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| Contact Directory | ||||
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| Position | Name | |||
| Group Chair: | John Kashwick * |
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jkashwick@optonline.net | |
| Group Vice Chair: | Mary Ellen Shaw * | |||
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Conservation Co-Chairs: |
Tom Thompson * Mary Ellen Shaw * |
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| Political Chair: | Greg Tondi * | gregt75@yahoo.com | ||
| Treasurer: | Tom Thompson * | |||
| Secretary: | Jennifer Rothschild * | |||
| Events Chair: | Mary Walsh | |||
| Membership Chair: | Buddy Jenssen * | buddy.jenssen@gmail.com | ||
| Publicity Chair: | Marty Cohen | |||
| Program Chair: | Jessica Epstein | |||
| Trail Maintenance: | Marty Cohen | martincohen@verizon.net | ||
| Air Quality: | Laura Coll * | lauratraceycoll@hotmail.com | ||
| Outings Chair: | Ellen Blumenkrantz | eblumenkrantz@hotmail.com | ||
| Water Quality Issues: | Beth Ravit * | ravit@envsci.rutgers.edu | ||
| Wildlife: | Mary Ellen Shaw * | meshaw.001@gmail.com | ||
| Ex-Com Member at Large: | Nancy Wysocki * | nape2@aol.com | ||
| Webmaster: | John Kashwick * | jkashwick@optonline.net | ||
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
"FINDING THE BALANCE IN THE CHAOS: THE ART OF MANAGING NATURE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT"
Tuesday, May 22 at 7:30pm at Louis Bay 2nd Public Library, 345 Lafayette Avenue in Hawthorne. How do we promote enjoyable experiences while preserving the natural resources that have been saved for the American people? Justin Monetti, Chief of Interpretation and Education at Morristown National Historical tries to answer these questions as he explores some of his experiences managing National park areas in the middle of New York City. The program will explore people's love of National Parks and the allure of natural areas across the country and how this attraction can lead to management challenges in a city of 8 million people.
Light refreshments served. Meeting is free and open to the public.
"BAG IT: THE MOVIE"
Tuesday, June 26 at 7:30 PM at the Closter Public Library, 280 High Street in Closter. In conjunction with the Closter Green Team, the North Jersey Group presents "Bag It"--a film that has been garnering awards at festivals across the nation. Try going a day without plastic. In this touching and often flat-out funny film, we follow "everyman" Jeb Berrier as he embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world. What starts as a film about plastic bags evolves into a wholesale investigation into plastic's effects on our oceans, environment, and bodies. We see how our crazy for plastic world has finally caught up to us...and what we can do about it. There will also be discussion of Green Teams and what you can do locally to keep plastics out of the environment.
Our next Executive Committee Meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 2 at 7:30 PM. Please check back for more information. All members are welcome.
TRAIL MAINTENANCE
After Hurricane Irene, Buddy Jenssen and Marty Cohen reconnected our section of the Appalachian Trail and found it to be in excellent shape. As of this writing, we hadn’t yet monitored the trail since the Halloween snow storm, so if you would like join our group of trail maintainers and help clear the trail please contact Marty Cohen (above).