Blog posts from around the country

Southern Sierran Master Plan envisions a developed Griffith Park

Aug 31 2005

Imagine Griffith Park with two aerial tramways, six multilevel parking garages, information kiosks, a shuttle bus system, campus-style entrance kiosks, a commercialized bridge over the Los Angeles River, and sports fields and a hotel in the park

Southern Sierran LNG proposals slowed by falsified statements, community protests

Angeles Chapter

Aug 31 2005

Both the Malibu Times and the Ventura County Star reported in August that many of the comments submitted in favor of the proposed BHP Billiton Liquified Natural Gas terminal in Malibu were falsified.

Southern Sierran Tour highlights the majestic, endangered Santa Clara River

Angeles Chapter

Aug 31 2005

Have you heard about the Santa Clara River, L.A.'s last free-flowing, unchannelized river? How about the huge 21,000 unit Newhall Ranch project that threatens to change the river forever?

Southern Sierran Talbert Nature Preserve provides a haven for nature in Costa Mesa

Angeles Chapter

Aug 31 2005

We are told that even in the city, nature is all around us. Affirmative, but only if we take the time to look.

Southern Sierran USFS to raise entry fees for National Parks

Angeles Chapter

Aug 31 2005

'If it were up to me, the entire forest would be free,' an Angeles National Forest administrator said. 'But we don't live in Wyoming. We live on the edge of a large urban center where 1,000 people at a time take a walk in the woods.'

50,000 Californians will gather to clean the coast

Angeles Chapter

Aug 31 2005

More than 50,000 volunteers will turn out to over 700 inner-coastal cleanup sites throughout California on Sept. 17 from 9am to noon to conduct the world's largest garbage collection.