Muir Dawson

  • Posted on 30 April 2005
  • By Bob Cates

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 old way

  • Posted on 30 April 2005
  • By Andrea Leigh

Members get a taste of car travel circa 1915 on a tour of the Ridge Route, the curvy road that united California

It wasn't the typical Wilderness Adventures Section outing. No hiking was involved, just a reliable car that could handle traveling along an isolated mountain road with 627 curves.

State attorney general to speak on forest protection

  • Posted on 30 April 2005
  • By Chapter Reports

California attorney general Bill Lockyer will be the featured speaker at a community Attorneymeeting being held at 7:30pm on Tuesday, May 17, at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena.

The Green Gardener: Win the weed war, organically

  • Posted on 30 April 2005
  • By Julia Jones Ufkes

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.

It's a deal! Agencies combine forces to buy Soka land

  • Posted on 30 April 2005
  • By Dave Brown

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.

The voracious cycle of growth must change

  • Posted on 30 April 2005
  • By Barry Holchin

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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