Southern Sierran Passages
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Ray L. Riley, 1930-2005 |
Southern Sierran Newport Back Bay concert a huge success for OC True Cost of Food
Aug. 7 was a great day for conservation efforts in north Orange County!
The newly-formed Orange County Group True Cost of Food Campaign held a fundraiser at the MUTH Interpretive Center in the Newport Back Bay.
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Photo courtesy Rachel Myers |
Southern Sierran USFS to raise entry fees for National Parks
'If it were up to me, the entire forest would be free,' an Angeles National Forest administrator said. 'But we don't live in Wyoming. We live on the edge of a large urban center where 1,000 people at a time take a walk in the woods.'
Private organization helps secure funding for Chapter events
What do the following have in common? A $500 album of Chapter photos from the 1920s, the Chapter Schedule of Activities, preserving Signal Hill open space, and eight annual CPR/first aid classes open to the public?
If you guessed the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club, you're close but wrong.
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Delegates gather to elect new members, hear from Club Director Carl Pope
Sierra Club delegates from chapters in California and Nevada converged June 4-5 at the San Luis Obispo County El Chorro Nature Camp to network, meet their Sacramento lobby staff, and elect new officers for the coming year.
Griffith Park's Invasive Plants
Even the natural areas of parks such as Griffith and Elysian contain a higher percentage of exotic plants than much of the rest of the Santa Monica Mountains. This is in large part due to their proximity to urban development and a long history of human meddling intended to beautify or improve the parks.
Animal, human, or wind-borne dispersion of the seeds of imported plants used for landscaping have easily spread these species to our mountain parks.
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.
