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Last September, the Vermont Sierra Club launched the ambitious Our Forests, Our Future campaign. Our goal from the start was (and continues to be) the building of popular support for the establishment wildlife migration corridors connecting the northern Connecticut River with the Nulhegan Basin, the Basin to the northern Green Mountains, and the southern Green Mountains with our western border. . .
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The Vermont Chapter of the Sierra Club is continuing its work with a growing coalition of advocates for a sustainable energy future. The primary driver of our work is the tremendous concern we have about the impacts of climate change. Not long ago, we needed to talk about this as a concern for the future, or for those vulnerable populations around the world. While these are still major concerns, we can now see evidence of a changing climate, and evidence of its disastrous impacts, in our own lives and communities. At the same time, we are witnessing the complete inability of the global community or our federal government to take meaningful action. This makes the role of state and local government all the more important. And we can’t forget the formidable task in front of each of us as individuals in addressing how the choices we make in our daily lives connect with the future of our planet. . .
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These are the public lands issues currently being worked on by the Vermont Chapter. This includes both public and private land issues--land use and protection. For more information, contact Public Lands Chairperson, Don Dickson at ddickson@burlingtontelecom.net.
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The Sierra Club is a non-profit organization with hundreds of thousands of members nationwide; it is incorporated in California but with chapters throughout the country. Chapters enjoy considerable independence: they have their own budgets, set their own agendas, and elect their own Executive Committee that function like a board of directors. The Vermont Chapter has a current membership of well over 2,000 individuals. . .
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For more information, contact: Carol Groom at ccgroom@madriver.com.
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Livable Community (sprawl, CWA etc.). For more information, contact: Rob Mulkeen at rmulk@pshift.com.
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For more information, contact Political Chair - David Ellenbogen at pianomath@gmail.com.
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Additional Information and Resources
Silvio O. Conte NFWR - Letter to Andrew French
Don Dickson 2008-09-15
January 31, 2008
Andrew French
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
103 East Plumtree Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Re: Comments of Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, and Sierra
Club on the Silvio O. Conte NFWR CCP Alternative Development
Dear Mr. French:
We write on behalf of the boards and members of the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD),
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), and Vermont Chapter of the Sierra Club (SC). We
appreciate the opportunity to provide input on the development of alternatives for the Silvio O.
Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (or “Conte Refuge”) Comprehensive Conservation
Plan (CCP). Please accept the following as our official comments for this phase of the planning
process.....
Letter to Welch
John Harbison, Paul Burns, Jim Northup 2007-03-19
A letter to Congressman Welch asking for his support of clean energy and H.R. 969.
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