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Share the Importance of Voting with 5 people and ask them to do the same. There is so much noise in the media regarding the national election that local issues and local elections are getting lost.  Also, this national election noise...

Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles County residents live near oil and gas drilling sites where toxic, health-threatening pollutants are released into the air, water, and soil. Numerous studies link proximity to oil and gas wells to health impacts...

The Forest Committee launches a series of programs on Wildfire November 18th with “The Bobcat Fire and the Future of the San Gabriel Mountains”    The Forest Committee will be presenting a one-of-a-kind assessment of the...

On September 25, 2020, the Sierra Club lost one of its legendary leaders. Emil Lawton passed away at the age of 97 after a long and fruitful life, much of it centered around the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club.   Not only was Emil an E...

Why do I Volunteer?  I volunteer because it gives both ways. I get to share knowledge, influence people’s thinking, and bring about the exact kind of change I want to see! I then receive other’s collaboration, teamwork, drive, and...

More and more of us are realizing that this is what it’s like to live in the Anthropocene.      The Anthropocene is generally considered to be the geologic age where humankind is the dominant force upon the surface of the...

Last September the Angeles Chapter and Team Sierra put on the first-ever City Hike: LA. 115 participants from the Greater LA and OC area hiked a collective 500+ miles through Koreatown and DTLA, raising an incredible $27,000. This year, however, we...

Announcing a new series for our Website and Southern Sierran - Understanding Native Species, How to enjoy them, and How to protect them. The magnificent Burrowing Owl; Paul Reinstein all rights reserved We often talk...

ONLINE VOTING BEGINS OCTOBER 5TH VOTERS GUIDE  The annual Angeles Chapter elections begin Monday, October 5, and end Monday, November 9. Active members will be voting for At-large positions on the Angeles Chapter Executive Committee,...

The Angeles Chapter’s own Jane Simpson received the Oliver Kehrlein Award at the annual National Sierra Club Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020. This award which honors service to the Sierra Club’s Outings Program, is...