July 7 - Start of Tour/Walk for the Mountains in Harper’s Ferry. Larry Gibson and others will be conducting a state-wide walking/speaking tour focusing on mountain top removal. The tour will educate people and encourage involvement, as well as provide varied formats for exchange of ideas and discussion of the mountain massacre issue and the underlying causes of much of WV’s social and environmental inequity. The t/walk schedule: July 8 - Shepherdstown, July 9 - Martinsburg, July 11 - Berkeley Springs, July 16 - Romney, July 20 - Thomas, July 21 - Parsons, July 26 - Buckhannon, July 30 - Webster Springs, Aug. 3 - Summersville, Aug. 7 - Oak Hill, Aug 8 - Beckley, Aug 10 - Whitesville, Aug.17 - Hamlin, Aug 18 - Salt Rock, Aug. 19 - Huntington, Aug. 20 - Hurricane, Aug. - Charleston. Call 522-0246 or e-mail Lforman@ezwv.com or ohvec@ezwv.com for details.
July 10 - Summer Board Meeting of the WVHC at Mid-Mountain Lanes & Convention Center, Flatwoods, 10 AM to 4 PM. All WVHC members invited.
July 13 - Forest Forum with Zach Henderson, executive director of Shavers Fork Coalition, as speaker. Topic: The Watershed in West Virginia’s Forests. Details similar to May 11entry above.
July 17 - Don Gasper announces a flat-water canoe trip in the Buckhannon River’s six-mile long reservoir. Bring self, friend(s) and canoe for a barrel of fun. Meet at Sheetz off Rt. 33, Buckannon-Phillipi exit. Call Don for further details at 472-3704.
July 23 thru 25 -West Virginia Mycological Association Summer Foray (joined by the Asheville Mushroom Club). Place: USDA lab near Beckley. Programing includes field trips, exhibit of wild mushrooms, beginner’s identification workshop, wild mushroom cooking workshop, and evening lectures. Staff will include: Alan Bessette- author of numerous mushroom guidebooks including "Mushrooms of Northeastern North America," Arleen Bessette- author and award winning mushroom photographer. president of the Asheville Mushroom Club, Bill Roody -WV’s own wild mushroom specialist, author, and award winning photographer Walt Sturgeon -Vice-president of the North American Mycological Association, prize winning mushroom photographer and wild mushroom identifier par excellence and John Whitehurst - Cultural resource management specialist for the New River Gorge National River. Registration is $20 for members and $30 for non-members. Space is limited so early registration is advised. For more information call Sam Norris or Rose Sullivan at 304-338- 4518 or write WVMA PO Box 115, Dailey, WV 26259.
August 10 - Forest Forum with Rick Landenberger, WVU School of Forestry, as speaker. Topic: Old Growth. Details similar to May 11 entry above.
Sept. 14 - Forest Forum with Craig Stihler, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program,as speaker. Topic: Threatened and Endangered Species. Details similar to May 11 entry above.
October 12 - Forest Forum with Dr. Jim Kotcon, WVU Dept. of Plant & Soil Science, as speaker. Topic: Air Pollution Impacts on West Virginia’s Forests. Details similar to June 8 entry above.
October 15 thru 17 - Fall Review in Morgantown.
October 21 thru 24 - Peace and Global Issues – the 12th Annual Conference of Concerned Philosophers for Peace. Radford University. Global issues include the nations state system in relation to peace, civil disobedience, environmental, militarism, economics, women’s, media, governance, citizenship, Poverty, human spirituality, weapons for mass destruction, violence, population pressures. Keynote Speaker: John Cairns, Jr. who will speak on "World Peace and Global Sustainability." For information E-mail gmartin@runet.edu phone (540) 831-5213.