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Wrap-Up from last Valley Fill Call-In Day
Mountaintop Removal (MTR) Calendar Items
Job Opening with WV Rivers Coalition
Valley Fill Call-In Day Wrapup The second national Call-In Day was another success. The EPA reported to national groups that calls came in all day long. EPA administrator Christine Whitman is apparently getting a briefing on the definition of "fill" issue next week, a sign that we got her attention! There's a "Green Group CEO" meeting scheduled with Whitman for the end of April and folks in that meeting intend to get the definition of "fill" on the agenda. Thanks all for your efforts!
Mountaintop Removal Calendar Items For a more complete listing of upcoming events, be sure to check our website.
April 24 Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. at Chief Logan State Park (about an hour and 15 minutes south of Charleston). Public Hearing conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed 3,1000 acre (Hobet) Spruce No. 1 Surface Mine, at Pigeon Roost Hollow, near (what's left of) Blair, Logan County. This is the DEIS that came out of the major MTR lawsuit for the largest ever proposed MTR operation. WV Highlands Conservancy, WV Rivers Coalition, OVEC and others will be coming up with comments on this monster report, which we will share with you. OVEC will organize carpools to the hearing.
Written comments on the DEIS may be submitted until May 14 to: US Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District ATTN: CELRH_OR_FS Public Notice No. 199800436-2 502 Eighth Street Huntington, Wets Virginia 25701-2070
April 25 Thursday, Tri-State (Huntington) Audubon, 7 p.m. at Woodlands Retirement Center. Aquatic Biologist will talk about valley fills at mountaintop removal operations—and what these operations do to flora and fauna. Don't miss this—Ben is truly inspiring. (Directions: Exit 8 off I-64, left at light, cross over the interstate, go about three blocks, take a right at the Dairy Queen, take the first left.)
April 17 Wednesday, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. at the National Technology Transfer Center of Wheeling Jesuit University. "Crumbling Foundations, Unsettled Relations." A path of devastation follows longwall mining operations, in the destruction of homes and dewaterization of streams and wells. An undermined homeowner, a miner, as well as representatives from a mining company and an environmental organization, will speak at this public forum.
April 22 through April 26, Earth Week, WVU Student Sierra Coalition at the Mountainlair Student Union. Information booths all week long on the 1st floor. Mon. Raptor Center -- All day, demo with birds around noon. in the Lair student union. Mon. at 7 p.m. Speaker Judy Rodd: 'Blackwater-What's Next' Gluck Theater. Thurs. 7 p.m. in the Lair Greenbrier, Room 7: Dave Saville and the Allegheny Defense Project present a slide show: "Protecting and Restoring National Forests: From Multiple Use to Protected Areas." Much more. Contact sam@mountaineerphotoart.com.
May 5 Sunday, 10 p.m. on HBO. World Premier of "Blue Vinyl." This year's winner for Best Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival is also a great organizing and outreach tool on toxics issues, including dioxin, PVC, incineration and community and worker health and safety. Funny, clever, poignant and exhaustively researched, Blue Vinyl, co-directed by Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold in collaboration with Julia D. Parker, explores home, family, industry-sponsored science and a culture that pits economics against human health. Future airings of "Blue Vinyl" on HBO channels are as follows: May 8 at 11 p.m.; May 11 at 11:30 a.m.; May 16 at 7:30 a.m. On HBO PLUS: May 6 at 11 p.m.; May 10 at 10p.m.
Job opening with WV Rivers Coalition (Many of you know WVRC powerhouse Nathan Fetty. Nathan is leaving Rivers for law school and we wish him well, though we'll REALLY miss "Boy Wonder.")
The West Virginia Rivers Coalition (WVRC) seeks an ambitious and motivated Issues Coordinator for our Elkins, West Virginia office to coordinate and implement WVRC’s River Issues advocacy program. Salary is commensurate with experience and includes a benefits package.
As the lead issues person on staff, the Issues Coordinator is responsible for advocating, researching and commenting on state and federal policy and representing WVRC on environmental issues. This includes making presentations before state Boards, testifying at public hearings, organizing comments and issue participation by West Virginia’s environmental and watershed communities, and being the primary contact for those with questions or concerns on environmental activity across the state.
WVRC is a statewide river conservation organization staffed with six energetic professionals whose mission is to "seek the conservation and restoration of West Virginia's exceptional rivers and streams." In 2002 we are concentrating on four major areas: (1) Implementation of the Clean Water Act in West Virginia, (2) The Headwaters of the Potomac River (3) Education and training for local, grassroots watershed organizations, and (4) Coal. We have over 2,800 individual members and 48 local, state, regional and national affiliate organizations.
As the gateway to the Monongahela National Forest, Elkins, West Virginia is a haven for outdoor enthusiasts, artists and musicians. As the Randolph County seat, this attractive mountain town is also the home of Davis and Elkins College, Davis Memorial Regional Hospital, and numerous B&B’s. It also boats the six-week Augusta Music and Arts Festival and the Mountain State Forest Festival. Native trout streams and unparalleled boating and hiking are accessible from your back door.
Come and enjoy life in wild and wonderful West Virginia and help protect our rivers and streams while you’re at it!
Please visit our website at www.wvrivers.org for additional information about all that we are and all that we do.
Send resume and cover letter to Jeremy P. Muller, WVRC, N. Randolph Ave., Elkins, WV 26241.
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