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...
Southern Sierran Newport Back Bay concert a huge success for OC True Cost of Food
August 31, 2005
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...
ExComm nominees begin campaigns <p><span class=style8>
August 31, 2005
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...
Southern Sierran Forge Lodge unanimously voted down
August 31, 2005
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...
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...