State attorney general to speak on forest protection
California attorney general Bill Lockyer will be the featured speaker at a community meeting being held at 7:30pm on Tuesday, May 17, at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena.
California attorney general Bill Lockyer will be the featured speaker at a community meeting being held at 7:30pm on Tuesday, May 17, at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena.
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Dee packs it out for the Chapter. |
If you haven't kept up with weeding over this wet winter you may find yourself knee high in dandelions, stinging nettle, and grasses. You may be tempted to reach for an herbicide, but please consider the following before you do.
On April 2, Angeles Chapter staff and volunteers from the San Gabriel River Campaign gave a tour of the campaign's newest project proposal: the Emerald Necklace.
As of press time, the 588-acre property across from Malibu Creek State Park in the heart of the Santa Monica Mountains known as the Soka property or Gillette Ranch will have been purchased by a consortium of state and federal park agencies.
Instead of a housing development or a university, the property will forever remain a home for thousands of oaks and abundant fauna.
For a long time, we in the Sierra Club have been active in promoting conservation of natural resources and the preservation of natural open space, with what some may regard as considerable success. Of course that, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. I tend to be optimistic and believe that public officials will respond favorably to our grassroots efforts, assuming we are able to convince them it is in their best interest as well as that of their constituents. On the other hand, I am constantly frustrated in seeing the incessant pressure to develop the last vestiges of open space.
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Views of Aliso Canyon, the Pacific Ocean, and Catalina Island can be enjoyed from Aliso Wood Canyons Wilderness Park near Laguna Beach. A luxury resort's bid to extend an adjacent golf course into this publicly owned park was thwarted in part due to Sierra Club efforts. |
Celebrate National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 24, by becoming a hiker for the environment at the 2nd Annual Great Earth Walk.
Chair, Angeles Chapter History Committee
Grand old Nature
She made them pure
Both the Pine
And little Muir
(Dick Jones poem, from Glen Dawson journal, 1930)
With the passing of Muir Dawson at age 83 on Feb. 21, the Angeles Chapter has lost one of its longest-term members and most ardent supporters.
The Bush administration's refusal to deal with global warming seems inexplicable. Rising oceans and temperatures, after all, do not selectively spare Republicans, Texans, or oil executives.
But they are not baffled, puzzled, or stymied. They are simply keeping quiet about their plans. These originate in the 2001 President's Task Force on Energy (the one whose records Cheney still hasn't released to Congress).
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