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Want to receive email notifications about meetings and environmental events? Send your email address to Tom Taylor at tnt2703 AT excite DOT com. Our local group sends emails using a system provided by the national organization with the usual "unsubscribe" option.
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About the Sierra Club
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 The
Sierra Club is a nonprofit member-supported, public
interest organization that promotes conservation of the
natural environment by influencing public policy
decisions -- legislative, administrative, legal and
electoral.
Photo: Great blue heron, Everglades NP, Anhiga
Trail
Courtesy
Philip Greenspun.
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Our Piedmont Plateau Group
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 Our meetings are held at the new environmental library, Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch in Price Park. The address is 1420 Price Park Drive, which is off of the section of Hobbs that runs between New Garden Road and Jefferson. Feel free to come early and check out books or walk the trails in the park. From 7:00 - 7:30, we will meet for refreshments and social time. The program begins at 7:30.
For a map, click
here (opens a new window).
The PPG Executive Committee meets the last Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm in the Community Room at Earth Fare on Battleground Ave. All Sierra Club members are welcome to attend!
In addition, we have organized,
club-led outings that
let you enjoy nature and learn about Sierra Club
activities. You can learn more about outings and see the
upcoming schedule
here.
Photo:
Courtesy of Cheryl Garrity |
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July Program: Bur-Mil Greenway and Trail Walk |
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We traditionally substitute a walk for our July meeting. We invite you to come along on the evening walk in Bur-Mil Park (come directly to Bur-Mil instead of to the library). We will meet at 7:00 PM at the last shelter, below the Nature Center, just above the greenway and Lake Brandt. Our walk will begin heading south on a shaded section of the greenway, then, just past a small lake, we'll turn onto the Little Loop, a nice trail through the forest which takes us over varied terrain (some elevation gain/loss) through a mixed hardwood forest. We'll see a nice variety of trees, some fairly old and large, as we meander back to the greenway. This walk is a good example of the easy pleasant walks to be found at Bur-Mil Park. It is a perfect summer evening walk since almost all of it is shaded and it will be taken at a leisurely pace. Come enjoy this easy walk through the woods with us.
Bur-Mil Park is located on Battleground Ave/220 North, near the edge of the city limits. It is a couple of minutes N of the Horsepen Creek Rd/Battleground Ave. intersection, on the right not long before reaching Lake Brandt. Call any officer of the Club (listed on the back of the newsletter) if you have questions about the directions.
The pre-dinner meeting for our July program will be held on July 8 at 5:45 at San Luis Mexican restaurant, which is located on 1503 W. Lee Street. Please join us and RSVP Dick Mearns at dick_mearns@bellsouth.net by July 7.
August Program: There will be no August Program.
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First Aid and CPR for Everyone |
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1 Emergency Action Steps Wallet Card
1 Instructional DVD with an introduction
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participant receives kit!
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