Adventure Opportunities - This Month's Featured Trip : Tibet-Mongolia-China-Gobi Desert
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| photo by Fred Dong |
Visit seldom seen sights, treasures & Panda's!
Sept. 15-Oct. 3, 2011
See Southern Sierran Page 16 for details.
Ex-Comm Highlights
Angeles Chapter ExComm met on February 27, 2011 at the chapter headquarters. Highlights from the meeting follow:
Political Committee Practices
Mega-Mine: A Threat Once Again
Santa Clarita once again faces the possibitity of a 56 million ton mega-mine in the community. Located on the east side of Santa Clarita, the damaging effects of air pollution from dust and trucks, traffic congestion on Interstate 5 through Newhall pass (a major north south route) and the possible contamination of the local aquifers make this a priority for the north county groups. The City of Santa Clarita, all local elected officials, and a coalition of environmental and community groups including the Sierra Club, have worked together to stop the mega-mine.
Volunteer Corner: We Need You!
Your Database Expertise Can Help Support the Angeles Chapter Conservation and Outings Programs for the next 100 Years and Beyond
The Angeles Chapter Foundation needs a database expert to help create a database for its legacy project which will be seeking donations and bequests for its conservation and outings endowments - to ensure that Angeles Chapter conservation and outings programs and activities will continue to thrive for the next 100 years and beyond. From more information, contact paulsailer@roadrunner.com.
The Grand Canyon is Drowning In Noise
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| The Grand Canyon: a place of quiet splendor or repository for helicopters buzzing? Tell the Park Service what you think by June 20, 2011 photo by Dennis Brownridge |
Tell NPS To Keep The Helicopters Down Comment Letters Accepted Until June
Standoff At The Palos Verdes Peninsula
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| Attorney Vic Otten (left) and Attorney Bud Katzman take in the view from Thunder Hawk Hill photo by Rachel Gretch photo by Garin Yegparian |
Activist Square Off Against Equestrian Group Circling Wagons To Protect Backroom Deal With Developer
Energy Upgrade California:
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L.A. County's Plan To Save Homeowners Money, Create Green Jobs & Reduce Carbon Footprint
Whale Watch Fundraiser a Success
Saturday, March 12th, the day after the tsunami in Japan and despite its damaging effect on sections of the California coast, 75 hearty folks participated in a whale watch fundraiser out of Long Beach Harbor to benefit ICO.
A pod of three grey whales spouted and lobtailed (lifted their flukes out of the water) at regular four to six minute intervals several times in easy viewing distance from our ship, Liberty. Sea lions basked on a buoy and on rocks and dolphins played near our ship. Cormorants and brown pelicans flew nearby...
Lightening The Load In Our Mailboxes
After several years of hearing my spouse comment on the number of catalogs coming into the house, I did what any data geek would do - I collected all the catalogs that arrived in our mailbox in one year. And, I discovered my spouse had every right to be alarmed. In 2001. we received 396 catalogs - more than one a day, and a stack 3 feet high!!! That's a lot of paper, ink, and enticement to over-consume.
