MOUNTAINS GROUP
San Gorgonio Chapter
MOUNTAINS GROUP
San Gorgonio Chapter
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Why you should
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Desert Victory:
Court Blocks
Landfill |
A landfill project that would have turned 4,654 acres of canyons adjacent to Joshua Tree National Park into the world largest dump was ruled unlawful by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Who We Are: |
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WATCH LISTSet this page as your homepage, or bookmark it, to keep up with critical issues on our Mountains. (You may need to click on your browser's refresh icon to make sure you see the latest news.) |
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Friends
of the Mountain, a local
organization, is working with the Dept. of Fish and
Game, the Forest Service and other agencies to
establish wildlife corridor signs along the roads in
San Bernardino Mountains. The purpose is to alert
motorists to the presence of wildlife and reduce the
number of accidents involving cars and wild animals.
For more info visit the Friends of the Mountains website.
Click here for map and description of wildlife corridors in the San Bernardino mountains.
| The Pacific Garbage Patch |
| In August 2009, scientists on two ships explored the problem of plastic pollution in the North Pacific Gyre off about 1,000 miles off California's coast. The Garbage Patch, also called the Plastic Vortex, is a soup of plastic particles and other debris, estimated to cover an area at least twice as big as Texas. |
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| This is just one example of what the researchers found: a jumble of tangled rope, net, plastic, and biological organisms. |
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Links:
Project Kaisei Scripps Institute of Oceanography |
The Royal Rangers
The special meeting re the Royal Rangers proposed camp originally planned by the San Bernardino County Planning Commission for Oct. 15 was postponed to an as yet undetermined date in December. More details
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Lynda Davaran, a longtime active Sierra Club member and resident of Twin Peaks, passed away in August 2008. The Mountains Group established a memorial fund in her name, and because Lynda loved dogs it was decided to use the funds for the installation of a pet friendly water fountain in her memory in the Rotary Centennial Park in Twin Peaks. The fountain is expected to be finished by the end of November. An installation ceremony will be scheduled for early December, depending on weather conditions. Information will be posted on this website as soon as a firm date has been set. Thanks to all of Lynda's friends who contributed to this fund in loving memory of Lynda!
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AS THE ICE MELTS... a network of time-lapse cameras around the world record glaciers receding - vivid evidence of the reality of climate change. Note: For best viewing, set the video to full screen. You can also turn on subtitles if desired. |
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