Dominique Dibbell, who served editor of the Southern Sierran for three years, departed from the Chapter in February. Dibbell accepted a position as a web editor on the team that runs Kaiser Permanente's website in Pasadena.
Join the Angeles Chapter for a fascinating tour of China; experience the art, architecture, language, and cuisine of this country's ancient and modern civilizations. We'll tour picturesque rural landscapes and congested cityscapes, appreciating the diversity of this vast territory.
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Photo by Bruce Hale Trek across China's Great Wall, more than 2,000 years old and 4,000 miles long. |
Los Angeles is one of the ten largest urban centers in the world, but many residents manage to escape its crowded streets and enjoy the outdoors by hiking, jogging, or biking on nearby hillside trails or fire roads.
Some of these trails are on national forest or public park land, but many are on undeveloped private land. In those areas, hikers may assume that because they can access these trails today, they will be able to access them in the future as well. But this is not the case.
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Expressing outrage at the anti-environment agenda and ethical lapses of Republican incumbent Richard Pombo (R-11th, Tracy), Pete McCloskey announced that he will run for Congress in the June primary election.
McCloskey is a former GOP congressman with a history of challenging corruption and fighting for his beliefs.
In an open letter to the people of the 11th congressional district, McCloskey explained in detail why, at the age of 78, he is making the run. The list is long.
The Angeles Chapter will honor its members and employees at the Annual Awards Banquet May 7. The event will take place at the Brookside Country Club near the Rose Bowl. Reception from 5-6pm, followed by dinner, presentation of awards, and a short program.
The 2006 Banquet Chair is > Lori Ives. The Awards Chair is > Robin Ives .
For years my mind was teased and taunted by the allure of a lush, tropical rain forest. I searched far and wide in videos, television programs, the internet, and pictures before I stumbled upon my ideal emerald green jungle.
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Photo by Eric Plante |
In 1978 the City of Los Angeles approved a Master Plan for Griffith Park. In 2003, city officials decided that conditions in and around the park warranted the development of a new Master Plan. In the summer of 2003, three public meetings were held to elicit ideas from the public about the future of Griffith Park. The meetings were conducted by the Department of Recreation and Parks and Melendrez Group, the consultants hired to begin drafting the new Master Plan. Hundreds attended these public meetings.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wasn't the only man whose life was commemorate on Jan 15. Eighty people convened on the summit of a hill near Altadena the same day to celebrate the recent legal victory granting public access to the gravesite of Owen Brown, son of famed abolitionist John Brown. About one-fourth of the group in attendance are Sierra Club members.
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Photo by Joaquin Valadez |
and Bill Corcoran
Two-thousand five was an extremely eventful year for our southern California national forests as threats to their health and beauty increased, and the Forest Service issued flawed new management plans that put natural and recreational values at risk.
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Photo (c)2005 Andrew M. Harvey/Lighthawk |
Unless it goes into a recycling bin, anything and everything thrown away in Los Angeles winds up in the same place-the Sunshine Canyon landfill in the north San Fernando Valley, near Granada Hills and Sylmar. That means big business for a trash company giant and big risks to local communities and much of southern California.
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