The news of the Sierra Club across LA and Orange Counties!
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50,000 Californians will gather to clean the coast
August 31, 2005
More than 50,000 volunteers will turn out to over 700 inner-coastal cleanup sites throughout California on Sept. 17 from 9am to noon to conduct the world's largest garbage collection. Cleanups will be held along bays, creeks, rivers, highways, and...
Southern Sierran News & Notes
August 31, 2005
OMC seeks volunteer representatives The Outings Management Committee has the responsibility for overseeing all aspects of the Angeles Chapter's outings program, including training, safety, and the outings conducted by the Groups, Sections, and...
Southern Sierran Passages
August 31, 2005
Ray L. Riley, 1930-2005 Ray Riley, a Sierra Club member since 1971, died Jan. 24 after a battle with cancer. Ray assumed a leadership role in the Sierra Club's Santa Monica Mountains Task Force. He represented it on the Angeles Chapter Safety...
Southern Sierran OH! THE PLACES WE'VE SAVED
August 31, 2005
Photo courtesy Virgil Shields : reflecting on the Club's legacy of successful conservation of local wilderness and wildlife. The California Desert Protection Act created the 1.6-million acre Mojave National Preserve in 1994. The Angeles Chapter was...
Bill Lockyer hikes with Club members
July 31, 2005
Bill Lockyer joined members of the Verdugo Hills group on a hike from the Nature Center to a local peak, where he and the other hikers shared food at picnic tables. photo courtesy Garen Yegparian California Attorney General Bill Lockyer...
Tahiti Cruise fundraiser to benefit Chapter PAC
July 31, 2005
The Mission of the Angeles Chapter Political Committees which includes Los Angeles and Orange Counties, is to promote voter awareness, to advocate for environmental policy change, and to support the elections campaigns of Sierra Club endorsed...
Joshua Tree hikes: from easy to extreme
July 31, 2005
The Trad Guide to Joshua Tree: 60 Favorite Climbs From 5.5 to 5.9, by Charlie and Diane Winger, Colorado Mountain Club Press, 2004. Finally! A user-friendly technical climbing guide to world-famous Joshua Tree National Park. The Trad...
CEQA under attack in Sacramento
July 31, 2005
, State Legislative Director We are in a real fight in Sacramento. The fight is over the wish of developers to weaken our single most important environmental law. At stake is the ability of Californians and planners to design development that has...
12 members nominated for seats on Chapter Executive Committee
July 31, 2005
, Chair of Chapter Nominating Committee The Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the nomination of 12 members of the Angeles Chapter as candidates for five two-year terms and two one-year at-large seats on the 2006 Executive Committee. This...
Private organization helps secure funding for Chapter events
July 31, 2005
What do the following have in common? A $500 album of Chapter photos from the 1920s, the Chapter Schedule of Activities, preserving Signal Hill open space, and eight annual CPR/first aid classes open to the public? If you guessed the...