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(Fall/Winter 2012 - 5 Meg pdf)
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Washington Coal Export Terminal - Montana People's Hearings
Montana is being excluded from the Army Corp of Engineers Environmental Impact Statement for the Cherry Point coal export terminal -- Even though approval would mean strip-mining Powder River Basin coal in eastern MT and shipping it via rail through Montana communities. Coal headed to proposed NW ports such as Cherry Point, would be shipped to, and burned in Asia.
Please attend a People's Hearing to demonstrate that Montanans matter, voice your concerns and submit official comments to the EIS:
November 20, 7pm, Bozeman, Emerson Center
November 28, 7pm, Missoula, University of Montana, University Center Theater
Billings Hearing TBA
For more information:
- www.sierraclub.org/coal/coalexport/
- www.powerpastcoal.org/
- www.northernplains.org/the-issues/coal/
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Montana Sierra Club Holiday Parties
Come celebrate the holidays with us!
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Bozeman Holiday Party
When: Wednesday, December 12th , 6:00-9:00 pm
Where: Baxter Hotel ballroom, 105 W. Main Street, Bozeman
Featuring internationally-acclaimed photographer Tom Murphy with awesome slide show.
Light appetizers at 6:00 pm with slide show at 7:00.
For more information contact Zack Waterman at
zack.waterman@sierraclub.org 406-582-8365.
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Missoula Holiday Party
When: Friday, December 7th, 6:00-9:00 pm
Where: Historic Stensrud Building, 314 N. 1st St. W.
Celebrate the holidays with staff, members, volunteers and supporters for a great year of activism!
Light appetizers, wine and beer with a silent auction.
For more information contact Bob Clark, bob.clark@sierraclub.org 406-549-1142.
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Order your 2013 Sierra Club Wilderness Calendar Today!
Great for the home, office, or as a gift for that nature-loving friend or relative.
Cost
Wilderness Wall Calendar - $12.95
Wilderness Engagement Calendar - $13.95
Add $2.50 postage each
Send a check to the Missoula field office listed (see inside front cover) and your calendar(s) will be mailed immediately. Or contact, bob.clark@sierraclub.org
OR... Purchase a calendar:
- Bozeman: Sierra Club office, 424 E. Main, suite 202
- Big Sky: Bugaboo Cafe in the Big Horn Center, and Conoco gas station, both on US hwy 191.
- Missoula: Sierra Club office, 101 E. Broadway, suite 204, and Office City 115 W. Broadway.
Proceeds from Calendar sales support the Montana Chapter of the Sierra Club.
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2012 Outings Schedule
Make Plans this Spring, Summer and Fall to join the Sierra Club for outdoor fun & service. — Outings start on May 19th.
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Take Action - Safe Chemicals Act
The Safe Chemicals Act of 2011, would require that chemicals be evaluated for safety before they're placed in products. The Bill was recently reintroduced in the U.S. Senate. We're helping fellow supporters to convince Senators Baucus and Tester to co-sponsor this critical legislation, and we need your help. Montana plays an incredibly important role in determining the future of the Safe Chemicals Act because Senator Baucus sits on the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the committee in which the legislation has been introduced.
Womens Voices for the Earth is gathering petition signatures asking Senators Baucus and Tester to co-sponsor the Safe Chemicals Act. The Montana Chapter of the Sierra Club proudly endorses this legislation! Please sign the petition Today!
Click Here to Comment Today.
Read More from Women's Voices.
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Missoula
County, Conservation Organizations File Suit To Seek A Full Environmental
Review Of Mega-Load Project
Missoula County and the National Wildlife Federation - along with the
Montana Environmental Information Center and the Montana Chapter of
the Sierra Club represented by the Western Environmental Law Center
(Missoula office) and local attorneys Robert Gentry and Summer Nelson
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a lawsuit in Montana District Court to protect Montana‘s citizens, economy and ecosystems from the potentially
harmful impacts of Exxon/Mobil‘s mega-load transport project.
Read more...
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Sierra Club Watershed Restoration projects
In 2009, Sierra Club and Trout Unlimited volunteers worked on the Little McCormick Creek Restoration Project, northwest of Missoula, Montana. In 2010, The Montana Chapter of the Sierra Club has partnered with Trout Unlimited to help restore several tributaries of Fish Creek, an important tributary of the middle Clark Fork River near Missoula, Montana.
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposes new-and-improved critical habitat designation for bull trout.
On January 13, 2010 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released a new critical habitat designation for bull trout, a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, throughout the Northwest, including western Montana. The new draft — offering four-to-six times more protected waters than a previous proposal in 2005 —includes 21,694 miles of stream habitat and 533,426 acres of reservoirs and lakes in Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Nevada.
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The Great Burn Proposed Wilderness Area
The Great Burn is a 250,000 acre expanse of wild country along the Montana/Idaho border west of Missoula, Montana in the northern Bitterroot Mountains. This primeval landscape burned heavily in the Great Fire of 1910 leaving charred snags, grassy slopes, and expanses of sub-alpine meadows. High cirques, impressive stands of mountain hemlock, and dozens of clear lakes also adorn the high country. While not as high and "craggy" as the main Bitterroot Range to the south, the area is biologically rich. Spared by the great fire are magical pockets of ancient western red cedar - some individuals over 500 years old - carpeted underfoot with mossy beds of sword and maidenhair ferns. Wind-swept peaks like Rhodes and Crater rise to nearly 8,000 ft., and an abundance of moisture nurtures the area. The Burn is a critical biological link between the massive Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness complex to the south and the Cabinet-Yaak ecosystem to the north. Full protection of this interstate wildland is essential to ensure a quality wilderness experiences for future generations.
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Sierra Club Action Alert!
Help Pass Comprehensive Clean Energy Legislation this Spring!
Right now the Senate is debating a clean energy bill that would mean more jobs, less pollution, and greater security (Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, S. 1733). But this bill won’t work if corporate polluters refuse to pay their fair share, and instead lobby to weaken the clean air laws that reduce pollution. As Montana’s Senators Baucus and Tester help move this clean energy bill forward, they have the chance to stand up to the corporate polluters that are seeking bailouts and loopholes. Click here for more Information & talking points.
Urge Senators Max Baucus and Jon
Tester to support important climate
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Holcim Trident Cement Kiln
on the Missouri River |
Holcim's Plan to Burn Tires
on the banks of the Missouri River
Tire Burning in Three Forks?
The Headwaters Group is working to stop Holcim, Inc.'s plans to burn tires at their Trident cement kiln north of Three Forks near Headwaters State Park.
May 25, 2007 Update
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has announced that it expects to release the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in June 2007. A record of decision on Holcim’s air quality permit will be published approximately 15 days later. We do not anticipate that there will be another opportunity for public comment. If the outcome is not satisfactory, the next step will be to appeal the decision to the Board of Environmental Review. We will only have 15 days after the record of decision to appeal so stay tuned...
Other Sources of Information. We have been working closely with:
- Montanans Against Toxic Burning.
- Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC)
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