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Evening programs will resume in September. For the most up-to-date information on current environmental issues or programs, please consult your Rincon Newsletter online at arizona.sierraclub.org/rincon OR join our email listserv. Here's how: send a message to listserv@lists.sierraclub.org and put this message in the body of your email: gc-rincon-general (your name). Yes, we know, it seems like a pain, but you will only have to do this once and then you will be in the loop for all the great Sierra Club programs and activities!

Northwest Neighborhood Center - 2160 N. 6th Avenue
Ample, free, on-site parking. Refreshments served.

For further information, please contact Sean Sullivan at 520-620-6401


Highlights from the Current Rincon Group Newsletter ....

  • The Cuatro Gatos Project ......................
  • Absentee Leadership - Tucson City Council Democrats ............
  • Get Rady For Big Solar! ...............
  • The Convenience Of Food ...........................
  • Arizona Portland Cement Proposes Two Open Pit Mines ....

Featured Outing/Hike -Graphic of Hikers

September 17-21 "A" - Slot Canyon Extraordinaire, Part 2 - Zion and Coyote Buttes. We will leave 2pm on Wednesday and camp near Flagstaff. After an early start, the next day we will start our 2 day backpacking trek through the world famous Zion Narrows. Wading and occasional swimming will be in order. Incredible canyon walls, waterfalls and lush vegetation will be observed along with amazing geology. On Saturday, an all day hike to Zion’s spectacular “Subway” will be in the offing. Strong agile hikers will enjoy this scrambling, swimming and canyoneering adventure. On the last day we will explore the South Coyote Buttes where erosion has created fantastic sandstone sculptures, patterns and colors. Limit of 6 people, contact Mitch Stevens at mitchstevens@qwestoffice.net or call 520-991-1199.

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Action Alerts:

DHS Moves Forward on the Destruction of the San Pedro
Help Save the Scenic Santa Ritas - Public Comment Period Open Through July 14th - Additional Public Meetings Scheduled
Protect Our Peaks and Ridges
"Son of CAP" Threatens Gila River

Rustle The Leaf Comic Strip

Announcements:

Regional Water Study
It's "Time" for a New Transportation Path
Open special meeting of the Arizona Corporation Commission on August 18th
"Living with Fire: Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-first Century" - Lecture, August 12th
NEEDED: Rincon Group Program Coordinator
NEPA Concepts Online Course
New Mapping Tool Shows Mining's Effects On Arizona Wilderness
Great News for Arizona and Renewable Energy!!
Global Warming and Your Mutual Funds
A Special Sierra Club Request
Water-use officials discuss the future of Colorado River
Public Transit - An Opinion
My Opinion: Jim Kiser. National Parks in FEDS' Cross Hairs
New Rules Issued for National Forests - Article
Visit the Home of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
The Sierra Club and Your Drinking Water


We want to pass on a legacy of beauty and wild places, clean air and water and a healthy environment to the next generation.

With the newly elected Congress and the current administration that task becomes more difficult. In the last three years short-sighted politicians have tried to:

· Allow more arsenic in our water

· Drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

· Make taxpayers, not polluters, pay to clean up toxic waste in Superfund Sites

· Eliminate public input by circumventing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

· Weaken the Clean Air Act.

Your letters and phone calls can convince elected officials that the vast majority of their constituents want a clean environment, to keep our families safe and healthy, and to protect our natural heritage--our forests, mountains and rivers.


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