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How National Leader Standards affect Angeles Chapter
March 31, 2005
Although the Sierra Club's National Leader Standards (NLS) became effective July 1, 2004, the Angeles Chapter has been granted an extension until Jan. 1, 2006, for leaders to meet currency requirements. The NLS divide outings into two basic types:...
News and Notes
March 31, 2005
Full-time position at Angeles Chapter We have an immediate opening for Chapter Coordinator. This position handles the daily administrative functions of the Chapter office, with strong emphasis on financial record keeping. The successful candidate...
Surplus of books on oil's decline
March 31, 2005
The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies, by Richard Heinberg (Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2003). Available from www.musletter.com. Written for undergraduates as well as the general public, The Party's Over is...
Nuclear power: Industry's rabbit in the hat
March 31, 2005
The Bush administration's refusal to deal with global warming seems inexplicable. Rising oceans and temperatures, after all, do not selectively spare Republicans, Texans, or oil executives. But they are not baffled, puzzled, or stymied. They are...
Denouement
March 31, 2005
Chair, Angeles Chapter Transportation Committee Peak oil is the likely near-term peak and decline of worldwide oil production in the face of rising demand. It is uncertain how soon we will have reached peak oil, but there is no doubt that it will...
Passages
March 31, 2005
Muir Dawson, 1922-2005 Muir Dawson, one of the Angeles Chapter's longest-term members and a staunch supporter of the Chapter History Committee, passed away in February. He was 83. Muir came from a family steeped in the traditions and lore of the...
Puerto Rico named newest Club Chapter
March 31, 2005
The Sierra Club's national Board of Directors chartered the Club's newest chapter on Feb. 19. Puerto Rican Sierra Club members formally petitioned the board to become the first newly chartered chapter in more than 10 years. Puerto Rico will be the...
Peek at the Past
March 31, 2005
The date is January 25, 1931, and posing with the cook, the cook's assistant, and their dog at Colby's Ranch are some of the most distinguished hikers and leaders of the 1920s and '30s. Among them are no fewer than eight Great Leaders(*) -members...
Santa Ana Mountains targeted for highways, powerplant
March 31, 2005
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...
Author dives into the Sespe River
March 31, 2005
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...