Calendar

July 26 - Public Meeting at the Shawes Elementary School in Cabin Creek. This meeting will try and educate people on watershed assessments, total maximum daily loads, and upcoming plans for watershed improvements. For more information concerning the meeting, please call Jessica Welsh at (304) 558-2108.

July 27 thru 29 - 2nd annual Sustainability Fair, "Think Green." WV Wesleyan College, Buckhannon July 27, 28, and 29th. Registration fee: $5.00. Booth fee: $20.00 (includes two free registrations). Meals and lodging are on your own. The campus cafeteria is open and offers a wide variety of choices. Also, 100 dorm rooms are being reserved for participants at $9 and $13 per person (two beds per room - first come, first serve basis). For brochure, list of participants & sponsors and registration information contact Denise Poole at deniseap@earthlink.net or 304-522-8409. Visit Myra Bonhage-Hale’s website: www.lapaixherbaljourney.com or www.wvecouncil.org for continuously updated information.

July 28-29 - An eighteen-hour class in Wilderness First Aid will be conducted in Harrisburg, PA. The course includes classroom study, hands-on practice, and results in a two-year certification. The cost is $140. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional information phone (703) 836-8905 or visit http://wfa.net.

August 6 thru 10 - "Wild Utah: America’s Redrock Wilderness" in various places. See details.

August 11 (Saturday) - Stop Mountain Range Removal Strategy Meeting 10 AM to 4 PM. Asbury United Methodist Church, 501 Elizabeth St., Charleston, WV. Since the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out Judge Haden’s ruling on valley fills, many people have wondered what is next in our push for an end to mountain range removal. All interested groups and individuals are urged to attend this joint strategy meeting. Where do we go next in terms of lawsuits, actions, public opinion and legislative action? It would be great if each of us could arrive with a list of ideas and concerns. If you can, please bring vittles to share for lunch. (But please don’t let that stop you from coming if you haven’t the time to prepare anything!) OVEC will provide drinks and desserts.

August 11- Dr. James Ebeling is holding a free lecture at The Freshwater Institute from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM entitled "Engineering Assessment of Alternative Wastewater Treatment Options for Individual Residences." This course is being presented by the National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities (NETCSC) based out of Morgantown, WV. If you would like to attend or need more information contact Matthew Mullenax at m.mullenax@freshwaterinstitute.org.

August 18 (Saturday) - The rescheduled summer WV Highlands Conservancy Board of Directors meeting 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Location TBA.

September 22 - Shaver’s Fork Coalition benefit concert. Spelunker’s Camp, East Dailey, WV, south of Elkins. For information call 637-3911or gene-o@meer.net

October 12 thru 14 - Fall Review (Board meeting on the 14th).

"2001- An Outdoor Odyssey"- see outings schedule.

October 13 and 14 - Eastern Forest Summit, 4-H Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Come join fellow eastern forest activists and advocates for a weekend of celebration, visioning and planning for the protection and restoration of the eastern forests. It is time for eastern forest advocates to rally together and bring the nation’s attention to the forests out America’s back door -- the eastern forests. If you want to participate, please contact: Jad Daley, Coordinator Appalachian Partnership for Eastern Forests, amccons@mindspring.com, phone 609-818-1776.