Rocky Mountain Chapter

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:

We welcome your participation!




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