March 12 - OVEC's 10th Annual Tree Huggers Ball! Calamity Cafe, 3rd avenue, Huntington. 9:30 p.m. until ? A $ 5 donation is requested. Featuring Kate Long, Blake Sypher, The Porch Band and Mosquitos . Raffle tickets, t-shirts & cool stuff to buy. Contact: OVEC office, 522-0246.

March 27 - One-day conference on "Acid Rain, Ozone, and the Great Eastern Forest" at Duke University School of Environment. For further details, contact Appalachian Voices, Anthropology Dept., ASU, Boone, NC 28608; or Harvard Ayres at (704) 262-6381 or email harvard@boone net

March 31 - Deadline for comments on the two year Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for mountaintop removal. Comments should address what we want to see included in the study. Send to: William Hoffman USEPA, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia 19103-0229.

April 9 and10 - Big Sandy River Tri-State Conference. Breaks Interstate Park, on the Kentucky/Virginia border. The conference focuses on water quality problems within the Big Sandy River Basin. Contact: Ken Cooke 1-800-928-0045 ext. 473.

April 9 thru 11 - Appalachian Spring gathering. At 4-H Camp in Front Royal, VA. Ten-state regional gathering sponsored by Sierra Club. Activism training and other workshops. Fee: $65 which includes 5 meals, linens and lodging. For more information, call Ed Drane at (843) 341-4685 or Jim Wright at (703) 820-3341

April 12 thru 14 - Backpack Dolly Sods. Sierra Club Outing. Three days, two nights. For more info call John Harris at 229-9227.

April 16 thru 18 - Cranberry Wilderness and Backcountry trip led by the Sierra Student Coalition. For info call Christy Moses at 284-0155.

April 24 - Anti Mountaintop Removal Rally. State Capitol, west side of building - outside walk. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Contact: Laura Forman at OVEC office: 522-0246

April 24 - Good Earth Festival. Jackson County Fairgrounds - 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Admission free. Contact: Nona Conley at, nconley@wvwise.org or, 304-824-5178.

May 1 - Canoe the Smokehole Canyon. Sierra Club Outing for experienced paddlers. Call Joe Carney for more info at 344-2797.

May 8 - Blackwater history tour. Sierra Club Outing. Call Jim Sconyers for more info at 789-6277.

May 14 thru 16 - The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Spring Review. Blackwater Falls State Park. Note that this event has been rescheduled so as not to conflict with the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage at the Park. Some rooms have been blocked off for prospective attendees. You may make reservations now for rooms if you wish – mention the WVHC when you do this.

May 15 and/or 16 - Wildflower weekend sponsored by Sierra Club. Come for either or both days. Easy walks. Call Jim Sconyers at 789-6277.

May 22 - Allegheny Trail hike near Watoga State Park. Sierra Club Outing. Possibility of overnight camping. For more info call/email Tom Prall at 924-6553 or wvabooks@aol.com

May 29 thru 31 - Three wild lands in this one Sierra Club outing – Laurel Fork Wilderness, east fork of the Greenbrier Wildland from base camp at Middle Mountain Cabin. Call Jim Sconyers on this one (789-6277).