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Environmentalism

Tour the L.A. River

July 21, 2010

Hidden LA, a really great blog that you should probably be checking out anyway, just offered a driving and walking tour of the L.A. River that was a great success – completely selling out in a matter of hours. The event was so successful, in fact, that they’re offering two more tours. On Sunday, August [...]

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Santa Monica Mountains Science Festival this Weekend

April 15, 2010

If you’re looking to learn a little bit more about some of our local hiking areas or just wanted to reacquaint yourself with the Santa Monica Mountains, you may want to check out the first annual Santa Monica Mountains Science Festival this weekend. A joint production of the National Park Service and the Natural History [...]

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Pre-Easter in the San Gabriels

April 2, 2010

If you’re the type of person who likes to celebrate Easter and you’re reading this blog, chances are you’re also the type of person who’d rather celebrate in the wilderness than by tightening up a tie and sitting inside a building or fighting family members for the last slice of ham. Well, you might have [...]

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The Best Summer Internship Ever

March 5, 2010

Internships are often a foot-in-the-door for future employment. While most of them consist of making coffee, filing papers, and generally performing the duties of an indentured servant, the Sierra Club is offering one lucky young person the chance to have what they are calling “The Best Summer Internship Ever” — and I think you’ll agree [...]

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Smartphone Botany

October 23, 2009

So I know I just wrote a story about someone who got attacked by a bear while she was checking something on her iPhone, but if you’re careful about when and where you use your smartphone on the trail, you can actually help out with an important project. Invasive plants have long been a problem [...]

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San Gabriel Mountains Public Comments

September 1, 2009

I know it’s tough to think about protecting the future of the San Gabriel Mountains when they’re pretty much entirely engulfed in flames, but planning for future use and management may help to prevent out-of-control infernos like the Station Fire. San Gabriel Mountains Forever, a coalition of local and national groups, is urging citizens to [...]

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Laurel Canyon Open Space in Danger

August 7, 2009

I’m willing to bet most Angelenos have, at one point, had to drive up Laurel Canyon Boulevard to get from the city to the valley or vice versa. If so, you’ve also most likely passed what could potentially be the next addition in the patchwork of parkland that’s scattered through the Santa Monica Mountains … [...]

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Happy Birthday, Smokey

August 5, 2009

Thursday, August 13th, is Smokey Bear’s 65th birthday, but the US Forest Service has planned ahead and launched a birthday section of SmokeyBear.com, devoted to the mascot’s long history in our wilderness … thankfully replacing the pretty racist WWII forest safety posters that preceded him. The site has a huge gallery of historic print, radio, [...]

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If You Ever Wondered Why California Doesn’t Have Grizzlies

July 8, 2009

… this probably had something to do with it: via Leslie Miles, with thanks to my old boss Gavin for tweeting it.

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The Most Remote Place On Earth

April 21, 2009

We hikers and backpackers give ourselves a lot of credit for hiking hours into the wilderness, miles away from cars and electricity and the trappings of modern civilization. But the cold, hard fact is, really, we’re not that far away from the rest of the world. And apparently, neither are most of the rest of [...]

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