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The U.S. Forest Service is expected to release its long-awaited management plans for the Angeles and Cleveland national forests by the time you receive this issue of the Southern Sierran. These plans will set the priorities for what should...

The new Griffith Park Master Plan, which was released this March, is intended to shape the park for the next 25 years. Under the leadership of Councilman Tom LaBonge, a community-based Working Group is reviewing the plan and taking public comments...

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...

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,...

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 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...

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...

Aug. 7 was a great day for conservation efforts in north Orange County! The newly-formed Orange County Group True Cost of Food Campaign held a fundraiser at the MUTH Interpretive Center in the Newport Back Bay. Photo courtesy Rachel Myers...

Five candidate forums in September and October will allow Club members to meet and talk with the candidates running for seven at-large seats on the Angeles Chapter Executive Committee. The candidates will outline their interests and ideas and...

The Santa Monica Mountains Task Force and Malibu environmentalists persuaded the Coastal Commission at their Aug. 9 meeting to override a staff recommendation for approval and, instead, vote unanimously to deny approval of the Forge Lodge Hotel...