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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...
Southern Sierran LNG proposals slowed by falsified statements, community protests
August 31, 2005
Both the Malibu Times and the Ventura County Star reported in August that many of the comments submitted in favor of the proposed BHP Billiton Liquified Natural Gas terminal in Malibu were falsified. Some were submitted on behalf of people who...
Southern Sierran Tour highlights the majestic, endangered Santa Clara River
August 31, 2005
Have you heard about the Santa Clara River, L.A.'s last free-flowing, unchannelized river? How about the huge 21,000 unit Newhall Ranch project that threatens to change the river forever? Do you want to see why American Rivers listed the Santa Clara...
Southern Sierran Talbert Nature Preserve provides a haven for nature in Costa Mesa
August 31, 2005
We are told that even in the city, nature is all around us. Affirmative, but only if we take the time to look. When I relocated for a year to Orange County after 30 years in the Santa Monica mountains, the Santa Ana River trail and Talbert Nature...
Southern Sierran USFS to raise entry fees for National Parks
August 31, 2005
'If it were up to me, the entire forest would be free,' an Angeles National Forest administrator said. 'But we don't live in Wyoming. We live on the edge of a large urban center where 1,000 people at a time take a walk in the woods.' The Sierra...
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...