As we said in the June issue, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy is helping to schedule appearances of "Wild Utah: America’s Redrock Wilderness" at various locations around West Virginia during the first and second week of August.

For a review: "Wild Utah: America’s Redrock Wilderness" is a unique multi-media slideshow documenting citizen efforts to designate some public lands as Wilderness in southern Utah’s spectacular canyon country and deserts. This 20-minute journey through redrock splendor invigorates and motivates viewers to participate in the movement to protect these unique lands.

"Wild Utah: America’s Redrock Wilderness" was made possible through the generous donation of photos, music and words from concerned Utahns who wish to pass this heritage onto future generations, including a special reading by Pulitzer Prize winning author Wallace Stegner from his famous Wilderness Letter.

In conjunction with a 30-minute presentation on the status of the Utah wilderness movement by Dave Pacheco, National Outreach Coordinator of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), this inspirational and informational event is a must see for citizens wishing to become personally involved in this tremendous American public lands conservation effort.

The schedule is as follows:

Monday, August 6, 7:00 pm
Woodlands Retirement Community
#1 Bradley Foster Drive
Huntington, WV
Hosted by: WV Audubon Society
contact: Mike Forman 304-733-6404

Tuesday, August 7, 7:00 pm
Ohio County Public Library
52 16th Street
Wheeling, WV
Hosted by: The Wheeling Environmentalists
contact Dianne Burnham 232-0590

Wednesday, August 8, 7:00 pm
West Virginia University
Health Sciences Center - North
Room 1107
Morgantown, WV
Hosted by: Highlands Conservancy, Sierra Club, Sierra Student Coalition
contact: Jim Kotcon 293-3911 x2230

Friday, August 10, 7:30 pm
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Kanawha Valley
520 Kanawha Blvd. W
Charleston, WV
Hosted by: UUFKV
contact Joe Hinkle 949-6928