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For a long time, we in the Sierra Club have been active in promoting conservation of natural resources and the preservation of natural open space, with what some may regard as considerable success. Of course that, like beauty, is in the eye of the...

Members get a taste of car travel circa 1915 on a tour of the Ridge Route, the curvy road that united California It wasn't the typical Wilderness Adventures Section outing. No hiking was involved, just a reliable car that could handle traveling...

As of press time, the 588-acre property across from Malibu Creek State Park in the heart of the Santa Monica Mountains known as the Soka property or Gillette Ranch will have been purchased by a consortium of state and federal park agencies. Instead...

If you haven't kept up with weeding over this wet winter you may find yourself knee high in dandelions, stinging nettle, and grasses. You may be tempted to reach for an herbicide, but please consider the following before you do. According to the...

For an increasing population in southwestern Riverside County and for those of us in Orange County, the Santa Ana Mountains provide the nearest wildlands where one can really get away from the hustle and bustle of urban life. This northern Orange...

The Sespe Wild: Southern California's Last Free River, by Bradley John Monsma, University of Nevada Press, $24.95 Bradley John Monsma's excellent, well-researched The Sespe Wild covers a range of topics centered on the natural history...

Southern California's national forests are recognized by scientists as one of the richest areas of plant and animal life on the planet, home to roughly 3,000 plant and 500 animal species-many of which are found nowhere else on Earth. The national...

There'll be something for everybody when Sierra Club holds its first national convention at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco for four days in September. All Sierra Club members are encouraged to attend-either as an official delegate or...

Pull out your environmentally friendly décolletage, your super-macho tight jeans, and a throw-caution-to-the-wind attitude and come party with the Sierra Club at the annual Chapter Awards Banquet. Laugh, schmooze, and say 'well done' to a...

The Mt. Abel (Cerro Noroeste) Bike-n-Ski trip has appeared in the Schedule of Activities for several years in a row, but for various reasons (mostly due to lack of snow) it has not gone on for some time. With over 40 inches of rain in the valleys...