Take Action On Newhall Ranch

  • Posted on 31 August 2011
  • By The Editor

We have received notice from the County of a Public Hearing on the FEIR for one of the tract maps for Newhall Ranch The meeting will be at the Board of Supervisor's on Tuesday, Oct. 4th at 9:30am. We are requesting that concerned members support our efforts to halt this next phase of the project by commenting at the hearing. The proposed Newhall Ranch project would have a permanent detrimental affect to our community for many decades to come by closing off wildlife corridors, worsening traffic along Interstate. 5, and increasing air pollution.

Become a Sierra Club Outings Leader : Leadership Training October 1, 2011

  • Posted on 31 August 2011
  • By Ron Campbell

Interested in becoming an outings leader for the club?

Angeles Chapter is home to one of the largest outings programs on the planet - thousands of trips ranging from beach barbecues to mountaineering expeditions.

You can take the first step toward becoming a leader by attending a class offered by the chapter Leadership Training. Committee on Saturday, Oct. 1, at Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena.

Chapter Outing Assembly : October 22, 2011 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM

  • Posted on 31 August 2011
  • By The Editor

All Sierra Club members are invited, especially outings leaders, provisional leaders, Outings Chairs. We want to hear from you, let us know what the Chapter can do for you. Bring your ideas. Outings Chairs and entity representatives will cast votes to elect members of the Outings Management, Saftey and Leadership Training Committees. Light breakfast and lunch provided. bring your coffee cup.

Meet 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM, Eaton Canyon Nature Center, 1750 N. Altadena Dr., Pasadena, CA.

20+ Years of Field Testing With WTC

  • Posted on 31 August 2011
  • By Jane Simpson

Question 1: You're in a forest, miles from the trailhead and it's getting dark. What essential item are you glad you brought with you?
  1. Extra clothes
  2. Headlamp + spare batteries
  3. A map & compass

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.

Angeles Chapter Awards Nominations Open : Deadline is Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011

  • Posted on 31 August 2011
  • By Mary Morales

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.

New Hope From Brown To End Delta Deficits

  • Posted on 30 June 2011
  • By Jim Metropoulos

Most Californians. know of our state's budget deficit but did you. know that we have been running a 'water deficit' in the Delta?

Right now, the amount of water exported to Southern California from the San'Francisco Bay Delta Estuary is unsustainabe. With the health of this rich estuary in danger of collapsing, California has been trying to address the problem through a habitat conservation planning process called the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP).

The End of Oceans As We Know Them?

  • Posted on 30 June 2011
  • By Michael Stevenson

The ocean is our friend. It supplies us with food and recreation, helps regulate our climate and is the livelihood for millions of people. But our seas are not the infinite bounty they appear to be. For many years worldwide fishing practices have been damaging the oceans by depleting fish populations, destroying habitats and polluting the water. According to Marine Conservation Biologist Callum Roberts, the author of 'The Unnatural History of the Sea', intensive fishing since medieval times has caused a gradual decline over the centuries, so that a fish-deprived sea now seems normal to us.

Why I Joined The Water Committee

  • Posted on 30 June 2011
  • By James Gross

One of my reasons for joining the Angeles Chapters Water Committee has to do with a strong interest in water Since Southern California is at best a semi-arid region, I hold water conservation to be highly important. I have lived my life only in the South Bay, Santa Barbara and Las Vegas. Therefore, all I know is a near (or outright) desert environment, and places that have a habit of importing and wasting water. In the Water Committee, the lesson preached is conservation is the best way to go, since our imported water is not guaranteed. An.

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