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Programs for Spring 2008
All events are free unless otherwise noted and open to the public!
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More than 20 avid hikers bushwhacked, inspected bear and bob cat scat, spotted unique reptiles and birds, and learned about old growth forests during an outing at the Delaware Water Gap in April |
Executive Committee Meetings The Lehigh Valley Group Executive Committee meets at 7:00 P.M. on the second Wednesday of each month. This is where we do our strategic planning and receive updates on current projects. All members are welcome to attend. The meetings are held at the Unitarian Universalist Church (usually in room 220), Center and Wall Sts., Bethlehem. All participants on Sierra Club outings are required to sign a standard liability waiver. If you would like to read the liability waiver before you chose to participate on an outing, please go to individual liability waiver. Outing leaders, please download, print out, and have all participants sign the sign-in waiver sheet. We also suggest you print out and bring extra copies of the individual liability waiver sheets. The individual liability waiver covers all events, so once an individual has signed this waiver, they do not need to sign it again for other outings. Click here to see reports of past programs and outings. Join us on these outings chosen to connect nature lovers to local natural areas. Come along and meet caring people with similar interests and concerns. These outings could be the perfect cure for your cabin fever
Earth Day Events on the Bushkill Creek & Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center The Sierra Club will team up with the Bushkill Stream Conservancy, DCNR/Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center,
and local universities and schools for the Great Pennsylvania cleanup. This event will be held locally in the Lower
Bushkill Creek watershed and at Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center. Join Naturalist Bill Sweeney for a
wildflower and natural history walk that will start at Jacobsburg’s Teaching Pavilion at 9am. A variety of stewardship
projects will begin at 11am at Jacobsburg in addition to organized ongoing stewardship events held through out the Bushkill
Creek Watershed. Projects will range from litter cleanups to invasive species removal and native plant restoration work.
Please bring your lunch, water, and work gloves. For information on lower Bushkill Creek litter cleanups please contact
Jim Moser at 610 258-3466 or to register for information on the Jacobsburg ecological restoration projects please call Bill Sweeney at 610 746-2808.
Directions.
Please meet at the Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center at
9.45am. Participants will travel from Jacobsburg to the lower or
south parking lot next to Kitchen Creek off of State Route 116 west
of Wilkes-Barre. Please bring a bagged lunch, plenty to drink and
good hiking boots for this strenuous hike along steep terrain. To
register and for additional information contact Bill Sweeney at
610 381-7588
The Wonder of Wildflowers -- Delaware State Forest Thunder Swamp Trail system
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources manages a large wild area in Monroe and Pike counties
called the Delaware State Forest. The management of this state forest is guided under the multiple use system,
and here the user will find that natural resource and water quality protection are primary resource management goals.
We will hike approximately four total miles through ancient forest and beautiful arrays of spring wildflowers.
Meet at Jacobsburg’s Belfast rd parking lot at 11:45 am or drive directly to the site located off of snow Hill
rd in DSF / Pike county. Directions: Take route 33 north to route 209 north and stay on 209 north till
you merge with I-80 east. Go east on I –80 and exit at the route 209 Marshalls Creek exit.
Go north on 209 to the town of Marshalls Creek, turn right at light and almost immediately turn left at next
light and take right fork in road to follow route 402 north for approximately 10 miles before turning left on Snow Hill Rd.
Follow Snow Hill rd for approximately two miles and turn right into the trailhead parking lot.
.Call Bill Sweeney at 610 381-7588 to register or if you have any questions.
Canoeing the Lower Lehigh Sierra Club & Wildlands Conservancy Lehigh River cleanup”
Now you can receive updates from the Lehigh Valley Group via e-mail. These mails will provide information about important environmental events in the Lehigh Valley, outings, programs, news from the group, and actions you can take to support the local environment. To
become a member of the Lehigh Valley e-mail alert list, click on
mailto:listserv@lists.sierraclub.org?body=SUBSCRIBE
PA-LEHIGH-ALERTS Check
out our picture gallery
from past Sierra Club events. If you have photos of Sierra Club
events and want to share them with the group, please send them to
Nanci McGonigal,
or call her at 215-679-0479. |
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