The new Schedule of Activities is here!
The new Southern Sierran/Schedule of Activities is out!
Check out Angeles Chapter events and activities planned for July through September. Backpack trips, hikes, travel adventures and more. You can download the issue, save it on your desktop and share it with others.
What do you think of the Rim of the Valley Corridor plan?
Southern California currently has a patch work of national, state, county and city parks and trails that mostly didn’t exist before the 1970s. A plan has been afoot for some time to join them together to protect wildlife, open space, water supply, cultural assets and more.
Chapter's stance on California's high-speed rail project
The $68-billion high-speed rail project that would link L.A. to San Francisco in a 2.5 hour trip recently drew protests in Southern California over the planned segment between Palmdale and Burbank. But that doesn't mean that California isn't ready for a railway rather than a roadway for the growing traffic up and down the state.
Here's what Sierra Club has to say about the rail project:
Critical Mass depicts the plight of monarch butterflies through dance
In the past 20 years, the population of monarch butterflies has decreased by 90%. Herbicides like Monsanto's Roundup and genetically manipulated Roundup Ready crops have destroyed the milkweed plants monarchs rely on to eat and lay their eggs.
The key to helping the monarchs is to get them protected under the Endangered Species Act.
John Muir: A man full of wonder and joy
Bruce Hamilton, deputy executive director of the Sierra Club, was the keynote speaker at the Angeles Chapter Awards Banquet on May 3. The subject: John Muir, and his connection to us all. Here's a transcript of the speech he gave that places the Club founder in perspective.
Before Nepal's devastating quakes, Chapter members visited and brought much-needed gifts
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| Villagers in Nepal hold up their gifts from Angeles Chapter members: Luci Lanterns. Credit: Barry Koeb |
Andrew Jones' passion for the planet drives generous bequest to Sierra Club
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| Andrew W. Jones on the Mt. Lowe Trail. Credit: Rachel Siegel |
Awards for Chapter volunteers: Photos from the annual banquet
Sierra Club elects first African-American president
The Sierra Club's national board of directors has elected officers for the upcoming board term 2015 to 2016. Aaron Mair of Schenectady, N.Y., was elected as president. Mair, the Sierra Club’s first African-American president, has been working for environmental justice in New York for over three decades. One of Mair’s goals as president is to make diversity, equity, and inclusion real within the Sierra Club, including its grassroots.
