After almost ten years of planning, a lot of studies and negotiations, the Los Angeles Harbor Department has circulated its Draft Environmental Impact Report of more than 2000 pages for an expanded rail yard, the Southern California International Gateway.
This rail yard will receives trucks from the Port of Los Angeles and transfer them to BNSF railcars with hours of operation paralleling those of the port, which can run day and night seven days a week.
Every year, the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club holds elections to select new representatives to its governing bodies. All Sierra Club members who live in the Angeles Chapter area are eligible to vote. By voting, you participate in governing the Chapter.
This year, voting begins on November 15 and ceases on December 14, 2011.
The Sierra Club has launched a new web page to help you find Sierra Club events and outings. The new site called OARS lets you look for events and outings as a listing, on a map or on a calendar. Search tools allow you to look for things to do within a certain geographic area, on selected dates, by the type of activity, by the leaders and Sierra Club groups involved.
Fear not, gentle readers. For I have been to our future and it was just fine. What's our future like, I'm sure you're wondering. Who'd.have guessed our future was somebody else's past. In 1993, magic exists. Wizards at Adobe have just brought a marvel called Portable Document Format (PDF) into existance.
My quest? Bring this magical PDF back to our world so that with It, our society may advance and our readers can go paperless. Long story short, you send us your name, email and snail mail; we take you off the list of people receiving paper copies and email you a PDF of each issue.
For a century, we have been hiking the hills and enjoying our natural environment. But the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter encompasses much more. We have endorsed ideas that protect the planet and the politicians who promote them. We are advocates for state and national parks, protecting rivers, oceans and the water we drink, as well as clean air to breathe. We are promoters of recycling, responsible transportation systems, and renewable energy that goes beyond coal and oil. We save open space and endangered species. One hundred years of comraderie with like-minded individuals,.
A new trail from the Pacific Crest Trail, to the Pacific Ocean, almost 100 miles, is finally becoming a reality. Located on the ridgeline of the San Gabriel Mountains, above Santa Clarita, this trail will feature exquisite scenic views of both Los Angeles to the south, and Santa Clarita and the Tehachapi Mountains to the north. Your mode of travel could be on foot, on a mountain bike, or on horseback. In addition, side trails, and loops of varying length and difficulty will connect to the main trail, allowing for long or short day trips or different length multi-day trips.
The closer we get to the Chapter's 100th birthday, the more I find myself thinking about how the chapter will spend its second hundred years?
What great conservation battles will the next century bring with it?
Will the victories of present-day Angeles stand the test of time? What great stories from the eariest 2lst century will future Chapter members use to inspire? Which will be high- lighted in retrospect when the Chapter prepares to turn 200?
What will the Chapter be known for on its 200th birthday? What will that birthday party be like? What will I wear?
The answer is: all of them.
Extra Clothes? Temperatures are going down by the minute. Headlamp? Sure, the moon won't appear for many hours and the forest has low branches designed to whap you as you go. Map & compass? Your GPS is running out of battery-life and it can't 'see' that cliff up ahead.
The Awards Committee invites all Angeles Chapter entity chairs to submit nominees for the 2011 chapter awards. The submission deadline is Tuesday, November 1, 2011. Submissions can be sent any time before that date. Late applications will be held over for the 2012 awards, so earlier is better to ensure all candidates are honored in a timely way.
Sierra Club Angeles Chapter
617 W. 7th St, Suite 702
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 10-5 or by appointment
