BYOBag By: Ryan Murray and Deborah McLaughlin P2 Page 2 Rocky Mountain Chapter 1536 Wynkoop Street #4C Denver, CO 80202 Be a Part of our Chapter's Success! Help make a difference for the environment in Colorado by joining one of these activist committees. Election Action Committee Encourage our members to register and vote. [email protected]New Member Committee Welcome and engage new Club members. [email protected]Fundraising Committee Get experience planning events and more. [email protected]Energy Committee Educate the public about energy efficiency and renewables. [email protected]For more opportunities, call 303-861-8819 or visit www.rmc.sierraclub.org Rocky Mountain Chapter member Alison Gocke provided the Peak & Prairie with this action photo of two elk taken at Lily Lake at Estes Park. She used her Nikon D80 to freeze the action. To see more member photos go to www.rmc.sierraclub.org/photogallery. 8 This article is about cars, something that I am not an expert on, but I needed to learn more and thought I might share it with you. Many of you may already understand crossovers, hybrids and PHEVs, but if you need to know the basics like I did, read on. I am in the market for a new car and know that I’m going to buy a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). When I started see- ing ads for “Crossover” vehi- cles, I wondered what they were and thought that maybe they were “crossing over” from electricity to gasoline and back again (like hybrids). Not! With a little investigation, I found that “crossovers” are a cross between an SUV and a car. Crossovers are car-based SUVs— they are usually on a car body. These are SUVs for people who do not have to carry heavy cargo or drive on rough terrain; they are certainly not designed for tough off-road driving. These cars are safer and less likely to roll over since they are closer to the ground. They are also more fuel efficient, lighter, quieter, more aerodynamic and much more suited for city driving than truck-based SUVs. The Honda Pilot, SubaruForester, Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-Vs are examples of crossovers, although they may not necessarily be called crossovers. They are not hybrids! Hybrid vehicles use advanced technology and smart design to go farther on a gallon of gasoline. They cut pollution, save oil and lower gas costs. How do they work? These vehicles combine an efficient gasoline engine and an electric motor to get great fuel economy. The electric motor powers the car at low speeds, and switches to the gas engine at highway speeds. To accelerate, hybrids combine the power of both the electric and gas engines. When they brake, they Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Sierra Club Jan-Feb-March 2008 Volume 42 - Number 1 An estimated 500 billion to one trillion plastic bags are con- sumed each year worldwide. That amounts to over one million per minute. The United States uses one-fifth of the total world consumption of plastic bags or more than 100 billion. The aver- age family accumulates 60 plastic bags in only four visits to the supermarket. Only one to three percent of plastic bags are recy- cled. What happens to the other 97 percent of the non-recycled plastic bags? They are in the landfills, streams, tangled in trees, and floating in oceans like jelly fish. My advice is to bring your own bag and make it organic cotton. Retailers in America alone spend four billion dollars each year for plastic bags. Ultimately the consumer pays for the bags in the cost of goods sold. Single-use plastic bags are made of high- density polyethylene. Manufacturing plastic bags requires petroleum and natural gas, both nonrenewable resources that increase our dependency on other nations. Actually 12 million barrels of oil are required to just make the bags that Americans waste. Toxic chemicals are used in the manufacturing process and require a disposal system, another pollutant. Energy to transport disposable plastic bags to their destinations uses more gas and emits more undesirable emissions. These billions of bags that are not recycled will persist on the planet for a thou- sand years unless they are ingested by a marine or land animal killing the animal in the process. Aren’t the bags biodegradable? Biodegradable shopping bags are of polymers that degrade or decompose when exposed to air, water or sunlight. The original biodegradable bags are made from resins containing polyethylene, starches and heavy metals like cadmium, lead and beryllium. A later model of the biodegradable bag combined polymers and starches and claimed that the bags would break down to organic material. It takes at least eighteen months for these wonderful bags to biodegrade and the process consumes oxygen. If mixed with regular plastic in conventional recycling systems, the entire batch of plastic bags can be useless and non-recyclable. The same energy requirements for manufacturing and transport ren- der this option as less than optimum. Hybrid or crossover? View from the chair by Maggie Pedersen, Co-Chair, RMC N No on n- -P Pr ro of fi it t O Or rg ga an ni iz za at ti io on n U U. .S S. . P Po os st ta ag ge e P Pa ai id d D De en nv ve er r, , C CO O P Pe er rm mi it t # #3 38 89 9 Peak & Prairie In this issue 22% reduction in greenhouse gases by hybrid vehicles P2 Page 2 P4 Page 4 P6 Page 6 P7 Page 7 P8 Page 8 continued on page 2 Available online www.rmc.sierraclub.org/pandp Book review Animal Vegetable Miracle - A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver P3 Page 3 P3 Page 3 Energy newsletter The final report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change To read more, go to: www.rmc.sierraclub.org/pandp Election results Rocky Mountain Chapter awards Save the Roan We need your help! P7 Page 7 P8 Page 8 BYOBag Bring your own bag and make it organic cotton. The Yampa River, Colorado’s last dinosaur Amazon Rainforest Expedition Amending the Lacey Act Combat illegal logging imports Genesis of USDA organics The history of organic foods The uranium rush in Colorado: Past and present
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BYOBagBy: Ryan Murray and Deborah McLaughlin
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Rocky Mountain Chapter1536 Wynkoop Street #4CDenver, CO 80202
Be a Part of ourChapter's Success!Help make a difference for the
environment in Colorado by joining one of these activist committees.
For more opportunities, call 303-861-8819 or visit
www.rmc.sierraclub.org
Rocky Mountain Chapter member Alison Gocke provided the Peak & Prairie with this actionphoto of two elk taken at Lily Lake at Estes Park. She used her Nikon D80 to freeze the action.To see more member photos go to www.rmc.sierraclub.org/photogallery.
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This article is about cars, something that I amnot an expert on, but I needed to learn more andthought I might share it with you. Many of youmay already understand crossovers, hybrids andPHEVs, but if you need to know the basics like I did, read on.
I am in the market for a new car and know thatI’m going to buy a hybrid electric vehicle(HEV). When I started see-ing ads for “Crossover” vehi-cles, I wondered what theywere and thought that maybethey were “crossing over”from electricity to gasolineand back again (like hybrids).Not!
With a little investigation, I found that“crossovers” are a cross between an SUV and acar. Crossovers are car-based SUVs— they areusually on a car body. These are SUVs for people who do not have to carry heavy cargo or drive on rough terrain; they are certainly not designed for tough off-road driving. These
cars are safer and less likely to roll over sincethey are closer to the ground. They are alsomore fuel efficient, lighter, quieter, more aerodynamic and much more suited for citydriving than truck-based SUVs. The HondaPilot, Subaru Forester, Toyota RAV4 and HondaCR-Vs are examples of crossovers, althoughthey may not necessarily be called crossovers.
They are not hybrids!
Hybrid vehicles useadvanced technology andsmart design to go fartheron a gallon of gasoline.They cut pollution, save oiland lower gas costs. How
do they work? These vehicles combine an efficient gasoline engine and an electric motorto get great fuel economy. The electric motorpowers the car at low speeds, and switches tothe gas engine at highway speeds. To accelerate,hybrids combine the power of both the electricand gas engines. When they brake, they
Rocky Mountain Chapterof the Sierra ClubJan-Feb-March 2008 Volume 42 - Number 1
An estimated 500 billion to one trillion plastic bags are con-sumed each year worldwide. That amounts to over one millionper minute. The United States uses one-fifth of the total worldconsumption of plastic bags or more than 100 billion. The aver-age family accumulates 60 plastic bags in only four visits to thesupermarket. Only one to three percent of plastic bags are recy-cled. What happens to the other 97 percent of the non-recycledplastic bags? They are in the landfills, streams, tangled in trees,and floating in oceans like jelly fish. My advice is to bring yourown bag and make it organic cotton.
Retailers in America alone spend four billion dollars each yearfor plastic bags. Ultimately the consumer pays for the bags inthe cost of goods sold. Single-use plastic bags are made of high-density polyethylene. Manufacturing plastic bags requirespetroleum and natural gas, both nonrenewable resources thatincrease our dependency on other nations. Actually 12 millionbarrels of oil are required to just make the bags that Americanswaste. Toxic chemicals are used in the manufacturing processand require a disposal system, another pollutant. Energy totransport disposable plastic bags to their destinations uses more
gas and emits more undesirable emissions. These billions ofbags that are not recycled will persist on the planet for a thou-sand years unless they are ingested by a marine or land animalkilling the animal in the process.
Aren’t the bags biodegradable? Biodegradable shopping bagsare of polymers that degrade or decompose when exposed toair, water or sunlight. The original biodegradable bags are madefrom resins containing polyethylene, starches and heavy metalslike cadmium, lead and beryllium. A later model of thebiodegradable bag combined polymers and starches andclaimed that the bags would break down to organic material. Ittakes at least eighteen months for these wonderful bags tobiodegrade and the process consumes oxygen. If mixed withregular plastic in conventional recycling systems, the entirebatch of plastic bags can be useless and non-recyclable. Thesame energy requirements for manufacturing and transport ren-der this option as less than optimum.
Hybrid or crossover? View from the chair by Maggie Pedersen, Co-Chair, RMC
The book Animal Vegetable Miracle - A Year ofFood Life, by Barbara Kingsolver, ispart memoir, part investigationand a must read for anyone whocares about sustainability or foranyone who eats. If you are concerned about your carbonfootprint, food is the natural place to begin. Kingsolver’s depth of research and wit will keep you engaged and inspired tore-evaluate your own food life.She takes the old adage, “we are what we eat”to a new level, committing to a year of livingon what they could grow or procure from
within one hour from their family farm. Shecompares those results to theagribusiness use of fossil fuels,antibiotics, and GMO. Foodchoices are perhaps the easiest,healthiest and most soul satisfyingways to personally create a moresustainable world.
If you don’t read the book soon, be sure to visit thewebsite which includes excerpts
from the book, recipes, lists and links toorganizations relevant to local sustainable andresponsible food. www.animalvegetablemiracle.com
Towering some 3,800 feet above thetown of Rifle, the stark cliffs of the RoanPlateau hide the lush beauty of its hiddenvalleys and canyons. Supporting a marvelous diversity of life forms, theRoan Plateau is home to genetically purestrains of Colorado River Cutthroat trout,rare plants such as the Debeque phacelia,natural gardens hanging over spectacularwater falls, herds of elk and mule deer,peregrine falcons, bear and mountainlions. In addition, the Roan supports anearly $5 million local economy of hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation.
But all this is about to change if theBureau of Land Management (BLM) hasits way. Following a long public commentperiod with over 98% of the 75,000 comments received supporting strongprotection for the plateau; the BLMreleased its final plan (the Record ofDecision) in June 2007 which will openthe top of the plateau to gas drilling.
Why sacrifice this natural gem? Althoughour country faces a need for increasing itsdomestic energy supplies, some place,like the Roan Plateau, are just too pre-cious to drill. With gas drilling proceed-ing at an unprecedented rate in WesternColorado, the Roan Plateau has becomean island in a sea of gas and oil develop-ment. It represents only about 1% of the7,100 acres of public lands available todrilling in the Piceance Basin. Upwards of50,000 new wells have been projected forthe Piceance over the next 15 years.
Drilling the public lands of the Roan nowwill not contribute significantly to ourdomestic natural gas supply: first, over70% of the federal lands leased for oil andgas development in Colorado are not cur-rently producing natural gas or methane;second, almost half of the land atop theRoan Plateau is already leased or ownedby industry. Thus, by using directionaldrilling from these sites and from sites atthe base, over 85% of the Roan’s gasresources can already be tapped.
Current status of the Roan: Followingrelease of their final Roan plan (ROD),the BLM granted Gov. Ritter a 120 dayextension to review and comment on theplan. This period expired November
16th. This provided Gov. Ritter a uniqueand important opportunity to commenton the BLM’s plan and seek greater pro-tections for the Roan Plateau. A more bal-anced plan would limit drilling to existingsites with the Roan Plateau Planning Areawhile keeping the pristine public landsand critical wildlife habitat intact.
Thanks to the leadership of CongressmenJohn Salazar and Mark Udall, languagewas put into the current House EnergyBill (HB 3221) that prohibits drillingactivities on the public lands atop theRoan Plateau (i.e. ‘No SurfaceOccupancy’). However, the Senate
version of the energy bill, still beingdeliberated, has no similar provisions toprotect the Roan. It is therefore vital thatSenators Allard and Salazar hear from thepeople of Colorado encouraging them topush Roan protection in the Senate energy bill. A balanced approach to gasand oil drilling can still prevail, but ourSenators need to hear from you.
To send letters to Senators Allard andSalazar—please visit:http://ga6.org/campaign/Senate_101907.
For further information on the RoanPlateau, visit the Save the Roan website atwww.saveroanplateau.org.
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By: Karn Stiegelmeier
Book reviewAnimal Vegetable Miracle - A Year of Food Lifeby Barbara Kingsolver
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recharge the electric motor using regenerativebraking. Both the gas engine and brakingrecharge the battery, so hybrid vehicles neverneed to be plugged in. Just fill with gasoline, butless often. Toyota Prius (48 mpg city 45 highway), Honda Civic Hybrid (40 mpg city; 45highway), Camry Hybrid (33 mpg city), andChevy Malibu Hybrid are some of the hybridsyou can choose from today. Then there is the Highlander Hybrid SUV and the FordEscape 4W Hybrid (28 mpg city; 27 highway)—guess that these could be classifiedas hybrid “crossovers.”
Then there are the PHEVs of Plug-in HybridVehicles. These are essentially regular hybridswith an extension cord to recharge the batteriesand are great for local travel. You plug your carinto any 120 volt outlet overnight and then candrive up to 30 miles the next day without usinggasoline. The gas tank is still there as a back-upif you have that extra trip to take out on the
highway. PHEVs have an estimated 36% reduction in greenhouse gases compared to anestimated 22% reduction by hybrid vehicles.Plug-ins are not yet available at your local dealer, but General Motors and Toyota haveannounced their intent to mass-produce PHEVssoon. If you would like more information aboutPHEVs, check www.calcars.org/vehicles.html.
Here in Colorado, when no public transporta-tion is available, we need vehicles that can get usthrough snow and bad weather which“crossovers” can do. But we must also considerglobal warming and what we can do to stop it.For city and highway driving, hybrid cars are theway to go. By driving SUV Hybrids, like theHighlander or the Escape for mountain travel,we will use less gasoline and take one additionalstep toward reducing carbon dioxide emissions—the main gas that traps heat to cause global warming.
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Your help is needed to save the Roan PlateauBy: Bob Millette
The fourth and final report from theIntergovernmental Panel on ClimateChange has just been released, offeringfurther proof that global warming is real, itis immediate and it could become irre-versible unless action is taken now. SierraClub is heavily engaged in local communi-ties across Colorado to help make sure weaddress climate change before that irre-versible tipping point occurs. Luckily,other decision makers in Colorado are alsostepping up to the challenge.
Governor Bill Ritter recently announcedat Coors Field hisstatewide ClimateAction Plan. He has setan aggressive green-house gas emissionsreduction goal of 20%by 2020 and 80% by2050, which we strong-ly support. That worksout to just 2% per year,a realistic personal and professional goalto achieve. We had hoped to see thesame goal from the national level, but theBush administration still refuses toaddress climate change adequately. Thegovernor should be thanked for this goal.But the devil is in the details.
A major plank of the plan is to adoptimproved automobile and light trucktailpipe emissions standards for new vehicles. These proven state level standards, now adopted in 15 other statesalready and again as a reaction to a lackof federal action, would reduce GHGemissions by 34% within seven years. It would help clean up our air, reduce carbon loads significantly and providemore choices for both Colorado dealersand buyers while saving us money at the gas pump. The Governor needs toadopt these proven standards and not be led astray to softer regulations byopponents such as the California AutoDealers Association.
Along with this recent announcement,Sierra Club staff and lead volunteers
continue to educate the public aboutclean energy options. This fall, 50 volunteers went door to door in Denver and Longmont to hand out hundreds and hundreds of free CFL bulbs to their neighbors as an easy first step to help people saveenergy and save money at home. Thecanvass team also built up support for the Clean Cars Initiative through petition signatures. Wende Reoch,Rebecca Kahn and Becky English wereour star volunteer leaders in this effort.
At the same time, BobMillette led fellow Clubvolunteers and othersover in GlenwoodSprings to host a publicforum and dialogue thatgave away still moreCFLs and tote bagswhile bringing in anexpert from the NREL
center in Golden to talk about renewableenergy. Days later, Karn Steigelmeyerhosted a showing of a new energy filmand a public forum in Frisco with localstate and municipal decision makers sitting on a panel after the film to look atoptions for reducing global warming andpromoting clean energy in the cities ofSummit County and across Colorado.Twelve Colorado city mayors have nowsigned onto a nationwide pact with over500 other mayors to reduce carbon emissions at the city level.
Sierra Club and local leaders are spread-ing the word statewide—clean energy isgood for the environment and good forthe economy. If we all do our part toreduce GHG emissions by just 2% peryear, we can solve the climate changeissue together. For more informationabout our Cool City and Cool State campaign plan, contact Roger Singer or Katie Ryder at our regional office at303-449-5595. Together, we can stopglobal warming one city and one state at a time!
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Make Your Recycling Resolutions forthe New Year!There’s no better time than the start of anew year to make a few resolutions toincrease your recycling, reduce yourwaste and help our environment. Beloware some resolutions you might considerfor 2008:
Set up a household recycling system.Place a separate box, bin or bag in roomswhere lots of recyclable items are used.For example, the kitchen, home office andlaundry room. When these bins get full,empty them into your recycling cart.
Find five new items to recycle that youhaven't previously considered. Forexample, aluminum pie tins, egg cartons,peanut butter jars, mouthwash bottles,toilet paper tubes and detergent bottles.See the entire list of accepted items atwww.DenverGov.org/DenverRecycles.
Refill a glass or other reusable bottlewith water from the tap, instead of buy-ing bottled water. Did you know that ittakes about 1.5 million barrels of oil tomake all the water bottles Americans useeach year? (Earth Policy Institute)
Free yourself from junk mail by using ourJunk Mail Reduction Kit. Did you knowthat the average American householdreceives 1.5 trees through the mail slot inthe form of unsolicited mail every year?(StopJunkMail.org) That adds up toover 100 million trees a year. For a JunkMail Reduction Kit visit us online atwww.DenverGov.org/DenverRecycles.
Put organic materials like yard trimmingsand food scraps to better use by com-posting them. Composting creates anutrient-rich, soil enhancer that willmake your garden really grow.
For more information about Treecycleand other Denver Recycles programs call 3-1-1 or visit us online atDenverGov.org/DenverRecycles
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2007 Rocky Mountain Chapter awardsNumerous candidates were submitted to the Awards Committee for selection as award winners in 2007. All candidates have contributed to the goal of preservation of the environment in some manner, and all are appreciated. Afterlengthy deliberation, the committee selected the following for recognition in the specified award category:
CChhaapptteerr LLeeaaddeerr ooff tthhee YYeeaarr:: Steve Welter, who has stayed current on all of our legal issues, advised the ExComm on difficult legal decisions, and spent innumerable hours trying to deal with our legal expenses.
PPrrooffeessssiioonnaall CCoonnsseerrvvaattiioonniisstt ooff tthhee YYeeaarr:: Pueblo District Attorney Bill Thiebaut,who decided that enough was enough, and filed suit against the City of ColoradoSprings for its ongoing pollution of Fountain Creek.
GGrraassssrroooottss LLeeaaddeerr:: SPG Chair Suzannna Koeller, for her outstanding work in stopping the Super Wal-Mart in Littleton.
VVoolluunntteeeerr CCoonnsseerrvvaattiioonniisstt ooff tthhee YYeeaarr:: Ross Vincent, who is always current onenvironmental justice issues, active in the Fountain Creek pollution issue, and,according to his nominator, “attends more meetings than a politician, fights for theenvironment, and doesn’t let higher-ups get away with injustice.”
SSppeecciiaall AAcchhiieevveemmeenntt:: U.G., for its Prairie Relocation Project
CCoommmmuunniittyy SSeerrvviiccee AAwwaarrdd:: Judy Shulman, PPG, nominated as a “steady, constantand effective activist, promoting recycling as well as the Sierra Club within thePikes Peak Region. And, The Pueblo Chieftain, which has made Fountain Creekissues a front page story, and has maintained public interest in this issue throughits coverage.
CCeerrttiiffiiccaatteess ooff AApppprreecciiaattiioonn:: SPG’s Gloria Shone, IPG’s Betsy Hand, RMC’s Kirk Cunningham, PCG’s Eric Levine: all of these individuals furthered the environmental mission of the Rocky Mountain Chapter, Sierra Club.
CChhaarrlliiee OOrriieezz AAwwaarrdd ffoorr PPoolliittiiccaall AAccttiivviissmm:: Carol Sidofsky, of Grand County, forher relentless and dogged struggles against an unneeded roadway spur that woulddestroy wetlands and other sensitive environmental features.
JJoohhnn WWaaddee AAwwaarrdd:: Mike Mueller, SPG, who “represents the very best we seek ina Club leader”, according to his nominators. He has played a leadership role on theState Air Quality Control Commission, helped broker a settlement with PublicService over their new power plant in Pueblo, has chaired and served on too manyRMC, local and statewide committees to name, and has accomplished innumerableconservation goals with great humility and modesty.
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By: Jolynn Jarboe, Chair, Election Committee
First of all, let me congratulate the nominations committee, Steve Welter,Kirby Hughes, and Judy Johnson, for a jobwell done in the selection of six very qualified and excellent candidates for the Rocky Mountain Chapter board. I amnot the only one who faced a tough decision. A couple of ballots came backblank indicating that all candidates wereextremely qualified and would do a good job, and the voter could not choose among them. Over 500 membersparticipated in this election, a respectable2.5% or so of the total membership.
Next, my heartfelt thanks to the membersof the elections committee, Gillian Daleand Gloria Shone, who spent a Fridayafternoon at the Club's office counting the
ballots. Their dedication to democracySierra Club-style is very much appreciated.
Congratulations to our new and incumbent RMC board members!
Gary Lindstrom
Jason Wells
Maggie Pedersen
Myrna Poticha
And finally congratulations to those whochose to offer to serve on the board, butwere not elected to participate in thataspect of the Club's many functions.
Betsy Jordan-Hand
Becky English
May you continue to serve in the capacitythat fits your talents and desires. Restassured, we do not wish to lose yourexpertise and enthusiasm!
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Please submit calendar items to the editor no laterthan March 1st for the 2008 Spring issue(April/May/June) of Peak & Prairie. All outingannouncements must be submitted to the chapteroutings chair as well. The Sierra Club does nothave insurance for carpooling arrangements andassumes no liability for carpooling, ride sharing orany similar private arrangement among the partici-pants in Sierra Club activities. Meetings and eventsare open to members and the public. They are agood way to meet activists and discuss club issues.Due to limited space, we are unable to providedetails of all activities. Please contact the personlisted in the posting for details. Visit rmc.sierra-club.org, and click the calendar item in the left-hand menu on our home page for details and up-to-date listings.
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TThhee ""1100 EEsssseennttiiaallss"" - The Sierra Club recommends carrying following: a map, compass,waterproof matches, flashlight, extra food andwater, extra clothes (no cotton), first aid supplies,pocket knife, rain pants and jacket, sunglasses, UVprotection and whistle. That’s actually a total of 11items. Also consider taking insect repellent, a spaceblanket for emergencies and a camera.
AApprriill 55--66,, SSaattuurrddaayy -- SSuunnddaayy -- Wilderness First Aid(WFA) and Wilderness
First Responder (WFR) Recertification Course. TheRocky Mountain Chapter of the Sierra Club is spon-soring this 2-day (16-hour) course in Broomfield(about 12 miles east of Boulder). Tuition is $150, andthe class is limited to 30 participants. This is a fast-paced, hands-on course that is taught by theWilderness Medicine Institute (WMI), part of theNational Outings Leader School (NOLS), and cov-ers a wide range of wilderness medicine. WMI's cur-riculum is unique and includes many advanced topicsthat other programs leave out such as dislocationreduction, focused spinal assessment and epinephrine
administration. During just two days, you'll gainknowledge and skills, and have ability to make sounddecisions in emergency situations. This course isideal for trip leaders, camp staff, outdoor enthusiasts,and individuals who travel to remote locations. Fordetails, contact Dave Hawley at 303-443-2332 or [email protected]
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CChhaapptteerr CCoonnsseerrvvaattiioonn CCoommmmiitttteeeeKirk Cunningham at 303-939-8519 or [email protected] CCoommmmiitttteeee – Rebecca Kahn [email protected] GGaayy aanndd LLeessbbiiaann SSiieerrrraannss ((GGLLSS))Tom Arrison at 303-832-3430 or www.rmc.sierraclub.org/gls/act/htmlGenetic Engineering Committee Suzanne Wuerthele at 303-333-2519 [email protected] CCiittyy OOuuttiinnggss - Steering Committee MeetingTuesday, October 2, 2007, 5 p.m. P.S. #1, 1040Delaware St. (SE corner of W. 11th Ave. & Delaware, Near Speer Blvd.)Denver, CO. Light refreshments will be provided – Bill Myers at [email protected] or 303-935-6810EEnnvviirroonnmmeennttaall HHeeaalltthhJoan Seeman at 303-738-8407 or [email protected] EEdduuccaattiioonn CCoommmmiitttteeeefor information on how lifestyle choices affect theplanet. Denver area co-chair: JoLynn Jarboe - 303753 0470, [email protected]. Durango area co-chair: Mary Ocken - 970 259 5906OOuuttiinnggss CCoommmmiitttteeee – Jacob Morgan at [email protected] or visit www.rmc.sierraclub.orgPPeessttiicciiddeess CCoommmmiitttteeeeAngela Medbery at 303-433-2608RRoocckkyy MMoouunnttaaiinn AArrsseennaallSandy Horrocks at 303-470-1352
TTooxxiiccss CCoommmmiitttteeee - Joan Seeman at 303-738-8407 or [email protected] tside Functions
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BBlluuee RRiivveerr ((SSuummmmiitt,, GGrraanndd,, aanndd EEaaggllee ccoouunnttiieess))Every 4th Monday at the Frisco Rec Center.Contact Karn Stiegelmeier at 970-468-9013 [email protected] MMiillllss ((DDeennvveerr)) - 303-331-1120 [email protected]. ConservationCommittee - 3rd Wednesday at 7 pm. Tom at [email protected] or Angela at303-433-2608IInnddiiaann PPeeaakkss ((BBoouullddeerr CCoouunnttyy)) Deirdre Butler at 303-823-8649 [email protected] EEvvaannss ((EEvveerrggrreeeenn,, CCoonniiffeerr)) Betsy Kelson [email protected] PPeeaakk ((EEll PPaassoo aanndd TTeelllleerr ccoouunnttiieess))Kirby Hughes at 719-685-3019FunctionsPPoouuddrree CCaannyyoonn ((LLaarriimmeerr aanndd WWeelldd ccoouunnttiieess)) Warren Snyder at 970-420-4798 or [email protected] CCaarrssoonn ((eeaasstt JJeeffffeerrssoonn CCoouunnttyy))Judy Johnson at 303-969-2109 or [email protected] or visitwww.rmc.sierraclub.org/rcgSSaannggrree ddee CCrriissttoo ((AArrkkaannssaass RRiivveerr aanndd SSaann LLuuiiss VVaalllleeyy))[email protected] or visithttp://www.rmc.sierraclub.org/sdcg/SSoouutthh PPllaattttee ((LLiittttlleettoonn,, EEnngglleewwoooodd,, aanndd ssoouutthh mmeettrroo aarreeaa)) - Gloria Shone at 303.798.9331TTrraappppeerrss LLaakkee ((RRiioo BBllaannccoo,, JJaacckkssoonn,, RRoouutttt,, aannddMMooffffaatt ccoouunnttiieess))Rich Levy at [email protected] ((MMeessaa,, DDeellttaa,, aannddGGuunnnniissoonn ccoouunnttiieess))NJ Fulmer at 970-241-8036WWeemmiinnuucchhee GGrroouupp ((DDuurraannggoo aanndd ssuurrrroouunnddiinngg aarreeaass)) Jim Sumrall at 970-375-9632or [email protected]
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Join Us At The 2008 Legislative WorkshopThe Enos Mills Group and the Audubon Society of Greater Denver are
once again co-sponsoring the annual Legislative Workshop. It will be
held on Saturday, February 6, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at
First Plymouth Congregational Church, in the Fellowship Hall at the
corner of Colorado Blvd and Hampden Avenue, in Denver.
Beginning at 9 a.m. Audubon and Sierra Club lobbyists will discuss
major environmental bills that the Legislature is considering.
Participants will then join in a panel discussion with experts on three
major legislative issues.
To reserve your spot please send $15 to EMG Sierra Club, 1536 Wynkoop St, 4C, Denver, CO80202. Mark the date on your calendar and plan to attend February 6, 2008!
