Green Greetings all,
1) Spruce Street Farmers Market
2) Highlands Conservancy Outings
3) WV Botanic Garden Wildflower Walk
4) Concerts on the Riverfront
5) Mountain Music Concert Series
6) Green Trails Guidebook
7) Funding Supports Climbing Program
8) Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference
(9) MONVALLEY CLEAN AIR COALITION [MVCAC]
meetings
Spruce Street Farmers Market
The Spruce Street Farmers Market now has their very own listserv. By
signing up you will get weekly updates about market vendors and products
available. The email also shares recipes provided vendors and shoppers,
send them a special summer recipe to share with other marketers.
To subscribe send an email to: Market Manager <sprucestreetmarket@gmail.com>
Remember that the Spruce Street
Farmers' Market opens every
Saturday through October 8:30 AM – noon
The market is shifting into full
swing for the 2005 season of the Spruce Street Farmers' Market and we have
lots to be excited about!
They are currently averaging 16
vendors, all of whom bring something unique to the table.
Locally grown and farm fresh -
guaranteed!
Spruce Street Farmers'
Market
Fayette St. & Spruce St.
Morgantown, WV
Highland Conservancy Outing
Canaan Fir Cone collecting
project
August 6th-7th
Canaan Fir Cone collecting
volunteer opportunity! The Highlands Conservancy has been been working for
many years conserving West Virginia's unique Balsam fir nicknamed "Canaan Fir."
Threatened by overbrowsing by white-tailed deer, and an exotic insect pest, the
Balsam Woolly Adelgid, this special member of the forest community needs our
help. These trees are not reliable cone producers, and only bear cones once
every 3-6 years, last time in 2001. This outing is dependant on a cone crop
this year. Contact Dave Saville 304-284-9548
daves@labyrinth.net.
August 12th-14th,
Fri.-Sun. Mount Rogers High Country Backpack (VA): Enjoy a 21-mile
backpack with spectacular views of open highlands and surrounding mountains.
Open areas are similar to a hilly Dolly Sods but with better views and a more
remote feel. Hike is mostly above 4000’ elevation and about half exposed
meadows. Please bring appropriate rain gear and equipment. Trails can be rocky
and wet and weather can be unpredictable at times. Prior backpacking experience
required. Hopefully, the highbush blueberries will be ripe. Contact Eric at
backpacker@1st.net, (740) 676-4468 for more info or to reserve your spot.
Limit 10.
Reserve
your spot in advance. Please try your best to contact your trip leader
at least two weeks in advance. Sometimes the trip leader may cancel a trip if
an insufficient number of people have signed up before the outing (remember the
trip leader has a schedule too!). In doing so, you may learn critical details
about the outing in advance. Remember that your trip leader may be out in the
woods for the preceding days! Please be considerate of your trip leader
and follow his/her instructions.
WV Botanic Garden
Summer Wildflower Walk
August 6
We invite everyone to come join us for what promises to be an enjoyable and
informative wildflower walk with Donna Ford-Werntz. All walks will begin at
9:00 am, unless otherwise noted, and will proceed even in light rain. Any
cancellation will be posted on our website at www.wvbg.org. Wear boots or
shoes that can withstand rough and possibly wet terrain. For walks that may
take us through the wetland, long pants are best as some of the plants are
scratchy. Hope to see many of you there.
Concerts on the Riverfront
August 11th
Local favorite
The Argument will perform at 7:30 pm
at Hazel Ruby
McQuain Park
2005 West Virginia
Mountain Music Concert Series
Chestnut Ridge Park
August 13
Falling Run Bluegrass Band
Bluegrass,
Newgrass, Appalachian, Traditional, Original, Celtic and Old-time. Every
other Saturday beginning June 18 to September 3, Chestnut Ridge Park will
host a memorable outdoor "Mountain Music" concert from 6:00pm to 8:30pm.
Admission is $3 for overnight campers, $5 general admission, and free to
kids ages 12 and under. So pack up the family, put on your best stompin'
shoes, bring your lawn chair, blanket, cooler and enjoy the evening.
All park events can be accessed at
http://www.chestnutridgepark.com/events.html
Green Trails Guidebook
The Green Trails guidebook,
published by Portland, Oregon's Metro organization, provides a comprehensive
source of information about planning, construction and maintenance of
environmentally friendly or ''green trails'' -- trails that avoid or
minimize impacts to water resources and fish and wildlife habitat.
The guidebook is a resource for citizens, trail planners, designers,
builders and maintenance staff. It focuses on trails in environmentally
sensitive areas and recommends strategies for avoiding or limiting the
impacts on wildlife, water quality and water quantity. It also provides an
extensive bibliography of other sources that give more specific guidelines
for trail planning, design, construction and maintenance.
Copies of the guidebook are available for $15, plus $2 for postage and
handling. The Overview and Contents are available as a PDF document; read
more or find out how to order at the resource link below.
The
Access Fund Grants Program supports projects that preserve orenhance climbing
opportunities and conserve the climbing environment throughout the United
States. Grant categories include: climbing facilities; seed money for grassroots
organizations; land acquisition; education outreach; and conservation research
projects. Requests are accepted from the following types of organizations: local
climbing groups or organizations; governmental agencies that wish to sponsor or
organize a local project; and research groups/conservation organizations and
land trusts. (Tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status is not a pre-requisite.)
The next application deadline is September 15, 2005. For more information visit
the website listed above.
Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference, November 3-4, 2005
The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Society for College and
University Planning (SCUP), the National Association of College and
University Business Officers (NACUBO) and the Association of Higher
Education Facilities Officers (APPA) are convening a conference November 3
and 4, 2005 entitled Smart and Sustainable Campuses, hosted by the
University of Maryland at College Park. This conference will bring together
university and college leaders in the areas of campus planning and
development, finance and business, facilities management, environmental
health and safety, procurement as well as decision-makers in college and
university towns. The idea is to share innovations and solutions, as well
as provide guidance to colleges and universities that are in the process of
finding their own workable solutions these environmental problems.
The conference will include a series of plenary sessions where leaders in
campus sustainability and smart growth development practices on and off
campus will discuss strategies that are working today. There will also be a
set of concurrent sessions where facilities personnel, faculty, staff, and
students will present their projects and papers (see the Call for Papers at
http://www.epa.gov/sectors/colleges/sascc.html).
In addition, SCUP, in coordination with this conference, will select 4 to 6
universities that will get direct technical assistance for their smart
growth and sustainability based work on campus-community collaboration (see
the Call for Projects at
http://www.scup.org/campusprojects/sust/index.html). Conference
attendees will be able to participate in these interactive assistance
charrettes. Conference registration will soon be available at
http://www.nacubo.org
MONVALLEY CLEAN AIR COALITION [MVCAC]
UPCOMING MEETINGS--August 9th and August 22nd.
1. Informal Discussion Of Clean Air Issues-- Tuesday, August 9th, 7
pm,
meet at Unitarian Fellowship , 429 Warrick Street, A-frame building
off University Ave. between main campus and Law School. Focus will
be
on a number of current activities and plans for immediate future.
New people and new ideas are welcomed.
2. Regular Monthly Meeting-- Monday, August 22nd, 7 pm, at 3333
Collins Ferry Road (home of Dr. Larry Schwab). Questions or
comments may be directed to Duane Nichols, Convenor of MVCAC, at
duane330@aol.com.
Cheers all,
Jeremy