The news of the Sierra Club across LA and Orange Counties!
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Chapter banquet will celebrate volunteers
February 28, 2005
The Angeles Chapter relies on the volunteer services of its members. They ring doorbells, prepare exhibits, sit at tables and talk to the public, lead hikes, come out for work parties, repair and supervise our lodges, and do everything else needed...
News in brief
February 28, 2005
Logging plan challenged Six conservation organizations have filed suit in federal court challenging the U.S. Forest Service plan to increase logging in Giant Sequoia National Monument in the southern Sierra. The national monument east of Porterville...
CAFTA: "Investor rights" trump public health, environment
February 28, 2005
Chair, Sierra Club's Responsible Trade/Human Rights Campaign The Bush Administration has completed negotiations for an expansion of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to Central America. In the name of fostering commerce, the Central...
Las Lomas development halted
February 28, 2005
The proposed Las Lomas 5,800-home housing development in northern Los Angeles County has been blocked by Los Angeles and Santa Clarita officials. The Sierra Club took an official position to oppose Las Lomas in September 2004, and a grant was...
ICO leaders bring urban youth to nature
February 28, 2005
For Laura McCutcheon, the most recent Inner City Outings 'moment' came a month or two back. The group of third graders she was leading had just read a story about a deer that wandered from the woods to eat from backyard gardens, stirring a...
Green paint...in every color
February 28, 2005
Did you know that painting releases over 50 tons of smog-forming pollution each year in Southern California, five times as much as all our area's oil refineries? Paint is classified as toxic waste, and for good reason-the solvent in both oil- and...
Peek at the Past
February 28, 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...
Mt. Rainier...eventually
February 28, 2005
You can tug all you want. I'm not gonna move any faster, you son of a --! My friend R.J. Secor was on the other end of the rope, trying to motivate me. That is your friend up there, I reminded myself. Nothing like rope travel to...
Club joins lawsuit to stop massive Ranch Plan in OC
February 28, 2005
The Sierra Club has joined an environmental lawsuit challenging the Nov. 8, 2004, decision of the Orange County Board of Supervisors to approve the application of Rancho Mission Viejo for a massive development known as the Ranch Plan. The Ranch...
Thanksgiving with the crocodiles
February 28, 2005
Looking for an exotic trip without leaving the country? Join the third Angeles Chapter-sponsored Natural and Wild Florida trip. Participants will snorkel in a coral reef, swim with manatees, and tour the Everglades, among other adventures. This...
