Group News
April NRV Sierra Club Monthly Meeting
Join us for our monthly meeting, April 17, 7-9 PM at Lucie Monroe’s Coffee Shop: 1600 Roanoke Street, Christiansburg We will discuss any immediate Sierra Club business and/or local environmental news. Randi Lemmon and William Tanger, from Friends of the Rivers of Virginia, will tell us about their efforts to establish a park along Stroubles […]
Important Public Meeting Concerning a Possible Permit Change at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant
Class 2 MOD Article_20Mar2013_13270971 13-0900-037 Payment to VADEQ Receipts Control_20Mar2013 A public meeting will be held at the New River Competitiveness Center on Tuesday, April 23 from 6-7 pm to consider a change in permit for the open burning ground at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. The plant proposes to double the amount of chromium […]
Meeting Minutes for March 2013
Sierra Club minutes March 20, 2013 7 pm at Lucie Monroe’s in Christiansburg, VA ATTENDEES MEMBERS: Maria Bowling, Anton Baudoin, Jessica Bennett, Rosemarie Sawdon, David Jenkins, Devawn Oberlender, Bruce Grimes, Mary Ratliff, Tom Hoffman NON MEMBERS: Mark Miller and Gail Zatcoff Mark Miller of Virginia Wilderness Committee gave a very informative presentation on Protecting Virginia’s […]
Meeting Minutes for February 2013
Sierra Club minutes February 20, 2013 7 pm at Lucie Monroe’s in Christiansburg, VA Attendees: Members: Maria Bowling, Jessica Bennett, Jeannine Freyman, Anton Baudin, Rosemarie Sawdon, Bruce Grimes Others: John Nemeth, Anne Anderson, Simone Poirice-Bures, Gail Zatcoff, Erin Ling The meeting was begun with a presentation by Erin Ling, of the Virginia Cooperative Extension, on […]
Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) Meeting
The Radford Army Ammunition Plant will hold its Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting on Wednesday March 27, 2013 from 7:00 to 9:00PM. The meeting location will be at the New River Valley Business Center (NRVBC) located on 6580 Valley Center Drive in Radford. These meetings are a forum for the clean up program at Radford […]
Spring Clean Your Closet and Help Our Local Group
Starting in April we will be one of many Sierra Club Chapters & Groups across the country collecting gently used outdoor gear and apparel. When you donate, we’ll send your gear on a whole new adventure by selling it on eBay to benefit our local group. This is part of a national Sierra Club campaign […]
March Meeting
Join us for our monthly meeting, March 20, 7-9 PM at Lucie Monroe’s Coffee Shop: 1600 Roanoke Street, Christiansburg We will discuss any immediate Sierra Club business and/or local environmental news. Mark Miller, of the Virginia Wilderness Committee, will discuss the status of wilderness areas in Virginia. This will be an opportunity for us to […]
NRV Bird Club Outing
Our group is not leading an outing for March, but the NRV bird club invites the general public to their outing on March 30. Leader: Bill Akers, 8am., Meet at the lower parking lot of Pandapas Pond. The pond is located a few miles north of Blacksburg off Rte 460. They will be looking for […]
Take Action on the Keystone Pipline
On Sunday, January 17, about 35,000 Americans gathered at the Washington Monument to send a strong and clear message to President Obama. We want him to take strong action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prevent serious climate disruption. The president can begin by refusing to approve the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline that […]
