The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Wildlife and Endangered Species Committee works for the protection of endangered species, natural habitat, and biodiversity and promotes activism within the Chapter and other organizations with similar aims. Please join us either as involved volunteers or as attendees at our scheduled events and meetings.

Past activities have included: educational presentations at the Los Angeles Zoo (Condor Rescue Project), field trips (International Gibbon Study Center, Santa Clarita), and activist activities on behalf of endangered species and natural habitat (Ahmanson Ranch Hearings, Ventura, National Sierra Club Endangered Species Committee Retreat in Carlsbad).

Current Programs, Activities and Projects include:

1. The Re-Enchanting the City IV Conference has been scheduled for October 21, 2007. The Theme of the Conference will be; WILD CORRIDORS, WILD SKIES; Destruction of Wildlife through Highway and Flyway Illumination. The Conference is jointly sponsored by Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter, The Canada Goose Project, Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and other environmentally-based organizations and groups. The Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks will be a sponsor, and has offered the use of the Friendship uditorium on Riverside Drive for the 2006 conference. Click to register for this important event.
2. Montana Jim" Cole will be a featured speaker at the Re-Enchanting the October 21st "Re-Enchanting the City IV Conference. Jim will present an exciting RECOUNTING OF THE LIVES OF GRIZZLIES, his new book of photos from Montana and Wyoming. He will also describe how Grizzly survival depends on wildlife corridors. One of Jim Cole's remarkable photos of a Grizzly sow with her two big cubs is show below.
3. Endangered Outings Project: Ever been to any of the famous wild places publicized in the media? Ever wondered why the Sierra Club wants to protect them? This program invites you to experience the wildlands with expert Sierra Club leaders, and to learn about the native trees, plants and animals the Club has been instrumental in having. Our "Launch Activity" of this new program was an outing to Ahmanson Ranch, newly saved and beautifully pristine, in March, 2004. Click here to see photos of our first Ahamanson Ranch outing.

Click here to register for Endangered Species/Wildlife Task Force events and see descriptions of:

a. GREAT ARTISTS OF NATURE -
      The work of Sister Mary Corita - May 7, 2005

b. SIERRA TRAIL WORK -
      Hands-on training by the Forest Service - May 19-22,2005

c. SIERRA TRAIL WORK -
      Hands-on training by the Forest Service - June 16-19, 2005

Lynx need homeland security, too!

This photo was taken by the Colorado Division of Wildlife's Lynx Reintroduction Project in April, 2004. It is the first photo taken by the project of a wild lynx kitten outside the den. Successful reproduction of reintroduced lynx is a major milestone for the project. Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, lynx have returned to Colorado's high forests!

4. April 1, 2007 CHATSWORTH NATURE PRESERVE EarthDay event, with docent-led tours around the Ecology Lake to view Native Plants and various species of birds which inhabit the area. Picnic under 500 year-old Oak Trees and hear the history of the decom-missioned Reservoir of 1919, which is now reclaimed by Mother Nature. Please bring blankets to sit on, food and water to snack on. Sun-block is recommended. Please be aware that everything is packed out, so that the beauty of the area is protected for the beings who live there. Walk-in entrance gate on Valley Circle; From 101 Freeway west, take Topanga Blvd North to Plummer and turn West, 1 mile to gate. Parking is on south side of street. For information, contact Rosemarie White at 818-769-1521
5. Re-Enchanting The City Conference III: Saturday, October 16, 2004. This conference addressed the need to save our Wild and Urban Wildlife utilizing the new technologies of overpasses, undercrossings and protected corridors around our highways and freeways. The Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, the US Humane Society and The Canada Goose Project were sponsoring agencies among others.