Calendar
Sept. 10 thru 12 -
Music for the Millenium, at Old Timers’ Reunion, Tom Robertson Assoc. Park, Dailey, WV. An invitation for non-profit environmental organizations and organizations for fund raising. Music, the arts and ideas shared to make for a more natural world.Sept. 11 - Third annual Ironweed Festival sponsored by the Appalachian Women's Alliance (Saturday) from 11AM to 11 PM at the Appalachian South Folklife Center in Pipestem, West Virginia. The Festival celebrates the artistic talent, regional leadership and courageous lives of Appalachian women through music, storytelling, poetry, dance, and visual arts. Admission is $8.00 per person or $15.00 a carload. Everyone is welcome! For more information, contact: Meredith Dean, Coordinator, Appalachian Women's Alliance, P.O. Box 688, Floyd, Virginia 24091. Phone/FAX: (540) 745-5345.
Sept. 13 - Citizens Organized to Protect the Environment (COPE) meets in Newport, VA to discuss ways to stop the AEP power line. For info call (540) 544-7877.
Sept. 14 - Forest Forum with Craig Stihler, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program,as speaker. Topic: Threatened and Endangered Species. Held in the Elkins Public Library at 7 PM. Public encouraged to attend. For questions call 637-4082.
Sept. 17 thru 19 - Annual convention of the West Virginia Environmental Council. For information call the WVEC office at 346-5891. (More details on page 12).
Sept. 18 - Planning West Virginia’s State Forests, Part 2. Days Inn in Flatwoods, 9 AM to 4 PM. This workshop is designed to help citizens understand how they can have a voice in state forest plans. Registration fee of $5 includes continental breakfast and lunch. To register, call 687-4082 or write to FWC, 801 N. Randolph Ave., Elkins, WV 26241.
Sept. 18 - The Migration Celebration, a fundraiser at Three Rivers Avian Center. Music, magic, juggling and stories. Birds of Prey program. Call 466-4683 for information and to reserve tickets.
Sept. 26 - Blackwater Canyon fall foliage, a Sierra Club outing. Call Jim Sconyers at 789-6277.
October 1 thru 3 - Heartwood Reunion at the Lazy Black Bear in the middle of the Hoosier National Forest near Paoli, IN. Highlights: Don Whitehead on forest management practices and their effects on neotropical migrant birds, workshops on Forest Watch, Bicycle Maintenance, New Threats to the Forest and more. Also working groups and hikes on the agenda. Great music for Saturday evening. For more information call (812)723-2430.
October 8 thru 10 - Fall Review in Morgantown. See more details on page 11.
October 12 - Forest Forum with Dr. Jim Kotcon, WVU Dept. of Plant & Soil Science, and Cindy Huber, USFS, as speakers. Topic: Air Pollution Impacts on West Virginia’s Forests. Details similar to Sept 14 entry above.
October 16 & 17 - Dolly Sods North day hike (Saturday only) and backpack (Saturday and Sunday), sponsored by WVHC. See article on page 10. Contact Peter Shoenfeld, (301) 587-6197, peter@cais.net; or Dave Saville, (304) 284-9548, daves@labyrith.net.
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.