Conservation Committee

co-chairs Kirk Cunningham and Kirby Hughes

GOALS:

Committee goals are to provide our members with an opportunity to review government and business operations in terms of their environmental responsibility, and to take direct action to try and change those entities to be more responsible. The Committee reports to our state membership, and periodically provides status updates to the membership in our newsletter, the Peak and Prairie. Any member may join the Committee if they are willing to spend time working on one (or more) issues within one of its 17 Issue Committees (see below). Depending on their experience level, volunteers may perhaps accept larger responsibilities like chairing an Issue Committee, as it's available. We also provide some funding for our chairs and volunteers. Believe me, this type of commitment can be most interesting, fun and challenging for both chairs and members! We welcome inquiries from potential volunteers within the Sierra Club!

STATUS:

The RMC Conservation Committee is currently managed by Co-Chairs, Kirk Cunningham (H: 303-939-8519) and Kirby Hughes (719-685-3019). The larger RMC Conservation Committee is comprised of 17 Issue Committees, each addressing their own set of issues, primarily at the state level. The Issue Committees include the following:

1. Agriculture
2. Air Quality
3. Endangeered Species/Wildlife
4. Energy, including at least:
        a. Global Warming
        b. Coal power plants
5. Environmental Education, including at least:
        a. SSC-Student Coalition Liaisons
6. Environmental Justice
7. Genetic Engineering
8. Forests/ECL - National, including at least:
        a. Grazing
        b. Wilderness/Wild Lands
9. Forests/Lands - State, including at least:
        a. Parks/Refuges
10. Mining, Oil & Gas
11. Pesticides
12. Sprawl/Affordable Housing
13. Toxics
14. Transportation
15. Waste/Recycling
16. Water Sources
17. Water Quality/Habitat, including at least:
         a. Wetlands

The state-level Issue Committees are chaired and staffed by volunteers managing their own teams of folks from around the state. Some of these Issue Committees currently lack Chairs or team members, so if you're interested in taking some action - and responsibility - at the state level, please contact either Kirk or Kirby. We thank you for your interest!

Conservation Committee

Agriculture	Judith Rice-Jones
Air Quality	Vacant
Endangered Species/Wildlife	Deidre Butler
Environmental Education	Vacant
Environmental Justice	Eric Levine
Forests/ECL-Nat'l	Vacant
Forest/Land-State	Rich Levy
Genetic Engineering	Vacant
Mining, Oil & Gas	Kirby Hughes
Pesticides	Angela Medbury
Sprawl/Afford Hse'g	Bill Myers
Toxics	Joan Seeman
Transportation	Betsy Hand & Bill Roettker
Waste/Recycling	Vacant
Water Sources	Steve Glaze
Water Qual/Habitat	Kirk Cunningham

Joining Sierra Club Listservers:

The Sierra Club's Rocky Mountain Chapter has a great many interesting listservers that can be joined at: http://www.rmc.sierraclub.org/listserv.shtml

The Conservation Committee maintains listservers of its own:

• RMC Conservation Committee