Nature Organizations in Los Angeles and Southern California
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- Angeles National Forest Fire
Lookout Association. " The Angeles National Forest Fire Lookout
Association is a group of Volunteer citizens working in direct cooperation
with the U.S. Forest Service in order to rebuild, reopen, operate and
maintain a replacement tower.
- Angeles Volunteer
Association (AVA). "The Angeles Volunteer Association (AVA) is a
public service organization dedicated to the preservation and care of the
Angeles National Forest. Our volunteers assist the U.S. Forest Service in
its efforts to maintain forest resources and to provide visitors with
opportunities to enjoy outdoor activities, such as camping, picnicking,
hiking and fishing."
- Audubon Society Southern California Chapters.
- California Wildlife
Center. "In a quiet area of the Santa Monica Mountains – on land
generously provided by California State Parks – sick, injured and orphaned
native wildlife receive quality medical care and rehabilitation, with the
intent of releasing them back into the wild."
- Huntington Beach Tree Society.
"The Huntington Beach Tree Society began back in 1998 when then-City
Council members Tom Harman and Ralph Bauer and resident Jean Nagy decided
Huntington Beach needed more trees. When Jean Nagy volunteered as
president, the organization began to proliferate. The group's idea was
simple - increase Huntington Beach's urban forest while raising citizens'
awareness of the benefits of trees and how they improve everyday life.
Today those dreams are becoming a reality as the Tree Society continues to
work with the city's Park, Tree and Landscape division. The partnership
has since planted more than 1,000 trees in Huntington Beach.
The group's current focus is reforesting each of the city's 66 parks. The
reason for reforesting is the majority of these parks have not seen a new
tree since the 1970s. The trees are needed to improve our environment and
the visual appeal of Huntington Beach. Additionally, the Tree Society
provides a Milestone to Memorial Tree Planting program, which adds even
more trees to our parks. For more information on this program, please
click here.
The Tree Society continues to educate residents on environmental and
tree-planting issues within the city and in the surrounding community. Not
only are we willing to speak with service, school, civic and community
groups, we also provide hands-on workshops to anyone interested."
- National Parks Conservation Association. California Condor page.
- San Gabriel Mountains
Trailbuilders. "The San Gabriel Mountains Trailbuilders (SGMTB)
is an all-volunteer public service organization dedicated to constructing
and maintaining hiking trails in the San Gabriel Mountains' Angeles
National Forest in Southern California."
- Santa Monica
Mountains Trail Council. "The Trails Council has been the only
organization devoted to representing all trail user groups in the Santa
Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Our volunteers are maintaining
a trail somewhere in the Park almost every weekend year-round."
- Sierra Club Angeles Chapter.
"John Muir founded the Sierra Club in 1892 with 182 like-minded members,
and immediately the Club set out to protect America's pristine forests and
wild areas.
For over a century, the Sierra Club has played a key role in protecting
more than 132 million acres in America's national park and wilderness
areas.
To achieve its conservation goals, the Sierra Club works aggressively to
influence policies and decisions affecting the environment of North
America and the rest of the world.
As issues broaden, the Sierra Club's goals broaden. John Muir never
worried about ozone depletion or acid rain, yet these problems now
threaten the parks and wilderness areas he and early Club members helped
protect. Environmental issues start in our backyard and reach around the
planet: global warming and the protection of tropical rainforests are now
major concerns.
The Sierra Club's theme remains unchanged: "To explore, enjoy, and protect
the wild places of the earth, to practice and promote the responsible use
of the earth's ecosystems and resources, to educate and enlist humanity to
protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment, and
to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives."
The Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club welcomes your participation in its
93rd year of involvement in the enjoyment and protection of our planet's
environment. The Angeles Chapter spans Los Angeles and Orange Counties in
Southern California, has 58,000 of the Sierra Club's 750,000 members, many
hard working volunteers and staff, 16 regional groups (organized by
zip code),. 32 recreational sections and committees (organized by similar
interests) and 32 conservation campaigns, committees, task forces, and
action entities."
- Temescal Canyon Association. "Temescal Canyon Association was
founded in 1972 to prevent the sale of what is now Temescal Gateway Park
to a developer with plans for a golf driving range. In subsequent years
TCA helped preserve the canyon from a variety of threats including a
cross-mountain road, and in the mid-seventies TCA was instrumental in
creating a plan for what is now Topanga State Park. An on-going issue of
concern is the potential purchase and development of four acres at the
corner of Temescal and Sunset by the YMCA."
- Ventana Wildlife Society. " The Ventana Wildlife Society (VWS)
celebrated 25 years as a community-based private non-profit on May 10,
2002. VWS first began by rehabilitating and releasing wildlife at a
240-acre remote field site in the Ventana Wilderness. After 5 years, VWS
began reintroducing prairie and peregrine falcons from this same location.
Then, in 1986, a bald eagle restoration project began since a local
population of eagles was absent for 60 years. VWS successfully restored
this population in only 10 years.
The Ventana Wildlife Society Research and Education Center was established
in Big Sur's Andrew Molera State Park in January 1992. Inspired by the
desire to reach out to the public, and with support from the California
Department of Parks and Recreation, VWS expanded its programs to include
environmental education, habitat restoration, steelhead trout monitoring
and migratory bird research. The current projects include environmental
education, California condor reintroduction, bald eagle monitoring, and
song bird monitoring and research." Comment: This
organization is not located in the Los Angeles area, but it does work with
the California Condor which ranges into the Los Angeles County area.
