Please Lend a Hand
The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Wants YOU to Get Involved!
If your organization has a volunteer outing you would like to see listed here, please send specifics; including date, time, location, description of activities, and contact information to Dave Saville at daves@labs.net, or 304-284-9548
Balsam Fir seed collection, July 29 & 30 and August 19 & 20; Teams of volunteers will spread out across the highlands to gather balsam fir cones in Canaan Valley, Dolly Sods, Shavers Fork and elsewhere. (see article elsewhere in this issue) Contact Dave Saville at
daves@labs.net or (304) 284-9548.Blackwater Canyon -- Join our action team as we visit events throughout the state this summer to encourage support of our efforts to protect this precious resource. Or call to see how we can help you with displays or information to use at other events. Contact Jesse Gandee or Judy Rodd at (304) 345-7663 or Jesse at <
jesganther88@hotmail.com>Events we’ll be at, where we can use your help:
-- July 29th, 10k running road race Clarksburg
-- July 30th, Charles Fork Lake Mt. Bike Race
We also need folks to collect petitions and hand out leaflets at :
-- July and Aug., Pickin-in -the Park, Wednesday evenings in Elkins
-- Aug 6, Fat Tire Festival, Slatyfork
-- Aug. 11-13 Augusta Heritage Festival, Elkins
- Gnarly North Fork Bike Race, Franklin
- Battle of Briery Mt. Bike Race, Terra Alta
Timber legislation -- The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy is working very hard to get a timber sediment control bill introduced and passed in the upcoming legislature. We need all our members help in lobbying our state Senators and House delegates. Call your representatives and tell them you want to see the timber industry held accountable for their activities.
Data entry and office help -- We always need extra help entering data, filing, mailing, as well as other office tasks. If you live in or near Charleston and would like to help, call the office there, located at 501 Elizabeth St., at 345-7663, or e-mail Judy Rodd at <
roddj@hotmail.com>If you are in the Morgantown area, Administrative Assistant Dave Saville’s office can always use some help. Call 284-9548 or <
daves@labs.net>.Technical Support -- Our Voice Editor, Bill Reed, is relatively computer illiterate. Specific needs - getting scanner and ditto drive to work; instruction on how to use Pagemaker.
Wish List -- The WVHC is in need of the following items. If you have any of these you would like to donate, contact us at (304) 345-7663, or 1-877 WVA LAND toll free.
-- Small office copier
-- Office chair
-- Box air conditioner
-- phone
-- copier paper
-- stamps
-- portable tables
-- portable display boards
-- file cabinet
-- scanner