The news of the Sierra Club across LA and Orange Counties!
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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...
Public comment sought on forest management plans
September 30, 2005
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...
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...
Southern Sierran Master Plan envisions a developed Griffith Park
August 31, 2005
Imagine Griffith Park with two aerial tramways, six multilevel parking garages, information kiosks, a shuttle bus system, campus-style entrance kiosks, a commercialized bridge over the Los Angeles River, and sports fields and a hotel in the park...
