OPINION: Like to Eat? Then Save the Honeybee.

  • Posted on 28 February 2010
  • By Laurel Hopwood

One out of every three bites of food we consume is due to the work of the honeybee, serving as crucial pollinators. Yet our food supply may be severely impacted by the recently identified Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) syndrome that has annually wiped out more than 30% of all honeybees since 2005!

New EIR released for first phase of Newhall Ranch

  • Posted on 28 February 2010
  • By Lynne Plambeck

Now that Newhall Land has emerged from bankruptcy and found new investors, they are back to promoting their 21,000 unit Newhall Ranch project on the Santa Clara River.

The Santa Clara River is Los Angeles County's last mostly wild river. It is still home to many endangered species including amphibians, fish, birds and reptiles. It supports a dwindling run of Southern Steelhead in its western reaches that several environmental groups have worked hard to save.

Mark Your Calendar for Apr. 10! : Leadership Training Seminar

  • Posted on 28 February 2010
  • By The Editor

Become a Qualified Sierra Club Leader!

Application Deadline is March 27.

When: Saturday, April 10, 2010

Where: Eaton Canyon Nature Center

How: Send your name, address, city/state/zip, phone number and email to Registrar Steve Botan (address below) with check for $25 payable to Sierra Club. Or visit our website.

Steve Botan, LTC Registrar
18816 Thornwood Circle
Huntington Beach, CA 92646
Phone: (714) 321-1296 email

Nature Girl!

  • Posted on 28 February 2010
  • By Jonathan Riggs
Bridgette
Any tips on how to be both glamorous and green?

Star of stage, screen and holder of several titles (including Miss Whole Wide World), glamorous emcee Bridgette of Madison County eagerly lent her considerable talents in support of the recent Chapter fundraiser.

2010 Executive Committee Retreat

  • Posted on 28 February 2010
  • By Hersh Kelley

leads a discussion.
photo by Paul Cooley

Fundraising Mike Sappingfield leads a brainstorming session on fundraising.
photo by Paul Cooley

Every year, for two days in January, the Angeles Chapter Executive Committee invites the entire Chapter membership to a retreat held in the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena.

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