Welcome

We are the Palos Verdes - South Bay Group with the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club. Our group includes those members residing in Carson, Gardena, Harbor City, Hermosa Beach, Lawndale, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Palos Verdes Peninsula, San Pedro, Torrance & Wilmington.

Quarterly Meeting

October 22^nd - Wednesday @ 7pm
The Great African Primate Expedition

Jackie Childers and her expert movie making travel companion, Jackie Baird-Bunker, will take us on an adventure through Uganda, presenting magnificent sights such as a Trek through Uganda's rainforests to find the rare and elusive mountain gorillas in their natural habitat, visit a chimpanzee orphanage and observe chimps in the wild in Kibale Forest, you will see how they learned to help save Africa''s primates through the ecotourism efforts that serve to protect them. They also had the pleasure of seeing many other primates such as colobus and other monkeys, and exotic animals. They got to see hippos, crocodiles, baboons and myriad birds and also spotted lion, buffalo, elephants and diverse antelopes, and many other animals. On a visit to caves they observed thousands of bats. Join us at the Peninsula Center Library Community Room, 701 Silver Spur Rd. (access also from Deep Valley), Rolling Hills Estates. Refreshments served.

Upcoming Activities for August

• Aug 2^nd - Sat O: Portuguese Point Hike
• Aug 3^rd - Sun O: Manhattan Beach Hike/Brunch
• Aug 3^rd - Sun: Annual Potluck Pool Party
• Aug 9^th - Sat O: Rolling Hills Estates Hike
• Aug 15^th - Fri O: Moonlite Hike in San Pedro
• Aug 16^th - Sat O: Central Peninsula Hike
• Aug 17^th - Sun O: Palos Verdes Hike/Brunch
• Aug 22-24^th - Fri-Sun I: Royce Peak (12,280'), Merriam Peak (13,103')
• Aug 23^th - Sat O: George F. Canyon Hike
• Aug 24^th - Sun O: Channel Islands National Park Santa Rosa Island
• Aug 30-Sep 2^nd - Sat-Tue O: Mammoth Lakes and Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest Trip

Find additional information on Palos Verdes - South Bay Group activities by visiting our Activities Calendar page.

Harwood Lodge

Harwood Lodge was built in 1930 as a memorial to Aurelia S. Harwood, past president of the Sierra Club and Angeles Chapter leader. The lodge stands today as a place to get away from the city and enjoy the solitude of clear mountain air and blue skies.

The Purposes of the Sierra Club

• To explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth
• To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystem and resources
• To educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment
• To use all lawful means to carry out these objectives