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Learn wilderness first aid as if a life depended on it
May 23, 2016
Join us for an intensive Wilderness First Aid course that will teach you everything you need to know about being safe in the wilderness. The weekend course will take palce Oct. 28 to 30 at the Chapter's Harwood Lodge at the base of Mt. Baldy....
Wilderness Travel Course signups for 2017 are open
May 23, 2016
Wilderness Travel Course participants at Joshua Tree National Park (above and below) and at snow camp in the Sierra (bottom). Photos: Brian Swanson
From the time I was a little girl I spent hours in the outdoors...
Meet Mr. Expo Line
April 29, 2016
Angeles Chapter Transportation Committee Chair Darrell Clarke (Photo courtesy of Darrell Clarke)
Darrell Clarke would never call himself Mr. Expo Line.
But we would, particularly on May 20 when the Expo Line...
A fight for open space in the hills above Glendora
April 29, 2016
The Gordon-Mull property above Glendora provides habitat for deer and other species. Photos courtesy of Jeff Michelsen.
Homes or open space? That's the dilemma looming over 41 pristine acres in the San Gabriel...
LA ICO to train 100 students in caring for our oceans
April 29, 2016
Los Angeles Inspiring Connections Outdoors, an entity of the Angeles Chapter that focuses on providing outings for underserved students, believes The Three Rs -- respect, responsibility, and resilience -- are as important as the more traditional...
Meet the winners of Chapter Awards for 2015
April 29, 2016
Each year Angeles Chapter Sierra Club gives out awards to volunteers who have shown outstanding commitment and leadership to the club. Below are award winners for 2015.
Join us at the Chapter's Annual Awards Banquet on June 5 to salute their...
Results are in for Sierra Club National Board election
April 28, 2016
Susana Reyes
David Scott
Robin Mann
Mike O'Brien
Chuck Frank
Congratulations to the five candidates selected to serve on the Sierra Club National Board, the Club's governing body.
The members-only...
The East Fork Project: New plans for popular San Gabriel River site
April 22, 2016
Those who visit the San Gabriel River north of Azusa find few clean restrooms or trash cans, few places to safely access the river, few interpretive programs and few rangers (especially multilingual ones) to answer questions about the area. Water...
Sierra Club and others sue air-quality agency over emission-credit program
March 31, 2016
If you ever need a reminder of the power of Big Oil, read on.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District, which oversees a region with the dirtiest air in the nation, decided in December to give polluters like oil refineries a break instead of...
