member of the John Muir Chapter, Sierra Club
serving Kenosha, Racine & Walworth counties in Wisconsin
Southeast Gateway Group - Sierra
Club
member of the John Muir Chapter, Sierra Club
serving Kenosha, Racine & Walworth counties in Wisconsin
April 3: Conservation Committee meeting at Berges’ house, 1529 Crabapple Drive, Racine, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Contact John at (262) 633-8455 with any questions, items for the agenda, etc.
April 11: Indoor training session from National Institute of Invasive Species Science at Pringle Nature Center starting at 3:30 p.m. Pringle Nature Center is in Bristol Woods County Park in Kenosha Co. on CTH MB south of CTH C.
April 12: Field training session from National Institute of Invasive Species Science at Colonial Park in Racine starting at 8:30 a.m. We will meet at the entrance to the park at the foot of West High Street.
April 12: Work Day at Colonial Park from 8:30 a.m. to noon. We will continue our removal of alien, invasive, plant species in conjunction with Weed Out! Racine. Training to identify these plants will be available. Most tools will be supplied, but wear work clothes and gloves and bring your favorite weeding device. Bring your own water.
Special Note : The
John Muir Chapter John Muir Chapter recommends a vote for Jerry Sutherland,
David Scott, Lane Boldman, and Barbara Frank for the Sierra Club's Board of
Directors in the upcoming election for the Sierra Club’s Board of Directors.
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for Sierra Club Directors
Think turnout in congressional
elections is low?
It's even lower for Sierra Club elections -- in recent years, only about 10
percent of Club members have voted for the national Board of Directors.
You can help change that.
The Club is a democratically structured organization that requires the regular
exchange of views on policy and priorities from its grassroots membership in
order to function effectively. The national Board sets Club policy and budgets
at the national level and works closely with the staff to run the Club. The more
members who vote in the elections, the more likely those elected will represent
the members.
Ballot statements have been prepared by all of the candidates and are printed
together in a ballot pamphlet that accompanies the ballot for delivery by either
postal service mail or Internet to the membership in early March. Ballots must
be cast by the third week in April.
April 14: ExCom Meeting. The meeting will be at Olympia Brown Church Annex, 419 6th St. in Racine at 7:00 p.m. Please note that the meeting is on Monday.
April 17: Parkside's Green Campus. UW-Parkside Green Campus Initiative. UW-Parkside's John Skalbeck will explain how the Chancellor's Task Force on Environmental Stewardship is working to produce a green, environmentally-friendly campus. The meeting will be at UW-Parkside in Room 281 of Tallent Hall, 900 Wood Road, Kenosha. This building is on the east side of 30th avenue and is not on the main part of the campus.
April 26: This is the day Racine celebrates Earth Day. We will celebrate it with a Work Day at Colonial Park from 8:30 a.m. to noon. We will remove of alien, invasive plant species in conjunction with Weed Out! Racine. Training to identify these plants will be available. Most tools will be supplied, but wear work clothes and gloves. Bring your favorite weeding device and drinking water.
April 26: Invasive species removal at Pringle Nature Center, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Wear work clothes and gloves and bring loppers.
May 1: Conservation Committee meeting at Berges' house, 1529 Crabapple Dr., Racine, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Contact John at (262) 633-8455 with any questions, items for the agenda, etc.
May 1: Southeast Sierran Deadline. Send articles, etc., electronically by using the information on the back page, or send by mail to: Gary Zumach, 2548 Pinehurst Ave., Racine, WI 53403.
May 4: Highway 38 Cleanup starting at 1:30 p.m. at Bob and Betty Gericke's house, 3927 North Lane, Franksville. See the article below for details.
May 10: Work Day at Colonial Park from 8:30 a.m. to noon. We will continue our removal of alien, invasive, plant species in conjunction with Weed Out! Racine. Training to identify these plants will be available. Most tools will be supplied, but wear work clothes and gloves and bring your favorite weeding device. Bring your own water.
May 12: ExCom Meeting. The meeting will be at Olympia Brown Church Annex, 419 6th St. in Racine at 7:00 p.m. Please note that the meeting is on Monday.
May 15: Dinner Meeting. Our annual spring dinner will be at Bombay Louie's, 2227 60th St. in Kenosha. Pre-dinner socializing starts at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be at 6:00 p.m.
May 22: SEGG Book Club. We will discuss "A Sand County Almanac" by Aldo Leopold. Meet at Harry Knipp and Mary Ann Ortmayer's house, 4033 Wickford Place in Racine. Come at 6:00 p.m. for a bite to eat -- Harry’s firing up the grill. Book discussion at 7:00 p.m. Let Mary Ann know if you’ll be there, call (262) 554-5058. See article below.
May 24: Work Day at Colonial Park from 8:30 a.m. to noon. We will
continue our removal of alien, invasive, plant species in conjunction with Weed
Out! Racine. Training to identify these plants will be available. Most tools
will be supplied, but wear work clothes and gloves and bring your favorite
weeding device. Bring your own water.
May: 24: Invasive species removal at Pringle Nature Center,10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Wear work clothes and gloves and bring loppers.
June 5: Conservation Committee meeting at Berges' house, 1529 Crabapple Dr., Racine, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Contact John at (262) 633-8455 with any questions, items for the agenda, etc.
June 28: Invasive species removal at Pringle Nature Center, 10:00
a.m.-2:00 p.m. Wear work clothes and gloves and bring loppers.
Current Newsletter
April - May 2008 Southeast Sierran
Outings: Liability Waiver & Carpooling…
In order to participate on one of the Sierra Club’s outings, you will need to
sign a liability waiver. If you would like to read a copy of the waiver prior to
the outing, please see
http://www.sierraclub.org/outings/chapter/forms or call (415) 977-5630. In the interests of facilitating the
logistics of some outings, it is customary that participants make carpooling
arrangements. The Sierra Club does not have insurance for car-pooling
arrangements and assumes no liability for them. Carpooling, ride sharing or
anything similar is strictly a private arrangement among the participants.
Participants assume the risks associated with this travel.
last updated 03/27/2008