| WVEC Calendar |
| ONGOING "The Mountaintop Removal Road Show" is designed to educate communities across America about the horrendous practice of mountaintop removal coal mining, and will be touring throughout 2006. For a volunteer presentation in your community, contact Dave Cooper at (859) 299-5669, email davecooper928@yahoo.com. Click here for upcoming dates. |
May 17: Living Local Huntington. 21 at the Frederick Building, 4th Ave. , Huntington WV. From 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM. The WV Land Trust & Create Huntington will have presentation on land conservation, health & your local economy. Hors d’oeuvres made from WV products will be served. Free and open to the public. For more information: deniseap@earthlink.net |
May 19: Spruce Knob Drive. Trout stream fishing and a drive to a little virgin forest, then on to Potomac with Seneca Rocks overview. For more information: Don Gasper, leader. (304) 472-3704 |
May 19-21: Mountain Justice Summer Camp & Day of Action in Pipestem, WV. Annual event. For more information: www.mountainjustice.org |
May 26-28: Hike 21 miles – Jefferson National Forest, VA / WV. Potts Mountain to Bluff City. Pre-registration required. Contact Mike Juskelis at (410) 439-4964 or mjuskelis@cablespeed.com |
June 1-6: End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington DC. For more information: www.ilovemountains.org |
June 6: Day of Action to end mountaintop removal in Washington D.C. (see above) |
June 16-17: WVEC Board of Directors Retreat. |
June 20-21: George Washington National Forest Backpack. Hike 16-19 miles. Rocky ridge walk with views. Seasoned backpackers only. Pre-registration required. Contact Mike Juskelis at (410) 439-4964 or mjuskelis@cablespeed.com |
June 30 – July 1: Mountain Keepers July 4th Festival, Kayford, WV. Celebrate Appalachian culture with Larry Gibson, and see mountaintop removal. For more information: www.mountainkeerper.blogspot.com |
June 30-July 1: WV Sierra Club 2nd Marcellus Academy - WV Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV. Weekend workshop: Speakers and instructors will train volunteer activists about Marcellus drilling. All expenses covered by WV sierra Club. Watch for upcoming announcements with details about enrollment and the program. |
July 7-9: George Washington National Forest, VA. Great North Mountain & Elliots Knob Backpack. Strenuous 22 mile hike with 5,000 feet elevation gain and panoramic view. Pre-registration required. Contact Mike Juskelis at (410) 439-4964 or mjuskelis@cablespeed.com |
July 21-22: George Washington National Forest, VA. Torry Ridge / Mills Creek Backpack Loop: Moderate, 14 miles. Suitable for experienced hikers who wish to move up to backpacking. Pre-registration required. Contact Mike Juskelis at (410) 439-4964 or mjuskelis@cablespeed.com |
July 28: National Day of Action – Largest Fracking Rally in Washington D.C. “Stop the Frack Attack” will bring thousands to the nation’s capitol to demand greater government responsibility & corporate accountability. For more information and list of endorsing organizations: www.stopthefrackattack.org |
October: WVEC Fall Conference. Details are being developed. Please check our website: www.wvecouncil.org and notices will be sent out to our e-list and posted on our facebook group. |
November 3: Bizarre – Bazaar. To be held at the Pink Moon Coffee House, Weston. 10 AM – 4 PM. Local vendors with handmade arts, healing arts, decorative accessories, gourmet foods and fine arts.
For more information: Lee Stalnaker, bellabrucie@gmail.com |
March 13, 2013: E-Day at the Capitol. Entire Upper & Lower Rotunda – Senate & House halls. |
To have events included here or in the next issue of G.R.E.E.N., email details to G.R.E.E.N. Editor Denise Poole
deniseap@earthlink.net |
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