Henry Schultz

Henry Schultz

I am a retired research scientist with Amgen, Inc. I first joined the Sierra Club in the 60s and, after a short hiatus, have been a member since 1993. The Sierra Club has always stood for grass roots environmentalism and getting out into our natural areas - which is what I do.

I am currently Vice-Chair and Membership Chair for the Santa Clarita Group. Previously I served 10 years as Chair of the SCG. I have been involved in writing and editing the Canyon Connection for 14 years. I have led hundreds of Sierra Club hikes since 1993. The outings program is fundamental to our environmental goals and one of my goals is to keep it strong in the Angeles Chapter.

The Santa Clarita area is under the heaviest development pressure in the state with the huge Newhall Ranch project (70,000 people) and the more recent Tejon Ranch Project (even larger). I have been fighting the Newhall Ranch project for over 14 years. I'm proud to support the Sierra Club's historic conservation agreement with the Tejon Ranch Company protecting a critical habitat 1/3 the size of Rhode Island. Helped fight the Elsmere Canyon Dump, worked on the Santa Clarita Woodlands acquisition, active in the Whitney Canyon acquisition, led our group onto Santa Clarita's suit against the BLM and the proposed monster CEMEX mine on the Santa Clarita (bill in Congress).

Started the Santa Clara River Greenway program to protect and acquire the Santa Clara River from Ventura to Acton. I have been working for years to create a green belt around the Santa Clarita Valley including Placerita, Whitney, Elsmere, SC Woodlands, Mentryville and the High Country of Newhall Ranch. I ran twice unsuccessfully for CLWA water board and 3 times unsuccessfully for Santa Clarita City Council (supported in each case by the Sierra Club).

I served the last four years as an at-large member of the Angeles Ex-Com and represented the Chapter at the annual Council of Club Leaders board meeting. If re-elected, I would strongly support our Southern California Forests Campaign and continue to work to expand wilderness designations throughout Southern California (a bill including some areas has passed). Important issues to be addressed are member recruitment, growth of club diversity and funding. Finally, it is most important to elect environmentally sensitive lawmakers before it is too late.