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Sierra Club - Central Arkansas Group Meeting
5/21/24 – Tu - Please join us for the May CAG meeting. Program: James Owen, Policy Advisor and Special Projects Manager from the Little Rock Mayor's Office, will speak on the new solar project to power city offices and other sustainability initiatives. Come early at 5:30 to enjoy the wonderful food at Star of India. We meet in the banquet room. Thank Sammy for hosting us. Star of India is located at 301 N. Shackleford Rd. STE C4 Little Rock, AR 72211 (Separate banquet room entrance is located to the right of main restaurant entrance.)
Future meetings are announced via e-mail messages from Chair George Wise. If you do not receive the messages, please contact George at bgcdwise@swbell.net Program normally starts at 6:30.
For additional information on past or future CAG meetings, click HERE.
Future Tuesday CAG meetings: 6/18/24; 7/16/24
No meeting in August or December. Late 2024 meetings: 9/17/24; 10/15/24; 11/19/24
Pinnacle Mountain State Park News
5/18/24 - Sa - Since opening the new Visitors Center last November, PMSP has been making progress with other planned improvements. The driveway to the new Visitors Center is around 1/4 mile north of the West Summit Trail (WST) parking lot. A new road is being built just east of the highway between the Visitor's Center and the WST. Once that road is completed, it will become the entrance to the WST parking lot as the current direct access from the highway will likely be closed. It appears that additional parking spaces are being built between the road and the grassy field west of the restrooms. When visiting the visitors center, ask for a copy of the new trail guide which shows all the new trails built in recent years.
The old visitor's center is still closed. It may be leased to a concessionaire at some point.
With all the rain earlier this year, in recent days the Kingfisher Trail has been a good place to observe an abundant crop of poison ivy as well as a variety of snakes. Early wildflowers have mostly dried up but others may be waiting for additional rain before flowering.
Sierra Club Board of Director Election Results
4/24/24 - W - The five candidates elected to the 2024-2027 Board of Directors term were: Meghan Sahli-Wells, Clayton Daughenbaugh, David Karpf, Karl Palmquist, Erica Hall. Of the ballots distributed, 7% were returned; of those, 72% were returned by mail and 28% via internet. (photos)
World Wilderness Congress
8/24-31/24 - Sa-Sa - South Dakota - This year, the World Wilderness Congress will be held in South Dakota, the third time the quadrennial series of gatherings will be held in the U.S. After March 31, registration fee for the full week may increase to $1000. For more info, go to wild.org
Central Arkansas Safety Action Plan
11/2023 - Metroplan, the metropolitan planning organization for Central Arkansas (Faulkner County, Lonoke County, Pulaski County, and Saline County) is developing a Safety Action Plan. This Plan will identify and prioritize roadway safety improvements for all road users in Central Arkansas, including pedestrians, cyclists, public transportation users, motorists, and more. The goal of the Safety Action Plan is to improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries through implementation focused on all road users. For more info [or to complete a survey to provide input to the plan], click HERE. The survey is now completed but the link is retained for info only.
Early Tick Season?
2/12/24 - Ticks were spotted last week near Pinnacle Mountain. Use caution.
NEWS
Another vessel strikes a bridge, this time in Pittsburgh: Refer to pg 3A of 4/14/24 Democrat Gazette for more info.
This year (2024), the west coast has again received a lot of rain and snow. For links to a selection of Web Cams in California, click HERE.
Note: Past news and outings reports have been moved to the Newsletters page.
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POSTED IN Q1/Q2 ( JAN-JUN ) 2024
- 4/14/24 - Links on Get Involved web page checked/updated
- 4/14/24 - History Tours schedule updated
- 4/14/24 - Distinguished lecture series (no new events located as of this date)
- 4/14/24 - Links on EPA - ADEQ web page checked
For information on web site changes in prior months, go to the About Us > What's New page.
The following are images that have been considered as possible future web site header photos.
Below left: Waterfall in Devils Canyon, Ozark NF - - - - - Below right: 100+-year old Springfield Bridge, the oldest bridge of this type in Arkansas. The bridge was recently extensively repaired and moved to near the west end of Beaverfork Lake.
Army Corps of Engineers Inspection Ship Near Toad Suck Lock and Dam
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Special Topic: Texas Coal Plants An Issue, Sierra Club Says
By Doug Thompson - NW News - December 30, 2014
Two coal-fired power plants in Texas stand as the most immediate threat to air quality in Northwest Arkansas, said the director of the Sierra Club in Arkansas.
The plants are among seven at issue in a Jan. 15 public hearing in Oklahoma City. The federal Environmental Protection Agency called the hearing after rejecting parts of Texas' plan to gradually reduce the amount of haze-causing sulfur dioxide from the plants.
Glen Hooks, this state's Sierra Club director, said his group will argue at the hearing the sulfur dioxide contributes to haze as far north as Benton and Washington counties and over the federally protected headwaters of the Buffalo National River. ... MORE [TOP]
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Outing - Sierra Club Policies
- Activities identified as Sierra Club outings are led by a certified Outings Leader. All participants on such outings are required to sign a Sierra Club Liability Waiver form. If you would like to read the Liability Waiver before you choose to participate on an outing, please go to http://content.sierraclub.org/outings/local-outdoors/resources, then click on Sign-in Sheet & Liability Waiver or contact the Outings Department at (415) 977-5528 for a printed version.
- Carpools transportation is at the sole risk of the participants, both driver and passengers, even if they are leaders or staff of the outings or activity.
- CST 2087766-40. Registration as a seller of travel does not constitute approval by the State of California.
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