Coastal Act, is in danger of development According to Don May, Sierra Club and Earth Corps member in the Long Beach area, California's tidelands are at risk for...
Chapter heads to Peru and Bolivia
September 30, 2005
PLEASE NOTE: TRIP IS FULL! You have read about them or seen photos: Machu Picchu, the Nazca Lines, Lake Titicaca. Now's your chance to experience these marvels in person. Machu Picchu The Angeles Chapter invites you and your friends to a...
How I learned to love (or at least not hate) National Leader Standards
September 30, 2005
Chair, Angeles Chapter Outings Management Committee As everyone might know, on July 1 the Outdoor Activities Governance Committee approved a set of leader standards that all current Sierra Club outings leaders are required to meet. These new...
News and Notes
September 30, 2005
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...
Chapter to cruise Alaska
September 30, 2005
and Ana Cadez Denali National Park. Photo by Dick Clement Answer the call of the wild with your pioneer spirit as we explore the land John Muir said was still in the morning of creation. Travel with your Angeles Chapter and Orange County...
Senior Chapter Director wanted
September 30, 2005
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 Chapter. Position reports...