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.

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 .

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.

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.