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• Need Your Help for Nanthala/Pisgah Forests Wilderness Comments (including the Craggy Mountains)

  25 Sep 2016

  Please email/write to the US Forest Service (address below) to ask for wilderness recommendations in the Nantahala/Pisgah Forests. (Talking points below.) See Craggy Mountains:  #1.   The background: The US Forest Service has been working on the 20+ year revision … Continue reading →
• Sierra Club Oct. 5: “Environmental Legislative Update – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

  23 Sep 2016

  On Oct. 5, the Sierra Club presents an “Environmental Legislative Update: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly.” The presentation features updates on coal ash, water quality, clean energy, recycling and more from the 2016 NC legislative session and what we … Continue reading →
• August 3: Pollinators, Plants, Toxins & Roundup

  23 Jul 2016

  Bee City USA’s Phyllis Stiles presents a discussion of pollinators, the plants they like, the toxins they hate, and the special danger posed by Roundup.  She will also report on the latest encouraging positions taken by Home Depot and Lowes.Date: Wednesday, … Continue reading →
• Friday June 24: “The Future of Renewable Energy & Environmental Policy in NC”

  21 Jun 2016

   “The Future of Renewable Energy & Environmental Policy in NC,” with speakers Ken Brame, Sierra club Political Chair & Brownie Newman, Vice-Chair Buncombe County Commission.Location: The Collider, 1 Haywood St., Suite 401, Asheville, 8:30am- 10:00am.  Free & open to the public.  More … Continue reading →