Your webmaster is back in town
November 8, 2021
After a 2-month hibernation, the website is coming back to life.
I’m 17 and grew up hiking the Sierra. I’m hopeful it can survive effects of climate change
August 15, 2021
Report by a high school senior first published in the Los Angeles Times, Opinion Section, on August 11, 2021.
A REFUGEE'S GUIDE TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE OUTDOORS
July 21, 2021
Guest blog by David Robles – with permission of melanininbasecamp.com. First published in May 2021.
In 2017, I had the most memorable experience interviewing ten BIPOC teenagers who had just gone camping for the first time through a...
Remembering Bill Holmes
May 18, 2021
by Linda Ledger
We are sad to report the passing of Bill Holmes, a long time Sierra Club member and leader. Bills died peacefully at home accompanied by close family members and his longtime companion, Sandra. I was fortunate to visit the day...
SUVs and the Climate Crisis
May 2, 2021
By Ed Maurer | 1 comment
Even though the horrific pandemic put a damper on economic activity, folks in most wealthy countries continued to invest in stuff that will emit plenty of CO2 for decades to come, especially SUVs, which keep flying off the...
APB Alert: E-bikes in our Wilderness Parks
February 24, 2021
Are you bothered by the increasing presence of e-bikes on the trails in our OC wilderness parks? Their presence is illegal. But the OC Parks Commission is under pressure to amend the regulations governing our wilderness parks that would permit e-...
The Grapevine
February 5, 2021
Desperate times call for desperate measures: going mano a mano with a grapevine during COVID.
Keeping on keeping on...and welcome to our new website!
January 21, 2021
As I write this, the coronavirus is still raging in our part of the world. Hospitals are at—and beyond—capacity, and the distribution of the vaccine has been slower than we’ve all been hoping for.