Bill Lockyer hikes with Club members
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Bill Lockyer joined members of the Verdugo Hills group on a hike from the Nature Center to a local peak, where he and the other hikers shared food at picnic tables. |
News & Notes
Chapter office seeks volunteers
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 10am to 6pm. Volunteers at the front desk answer inquiries about conservation and political issues, membership matters, hikes, trips, publications, and meetings. They handle mail, learn to use the Sierra Club's website and Chapter database and process donations. Shift: four hours once a week.
The Green Gardener: Earth-friendly alternative lawn care
I know this is a risky place to go, but I'm going to discuss that sacred cow of American gardening, the lawn. As a nation we have a love affair with our lawns. We love the look and feel and smell of them. And though they do have their benefits, they also can be a detriment to the environment, and sometimes to you.
CEQA under attack in Sacramento
, State Legislative Director
We are in a real fight in Sacramento. The fight is over the wish of developers to weaken our single most important environmental law. At stake is the ability of Californians and planners to design development that has fewer impacts on our air, water, and land. As you can imagine, developers have kept up a steady effort over the years to weaken the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA. But they apparently have a new ally in the corner office - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Environmentalists win fight to keep NFL team out of Pasadena
In the end, the arguments of preservationists, parkland advocates, environmentalists and worried neighbors carried the day. A 4-4 vote from the Pasadena City Council killed the plan to base a National Football League team at the Rose Bowl, and the city began searching for an alternate plan for preserving the 82-year-old stadium with needed repairs and upgrades at a reasonable cost.
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Tahiti Cruise fundraiser to benefit Chapter PAC
The Mission of the Angeles Chapter Political Committees which includes Los Angeles and Orange Counties, is to promote voter awareness, to advocate for environmental policy change, and to support the elections campaigns of Sierra Club endorsed candidates committed to working on those changes. All three of these missions, by law, require that we raise funds specifically for the those political purposes.
Promoting voter awareness, for education only (non political) can use 501(c) (3) - tax-deductible funds.
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The Open Spaces, Wild Places campaign captures and presents the beauty of Orange County.
Orange County is a beautiful place. Residents know that from their daily experiences, favorite places, and hidden spots. Those who visit know that from the beaches, the canyons, the parks. The plan is to have urban conveniences, suburban lifestyle, economic and academic opportunities, entertainment choices, and open spaces in one area under mostly blue skies. Who wouldn't love this? Who wouldn't want this? The real question is, who is willing to preserve it?
War of the Weeds
Arundo for miles? Nonnatives threaten to take over wildlands
Invasive weeds-imported plants that hitchhike to new territory and displace native plants-are rolling across our landscape, and no one really knows how to stop them.
What's the big deal about exotic, or nonnative, plants? After all, most of them are benign, even useful. You won't find any objection from Steve Schoenig, president of the California Invasive Plant Council. 'I'm not against exotic plants,' he said. 'I eat them every night for dinner.'
Persistence and herbicide eradicate thirsty tamarisk
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photo by Matthew J. McNutt |
California's Animal Invaders
Native species struggle for access to now-scarce resources
