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Take ACTION! There is a new online
petition to stop Mountain Top Removal Mining. Please
sign on! And ask your friends and neighbors to sign it, too.
Take ACTION! Do you enjoy festivals
and fairs? We are currently recruiting outreach volunteers to table
a plethora of events around the state this summer. JOIN TEAM TABLE!
Contact Vicky.mattson@sierraclub.org
for more info.
September is Mon Month!
We are busy in September, volunteers are needed to help with all of these events.
Please also see our Help wanted section.
2005 WV Conference on the Environment
A Renewable Future - Exploring Energy Sources for West Virginia --
September 14 - 15, at the Days Inn in Flatwoods
The conference will provide a forum for people experienced in providing renewable
resources to describe and debate issues relevant to West Virginia.
Early registration cost is $75 (deadline for early registration is September
7, 2005), regular registration is $100. Financial assistance is available to
those for whom the fee is a financial burden. For scholarship or other information,
call Cindy at (304) 342-6972.
Pam Nixon
Environmental Advocate
WV DEP
601 57th Street, SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Phone: 800-654-5227, ext. 1328
Email: pnixon@wvdep.org
Forest Service Open House
Saturday Sept 17th 10am-2pm
Elkins WV
Graceland Conference Center
Davis and Elkins College
This is the first of 5 open houses put on by
the Forest Service. Join us in a great turn out. We will try to have
a hospitality
suite or information table at each of these events. There will
not be a open house in Morgantown, this is as close as it gets.
Please come on down for a fine September weekend and help the Mon
to get more wilderness.
Forest Service Open House
September 19th 4-7 PM
Richwood WV
Richwood City Hall
Join Teddy Roosevelt and local Mayor Baber in welcoming
the Forest Service to Richwood. This is the second Open house and the
most
welcoming. Please come and see the forest plan first hand, provide
comments and enjoy fellowship in this friendly town.
Forest Service
Open House
September 20th 4-7 PM
Pocahontas County High School
Teddy Roosevelt’s road show moves to Pocahontas county tonight.
The third open house is in the heart of Pocahontas county. Come
on out and show your support for wilderness.
Forest Service Open House
September 21 4-7
Marriot Town Center
If you can make it to only one of these meetings
make it to this one. Teddy Roosevelt will make his final appearance
tonight. We
will have a hospitality suite in the hotel so look for our location
on the TV monitors. If you are interested in helping with this
event please contact Vicky Mattson Vicky.mattson@sierraclub.org or 304-342-3182
calendartop
Community Meeting in Parkersburg
Thursday Sept 22 7PM
Parkersburg Municipal Building
Join other concerned citizens in parkersburg to plan events and
activities for this part of WV. Local organizer Nate Parr is looking
for help to get a big response from the Ohio River region.
Contact him at carve@wirefire.com
Kanawha County Fair
Sept 23-26
Shawnee Park
Would any of you like to take the lead on this event? We would
really like a presence at this fair. Please contact Vicky.mattson@sierraclub.org or 304-342-3182
Forest Service Open House
Monday September 26th 4-7 PM
Petersburg Public Library
We will have a table out in front the
library. Come to this open house and help us maintain pressure
to preserve our Wild Mon. RSVP
to Vicky.mattson@sierraclub.org 304 342-3182
Mon Walking Weekend -- Help
to build an environmental community in Charleston and on the Mon
Saturday October 8th
Community Walk in Charleston
The best way to reach our friends and neighbors is to talk to them one on one
and face to face. This is the guiding principle of the Sierra Club’s Building
Environmental Community (BEC) program. On this lovely fall day we will go door
to door in Charleston to talk about our National Forest and our neighborhood.
Meet at Celebration Station on Quarrier St. at 1 PM call Vicky Mattson to RSVP
342-3182 or vicky.mattson@sierraclub.org
Sunday October 9th
Trailhead Blitz
Take advantage of a lovely fall day to hang out in the Mon and
talk about preserving these wild places to the folk who are visiting.
This is an amazingly effective way to acquire comments and have
fun doing it.
We will meet at the Seneca Rocks Visitor Center at 11 AM
Meet in the parking lot. We’ll provide box lunches and drinks.
Teams will head out to various hot spots in the Forest to talk
to hikers and hand out our flyer. To sign up for this event contact
bobby_mitchell@hotmail.com or
call (304)292-1751
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