Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Press Release
SIERRA CLUB SPEAKER TO DISCUSS LION CONSERVATION
The speaker for the
January meeting of the Pee Dee Group of the Sierra Club is Jennifer
Majors, Director of the Environmental Discovery Center at Lynches River
County Park. Her
talk is titled, “Roaring Back: Increasing Sustainable Populations of
African Lions.”
The talk will focus on Majors research with the African Lion Research and Education Trust (ALERT).
The program uses captive-bred/raised lions and, through a four-stage process, releases wild-born lions.
Majors research was on how successful this approach could be at increasing lion populations.
The meeting is on Thursday, Jan10th, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 1201 Cherokee Rd, Forence.
Originally
from NC, Ms Majors moved to Florida to attend Rollins College for her
BA degree and to continue working for Sea World Adventure Parks. In
2008
Ms. Majors traveled to Zimbabwe, Africa to do research on the African
Lion as part of her Master’s thesis. She has a degree in Environmental
Policy and Management from the University of Denver.
Friday, January 4, 2013
From the Group Chair
Happy New Year! Hope you all are doing well. Included in this note is
speaker for our meeting January 10 at ST Lukes, some musings on I-73 and
Jeffries Creek, and a poll I would like to take of the membership
regarding meeting dates.
Our speaker for the January meeting is Jennifer Majors, Director of the Environmental Discovery Center at Lynches River County Park, is the featured speaker at the Sierra Club meeting on Thursday, Jan10th, 2013 at 7:00 pm She will be presenting a program on increasing a sustainable population of lions in Africa. This is a very unique program and should be of interest to all.
In 2008 Ms. Majors traveled to Zimbabwe, Africa to do research on the African Lion as part of her Master’s thesis.
She has a degree in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Denver.
We look forward to seeing you there. Help get the word out and bring a friend.
About I-73
I continue to see a push for the I-73 interstate. There are the late night ads on TV and the recent announcement by a Myrtle Beach group suggesting I-73 will produce more jobs than the expressway recommended by the Coastal Conservation League. I think this is a bunch of whooey. The interstate will use out of state contractors, may take a long time to get funded and will close down the businesses along 501 and bankrupt our roads budget. Improvements of existing roads will use local contractors, can start as soon as SC starts wants to and damage less wetlands. And I think Myrtle Beach is the biggest loser in the deal. I wrote a letter to the editor that I hope will come out soon. Please consider writing letters and contacting your legislators about this project.
And Jeffries Creek
Drew and I have poked around the creek a little and when the weather improves and time permits we will explore it by boat. It looks navigable from the the Park off Wisteria to above naturally Outdoors. Down around Freedom Florence it becomes a braided meandering stream with difficult paddling.
And we have in the works a film featuring some interviews with some long time residents of the creek. It would be great to have it ready to show in the spring. Look for it.
A POLL:
We have had meetings on Thursdays for some time but it has been suggested by a few that a Tuesday meeting date would be better. I would like to hear from you on which you would prefer: Tuesday or Thursday evenings. email me at
thewhites@freerangechicken.com about this or anything else.
Thanks. Look forward to seeing you Thursday to hear about Lions and to hearing from you besides.
David White
Our speaker for the January meeting is Jennifer Majors, Director of the Environmental Discovery Center at Lynches River County Park, is the featured speaker at the Sierra Club meeting on Thursday, Jan10th, 2013 at 7:00 pm She will be presenting a program on increasing a sustainable population of lions in Africa. This is a very unique program and should be of interest to all.
Originally from NC, Ms Majors moved to Florida to
attend Rollins College for her BA degree and to continue working for Sea
World Adventure Parks.
We look forward to seeing you there. Help get the word out and bring a friend.
About I-73
I continue to see a push for the I-73 interstate. There are the late night ads on TV and the recent announcement by a Myrtle Beach group suggesting I-73 will produce more jobs than the expressway recommended by the Coastal Conservation League. I think this is a bunch of whooey. The interstate will use out of state contractors, may take a long time to get funded and will close down the businesses along 501 and bankrupt our roads budget. Improvements of existing roads will use local contractors, can start as soon as SC starts wants to and damage less wetlands. And I think Myrtle Beach is the biggest loser in the deal. I wrote a letter to the editor that I hope will come out soon. Please consider writing letters and contacting your legislators about this project.
And Jeffries Creek
Drew and I have poked around the creek a little and when the weather improves and time permits we will explore it by boat. It looks navigable from the the Park off Wisteria to above naturally Outdoors. Down around Freedom Florence it becomes a braided meandering stream with difficult paddling.
And we have in the works a film featuring some interviews with some long time residents of the creek. It would be great to have it ready to show in the spring. Look for it.
A POLL:
We have had meetings on Thursdays for some time but it has been suggested by a few that a Tuesday meeting date would be better. I would like to hear from you on which you would prefer: Tuesday or Thursday evenings. email me at
thewhites@freerangechicken.com about this or anything else.
Thanks. Look forward to seeing you Thursday to hear about Lions and to hearing from you besides.
David White
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
October Events
Hey folks!
Here’s your October membership email for the Pee Dee Group
of the Sierra Club, this month with the bonus Paddler Newletter attached! Be sure to check out the Paddler for lots of exciting
events and great information. For
example, did you know that Florence County Recycling drop-off centers are now
taking ALL plastics (#1-7)?
Two important events to draw your attention two: our monthly
program meeting and Creekfest 2012!
Details below.
October Member
Program – Thursay, October 11th
The Pee Dee Chapter of the Sierra Club’s monthly meeting
will feature Susan Corbett, State Chair of the South Carolina Sierra Club. Corbett will be speaking about the state the
Sierra Club in South Carolina as well as current environmental issues in the
state. The talk will be at 7:00 p.m., on
Thursday, Oct. 11th, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Florence.
Creekfest 2012 –
Saturday, October 20th
The Pee Dee Chapter of the Sierra Club will be holding its
semi-annual Creekfest on Saturday, October 20th at the Backswamp
Schoolhouse. Creekfest is a fundraiser
to benefit local environmental projects of the group, including the Jeffries Creek
Preservation Project.
The event will feature dinner and live music. Dinner starts at 6:00 p.m., with live music
starting at 7:00 p.m. Dinner includes
local pork BBQ prepared by local chefs as well as delicious side dishes,
beverages, deserts and two adult beverage tickets. Music is being provided by local musicians
Allen Johnson & Melanie McMillan, The Salmon Poachers, and Dawn
Larsen. Adult tickets are $20, children
12 and under are $10. Adults who
contribute a side dish or dessert receive a $5 discount. Please contact Anita at ajlongan@gmail.com by October 13th
to sign up if you are bringing a dish or dessert. The Backswamp Schoolhouse is located at 502
E. Pocket Rd, Florence, SC.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
September Events
Hey folks!
The Pee Dee Group of
the Sierra Club is back from our summer vacation! We hope you all had a great summer off and
are ready for an exciting year of Sierra activities. We’ll kick things off on Thursday, Sept. 13th
with an organizational meeting/preview for the year’s events. We’ll discuss the return of Creekfest, the
history of our work with Jeffries Creek, and other current issues and what we
can do about them. Come on out and bring
some friends! And mark your calendars
for the events listed below.
We hope to see you all
on the 13th!
David White for the Pee Dee Group of the Sierra
Club ExCom
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Coming this fall:
Thursday,
September 13th – Fall Kickoff Meeting
Location: St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Florence,
SC
Time: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 15th - Beach Sweep
/ River Sweep
Location: Jeffries Creek Park in Florence
Time: 9:00 AM – 12 Noon
Description: Beach Sweep/River Sweep isSouth Carolina’s largest one-day volunteer cleanup of its kind. Every 3rd
Saturday in September, thousands of South Carolinians clear beaches,
rivers,
lakes, marshes and swamps of aquatic debris. The cleanup is
organizedstatewide by the SC Sea Grant Consortium and the SC Department
of Natural
Resources. Locally, site captains identify an area that needs attention
and coordinate cleanup for that site. The Florence Darlington
Stormwater
Consortium and Keep Florence Beautiful are teaming up to clean Jeffries
Creek Park which consists of about 55 acres between Edisto Drive and
DeBerry
Boulevard. Trash bags and water will be provided.
Participants are encouraged to wear long pants and closed toed shoes that can
get wet/muddy.
Contact: If you are interested in helping at
this event, please contact Terasa Young at Terasa@clemson.edu.
Saturday,
October 20th - Creekfest 2012
Come party with us at The Schoolhouse on Pocket
Rd, Saturday October 20th. More details
over the next month. Stay tuned!
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
May Program
Hey folks!
Just a short email to let you
know about an exciting program this Thursday, May 10th, 7 p.m. at St.
Luke's Lutheran Church. Come learn how to make your home more green,
and save money while doing so!
Pee Dee Group of the Sierra
Club’s May Program – Greening Your Home.
Thursday, May 10th, 7:00 p.m., St. Luke’s Lutheran Church,
Florence, SC
The
upcoming meeting of the Pee Dee Group of the Sierra Club will focus on how to
make your home more energy efficient.
Marshall Benton, from Palmetto Energy Systems and Construction, LLC, will
be discussing energy efficient home improvement, tax credits, and general home
improvement. Come learn how to make your
home more energy efficient and save money.
The program will be held on Thursday, May 10th, at 7:00 p.m.
at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Florence.
Palmetto
Energy Systems and Construction, LLC is locally owned and operated in Florence,
SC by Brent Hutchinson and Marshall Benton. They have over 26 years
experience in sales and construction business to help people with home
improvement decisions. Palmetto Energy
Systems and Construction knows that every client has different needs or
expectations, but one thing we all agree on is saving money on electric bills.
With an overall goal of reducing electric bills and carbon footprints, Palmetto
Energy Systems and Construction helps people accomplish the goal of becoming as
energy efficient as possible. They generate solutions that maximizes
efficiencies while serving individual needs for years to come. Palmetto
Energy Systems and Construction offers products and services that help people
save our natural resources and promote a cleaner environment in which to live.
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