
Greenville meeting: Wednesday November 18, 2009 7:30 p.m. Meets here Land Protection in the South Carolina Southern Blue Ridge. The Nature Conservancy It has been over two years since we heard from Kristen Austin about the land protection efforts led by The Nature Conservancy at Stumphouse Mountain. Kristin as the South Carolina Southern Blue Ridge Project Director for The Nature Conservancy is based in Greenville. Her mission is the protection of special places in the Upstate of South Carolina. We are looking forward to hearing from Kristen. She will speak about her efforts to protect additional Upstate natural places. Kristen, having been raised in Knoxville and having earned her fondness for our mountains while exploring the Smoky Mountains, is a fierce advocate for the preservation of the special places in our South Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains. Please join us to hear from Kristen about places she is trying to protect at our November 18 meeting.
*Spartanburg Meeting:* Thursday, November 26—Thanksgiving Day NO MEETING Meets here
December 16 • Greenville Annual Covered Dish Christmas Party Our annual Christmas covered dish supper will be held at the Bobby Pearse Community Center from 6:30 to 9:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 16. The Center is located at 904 Townes Street, Greenville, SC 29609 on the side of North Main park. Mark your calendars and plan to join us.
News • The Sierra Club has published a new (beta) web site, where you can find or list a trail or outing. Pat Carstensen has submitted this trail in Spartanburg. *• Recycling #5 Plastic* Whole Foods is now accepting #5 plastics for recycling. They have placed a bin, now with their other recycling bins, out front to the left of the entrance. Volunteers in Action Thanks to Dennis Chamberlain for his article in the Greenville News on renewable energy and the effects of drilling off the coast. Also, thanks to Trey Fouché for his letter to the Editor about clean air. Thanks to the following people who helped with the Jones Gap trail maintenance in September: Tom Hale, Dale Bartels, Wayne Heath, Jim Majors, and Chris Newton. Even though we did not have any Sierra Club members on the trail service project at Jones Gap in October, we want to extend our thanks to the following folks from North Greenville University: B. J. Robinson, Rachel Teague, Jake Thurmand, Joseph Holder, Diana Sherbert, and Matthew Hunt. We also want to thank Mike and Kam Watkins and Richard Bustamonte for their help. Thanks to Mona Turner who brought a tasty medley of carrot sticks, grapes, crackers and cheese, and cookies, with a selection of healthy beverages to the October meeting. Welcome to Dave Wilder as our new Web Master, and to Tom Brennan and Mona Turner for working on Membership.

Greenville meeting:

Wednesday November 18, 2009 7:30 p.m.
Meets here

Land Protection
in the South Carolina Southern Blue Ridge.
The Nature Conservancy

It has been over two years since we heard from Kristen Austin about the land protection efforts led by The Nature Conservancy at Stumphouse Mountain.

Kristin as the South Carolina Southern Blue Ridge Project Director for The Nature Conservancy is based in Greenville. Her mission is the protection of special places in the Upstate of South Carolina. We are looking forward to hearing from Kristen.

She will speak about her efforts to protect additional Upstate natural places. Kristen, having been raised in Knoxville and having earned her fondness for our mountains while exploring the Smoky Mountains, is a fierce advocate for the preservation of the special places in our South Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains.

Please join us to hear from Kristen about places she is trying to protect at our November 18 meeting.

Spartanburg Meeting:

Thursday, November 26—Thanksgiving Day
NO MEETING

Meets here

December 16 • Greenville

Annual Covered Dish Christmas Party

Our annual Christmas covered dish supper will be held at the Bobby Pearse Community Center from 6:30 to 9:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 16.

The Center is located at 904 Townes Street, Greenville, SC 29609 on the side of North Main park. Mark your calendars and plan to join us.

News

• The Sierra Club has published a new (beta) web site, where you can find or list a trail or outing. Pat Carstensen has submitted this trail in Spartanburg.

• Recycling #5 Plastic
Whole Foods is now accepting #5 plastics for recycling. They have placed a bin, now with their other recycling bins, out front to the left of the entrance.

Volunteers in Action

Thanks to Dennis Chamberlain for his article in the Greenville News on renewable energy and the effects of drilling off the coast.

Also, thanks to Trey Fouché for his letter to the Editor about clean air.

Thanks to the following people who helped with the Jones Gap trail maintenance in September: Tom Hale, Dale Bartels, Wayne Heath, Jim Majors, and Chris Newton.

Even though we did not have any Sierra Club members on the trail service project at Jones Gap in October, we want to extend our thanks to the following folks from North Greenville University: B. J. Robinson, Rachel Teague, Jake Thurmand, Joseph Holder, Diana Sherbert, and Matthew Hunt. We also want to thank Mike and Kam Watkins and Richard Bustamonte for their help.

Thanks to Mona Turner who brought a tasty medley of carrot sticks, grapes, crackers and cheese, and cookies, with a selection of healthy beverages to the October meeting.

Welcome to Dave Wilder as our new Web Master, and to Tom Brennan and Mona Turner for working on Membership.

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LED Christmas lights For those of you who are thinking about purchasing some LED Christmas lights this year - Home Depot has a trade-in program from now until the 15th of November. Please read the fine print.
*Volunteer Opportunities* We need volunteers to work on conservation issues. If you are interested, please contact Ron Sobczak.
*Environmental Issues & Events.* *Saturday, November 21 • Nature Trail, Table Rock State Park* ..a beautiful trail which follows a rushing creek for much of its way. -more-
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LED Christmas lights

For those of you who are thinking about purchasing some LED Christmas lights this year - Home Depot has a trade-in program from now until the 15th of November. Please read the fine print.

Volunteer Opportunities

street cleanup

We need volunteers to work on conservation issues. If you are interested, please contact Ron Sobczak.

Environmental Issues & Events.

Saturday, November 21 • Nature Trail, Table Rock State Park

..a beautiful trail which follows a rushing creek for much of its way.
-more-

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