Welcome to the New Jersey Gateway Group's Sierra Club Page.

Serving Hillside, Elizabeth, Essex County (except for Livingston, Millburn, and Roseland), and all of Hudson County.

The Gateway Group was organized in 2011 to fill a much needed void after the Essex Group disbanded. As of January 2013 Gateway expanded to include all of the great Hudson County communities after the the Hudson-Meadowlands Group disbanded. The Gateway Group sorely needs representatives for Jersey City, Bayonne, and Hoboken. Please contact any of the leaders below if you are interested in joining our fight to save the environment.

Web site: http://newjersey.sierraclub.org/Gateway/ We are also accessible from the NJ Chapter web site.

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OFFICERS:

Gateway Group Officers

Chair	David Yennior, dyennior@msn.com, 973-844-1384
Vice Chair	John Beadle jbeadle571@verizon.net, 973-284-1594
Secretary	Open Position
Treasurer	Anne Hirs annehirs@msn.com, 973-844-1121
Program Co-Chairs	John Beadle jbeadle571@verizon.net, 973-284-1594 Barbara Conover bconifer022@gmail.com , 201-452-9389
Conservation Co-Chairs	ZaSah Khademi zasah@aol.com, 201-618-8572 David Korfhage drkorfhage@gmail.com, 973-932-0742
Political Chair	Open Position
Membership Co-Chairs	Steven Yafet, syafet@gmail.com, 908-354-2537 Barbara Conover bconifer022@gmail.com ,201-452-9389
Newark Issues Chair	Bill Chappel chappel.bill@gmail.com, 973-623-6490
Water Issues Chair	Bill Chappel
Recycling Issues Chair	Lyle Landon lylelandon@aol.com, 201-247-0288
Passaic River Issues Chair	Brenda Toyloy, brendatoyloy@yahoo.com, 973-856-7056
Elizabeth Issues Chair	Paula Borenstein brdandmkt@aol.com, 908-289-3584
Outings Chair	Open Position
Group Excomm	David Yennior, John Beadle, and ZaSah Khademi

Activities:

Please contact John Beadle or Barbara Conover, Gateway's Program Chairs, if you have a question about our programs listed below or any suggestions for a program in the future.

The Gateway Group invites YOU to join in the activism and asks your support as we strive to address the many issues facing the urban as well as suburban communities. There are several vacant positions listed, along with a full list of officers. For further information about upcoming activities, volunteer opportunities, or to discuss any concerns please contact me at dyennior@msn.com or call 973-844-1384.

LIST OF UPCOMING EVENTS:

Dangers of Hydrofracking - Monday, April 8 at 7-8:30 pm at the Maplewood Public Library community room, 51 Maple St, Maplewood 07040.

Terry Stimpfel, NJ Sierra Club Fracking issue chair, will lead a discussion on hydrofracking and fracking waste. Fracking is the violent technique used to get natural gas from shale. Is fracked gas clean domestic energy or pollution menace? She'll discuss what it is, how it works, and why it's so controversial.

Creating a Urban Wildlife Refuge - Wednesday, May 8, at 7:00 pm at Verona Boathouse, Porcello Ln, Verona, NJ

Lois Ross from Friends of Clark's Pond will talk about how a group of neighbors joined together to create an 18 acre Urban Wildlife Refuge in Bloomfield on the third river. Building support, recruiting volunteers, working with the town, permits, grants, clean-ups, planting of native plants, turtle daycare.

Newark's Water Wars - Wednesday, June 12 at 7-9:00 pm at St James Parish multipurpose room, 143 Madison St Newark, NJ 07105. (ample on site parking)

William Chappel, a member of the Newark Water Group will lead a discussion about their fight against Mayor Cory Booker's plans to create a Municipal Utilities Authority. 5,000 Newark Residents petitioned a referendum on the MUA. The Water Group fears the loss of transparency. The Mayor fought back in the courts.