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It's back by popular demand-the Angeles Chapter's trip to Costa Rica. The next trip is set for Nov. 4-19. photo by Judy Hopkins Of all the attractive tropical destinations in the world, Costa Rica is one of the most diverse and exciting. In...

After nearly 10 years of service to the Angeles Chapter, office coordinator Linda Hoyer has moved on. She has been replaced by longtime Chapter leader George Denny. Linda Hoyer Hoyer, a member since 1983, plans to volunteer her time to the Club and...

Reprinted from the Yodler. It has been customary for people to assume that when we are not directly interfering with wildlife, we are not harming them. Besides being a convenient rationalization, this assumption is understandable: We assume...

Tahiti and the South Pacific. Mention that to a friend and their mind might be filled with images of turquoise lagoons and swaying palms above a white coral beach. But Tahiti and the islands of Polynesia are much more than that. Picturesque...

Too often we ask much from our soil and give nothing in return. Additionally, we often use chemical pesticides and fertilizers that ultimately impair the health of the soil and the plants that are dependent on it. And we wonder why our plants are...

After losing the battle to build a store in Inglewood, Wal-Mart is now focused on Rosemead in the San Gabriel Valley. The mega-store retailer has selected a site at the corner of Walnut Grove Avenue and Rush Street next to Whittier Narrows Regional...

Celebrate National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 24, by becoming a hiker for the environment at the 2nd Annual Great Earth Walk. Sponsored by Earth Resource Foundation in conjunction with the Sierra Club and several other environmental groups...

California attorney general Bill Lockyer will be the featured speaker at a community meeting being held at 7:30pm on Tuesday, May 17, at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena. His talk will be entitled 'Protecting Our Forests for a Generation...

Chair, Angeles Chapter History Committee Grand old Nature She made them pure Both the Pine And little Muir (Dick Jones poem, from Glen Dawson journal, 1930) With the passing of Muir Dawson at age 83 on Feb. 21, the Angeles Chapter has lost...

On April 2, Angeles Chapter staff and volunteers from the San Gabriel River Campaign gave a tour of the campaign's newest project proposal: the Emerald Necklace. The Emerald Necklace is a network of urban parks (green jewels) connected by trails (...