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Angeles Chapter Chair Sharon Koch, on behalf of Sierra Club California, presented the Mary Ferguson Award to Senior Chapter Director George Watland at the October meeting of the Angeles Chapter Executive Committee. ...

The Net Zero 2019 Conference & Expo took place on Thursday, October 3rd at the LA Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles. NZ19 brought together some of the brightest minds in green building to talk about the past, present, and future of...

Fire threatens a mixed evergreen forest. Photo by James Fitzgerald on Unsplash.   Panicked or Informed Responses?   Last January, at the direction of Governor Newsom, the California Department of Forestry and...

The Angeles Chapter is seeking an experienced Senior Chapter Director to develop and implement all programs, policies, and initiatives for the Chapter. The Director will evaluate and prepare recommendations to the Executive Committee about...

It has been said, the best way to remember a place you have never been to is to visualize it in your mind’s eye. Santa Fe Dam, I’m sure you have driven by dozens of times without making an effort to look until you really see: the unusual...

Environmental Gadgetry?   Environmentalism is trendy these days. The topic is even so politically divisive, sensible conversations can elude us.    Reaching for moderation and rationality, I think environmental issues are at the...

  Culver City’s Stoneview Nature Center was the perfect setting for the 2019 Chapter Outings Assembly presented by the Chapter Outings Management Committee (OMC) on Saturday, October 19.  With 43 outings chairs, OMC members and...

Lover of all things nature, William McWhinney is well known in the Angeles Chapter for leading a series of beginner hikes and connecting people with the outdoors.   Will started hiking over 30 years ago with friends, but their casual nature...

Tina Bowman ans Doug Mantle   We are delighted to report that last Saturday, October 19th, Tina Bowman, mountaineer, climber, and Sierra Club leader completed the Sierra Peaks List (SPS) for the third time atop San Joaquin Peak...