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Be a Part of our Chapter's Success! Help make a difference for the environment in Colorado by joining one of these activist committees. Election Action Committee Encourage our members to register and vote. steve.welter@rmc.sierraclub.org New Member Committee Welcome and engage new Club members. susan.lefever@rmc.sierraclub.org Fundraising Committee Get experience planning events and more. susan.lefever@rmc.sierraclub.org Energy Committee Educate the public about energy efficiency and renewables. rebecca.kahn@rmc.sierraclub.org Rocky Mountain Chapter 1536 Wynkoop Street #4C Denver, CO 80202 Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage Paid Denver, CO Permit #389 Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Sierra Club Jan-Feb-March 2008 Volume 42 - Number 1 Peak & Prairie In this issue Hybrid or crossover? View from the chair by Maggie Pedersen, Co-Chair, RMC This article is about cars, something that I am not an expert on, but I needed to learn more and thought I might share it with you. Many of you may already understand crossovers, hybrids and PHEVs, but if you need to know the basics like I did, read on. cars are safer and less likely to roll over since they are closer to the ground. They are also more fuel efficient, lighter, quieter, more aerodynamic and much more suited for city driving than truck-based SUVs. The Honda Pilot, Subaru Forester, Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-Vs are examples of crossovers, although they may not necessarily be called crossovers. They are not hybrids! P2 Page 2 Book review Animal Vegetable Miracle - A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver P3 Page 3 Energy newsletter The final report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change For more opportunities, call 303-861-8819 or visit www.rmc.sierraclub.org P4 Page 4 Election results Rocky Mountain Chapter awards Save the Roan We need your help! P6 Page 6 BYOBag By: Ryan Murray and Deborah McLaughlin An estimated 500 billion to one trillion plastic bags are consumed each year worldwide. That amounts to over one million per minute. The United States uses one-fifth of the total world consumption of plastic bags or more than 100 billion. The average family accumulates 60 plastic bags in only four visits to the supermarket. Only one to three percent of plastic bags are recycled. What happens to the other 97 percent of the non-recycled plastic bags? They are in the landfills, streams, tangled in trees, and floating in oceans like jelly fish. My advice is to bring your own bag and make it organic cotton. Retailers in America alone spend four billion dollars each year for plastic bags. Ultimately the consumer pays for the bags in the cost of goods sold. Single-use plastic bags are made of highdensity polyethylene. Manufacturing plastic bags requires petroleum and natural gas, both nonrenewable resources that increase our dependency on other nations. Actually 12 million barrels of oil are required to just make the bags that Americans waste. Toxic chemicals are used in the manufacturing process and require a disposal system, another pollutant. Energy to transport disposable plastic bags to their destinations uses more gas and emits more undesirable emissions. These billions of bags that are not recycled will persist on the planet for a thousand years unless they are ingested by a marine or land animal killing the animal in the process. Aren’t the bags biodegradable? Biodegradable shopping bags are of polymers that degrade or decompose when exposed to air, water or sunlight. The original biodegradable bags are made from resins containing polyethylene, starches and heavy metals like cadmium, lead and beryllium. A later model of the biodegradable bag combined polymers and starches and claimed that the bags would break down to organic material. It takes at least eighteen months for these wonderful bags to biodegrade and the process consumes oxygen. If mixed with regular plastic in conventional recycling systems, the entire batch of plastic bags can be useless and non-recyclable. The same energy requirements for manufacturing and transport render this option as less than optimum. To read more, go to: www.rmc.sierraclub.org/pandp P7 Page 7 P8 Page 8 Page 8 BYOBag Bring your own bag and make it organic cotton. I am in the market for a new car and know that I’m going to buy a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). When I started seeing ads for “Crossover” vehiHybrid vehicles use cles, I wondered what they advanced technology and were and thought that maybe smart design to go farther reduction in greenhouse they were “crossing over” on a gallon of gasoline. gases by hybrid vehicles from electricity to gasoline They cut pollution, save oil and back again (like hybrids). and lower gas costs. How Not! do they work? These vehicles combine an With a little investigation, I found that efficient gasoline engine and an electric motor “crossovers” are a cross between an SUV and a to get great fuel economy. The electric motor car. Crossovers are car-based SUVs— they are powers the car at low speeds, and switches to usually on a car body. These are SUVs for the gas engine at highway speeds. To accelerate, people who do not have to carry heavy cargo hybrids combine the power of both the electric or drive on rough terrain; they are certainly and gas engines. When they brake, they 22% not designed for tough off-road driving. These continued on page 2 Available online www.rmc.sierraclub.org/pandp The Yampa River, Colorado’s last dinosaur Amazon Rainforest Expedition Amending the Lacey Act Combat illegal logging imports Genesis of USDA organics The history of organic foods The uranium rush in Colorado: Past and present Rocky Mountain Chapter member Alison Gocke provided the Peak & Prairie with this action photo of two elk taken at Lily Lake at Estes Park. She used her Nikon D80 to freeze the action. To see more member photos go to www.rmc.sierraclub.org/photogallery. 8 Book review Peak & Prairie January, February, March 2008 Volume 42 – Number 1 Published quarterly by the Your help is needed to save the Roan Plateau By: Bob Millette Towering some 3,800 feet above the town of Rifle, the stark cliffs of the Roan Plateau hide the lush beauty of its hidden valleys and canyons. Supporting a marvelous diversity of life forms, the Roan Plateau is home to genetically pure strains of Colorado River Cutthroat trout, rare plants such as the Debeque phacelia, natural gardens hanging over spectacular water falls, herds of elk and mule deer, peregrine falcons, bear and mountain lions. In addition, the Roan supports a nearly $5 million local economy of hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation. But all this is about to change if the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has its way. Following a long public comment period with over 98% of the 75,000 comments received supporting strong protection for the plateau; the BLM released its final plan (the Record of Decision) in June 2007 which will open the top of the plateau to gas drilling. Why sacrifice this natural gem? Although our country faces a need for increasing its domestic energy supplies, some place, like the Roan Plateau, are just too precious to drill. With gas drilling proceeding at an unprecedented rate in Western Colorado, the Roan Plateau has become an island in a sea of gas and oil development. It represents only about 1% of the 7,100 acres of public lands available to drilling in the Piceance Basin. Upwards of 50,000 new wells have been projected for the Piceance over the next 15 years. Drilling the public lands of the Roan now will not contribute significantly to our domestic natural gas supply: first, over 70% of the federal lands leased for oil and gas development in Colorado are not currently producing natural gas or methane; second, almost half of the land atop the Roan Plateau is already leased or owned by industry. Thus, by using directional drilling from these sites and from sites at the base, over 85% of the Roan’s gas resources can already be tapped. Current status of the Roan: Following release of their final Roan plan (ROD), the BLM granted Gov. Ritter a 120 day extension to review and comment on the plan. This period expired November 16th. This provided Gov. Ritter a unique and important opportunity to comment on the BLM’s plan and seek greater protections for the Roan Plateau. A more balanced plan would limit drilling to existing sites with the Roan Plateau Planning Area while keeping the pristine public lands and critical wildlife habitat intact. Thanks to the leadership of Congressmen John Salazar and Mark Udall, language was put into the current House Energy Bill (HB 3221) that prohibits drilling activities on the public lands atop the Roan Plateau (i.e. ‘No Surface Occupancy’). However, the Senate version of the energy bill, still being deliberated, has no similar provisions to protect the Roan. It is therefore vital that Senators Allard and Salazar hear from the people of Colorado encouraging them to push Roan protection in the Senate energy bill. A balanced approach to gas and oil drilling can still prevail, but our Senators need to hear from you. To send letters to Senators Allard and Salazar—please visit: http://ga6.org/campaign/Senate_101907. For further information on the Roan Plateau, visit the Save the Roan website at www.saveroanplateau.org. Animal Vegetable Miracle - A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver By: Karn Stiegelmeier Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Sierra Club 1536 Wynkoop Street, Suite 4C Denver, CO 80202 Ph: 303.861.8819 • Fax: 303.861.2436 www.rmc.sierraclub.org Susan LeFever, Chapter Director susan.lefever@rmc.sierraclub.org Rich Levy, Chapter Co-chair rich.levy@rmc.sierraclub.org Maggie Pedersen, Chapter Co-chair maggie.pedersen@rmc.sierraclub.org Kirk Cunningham, Conservation Chair kirk.cunningham@rmc.sierraclub.org Rebecca Dickson, Political Chair rebecca.dickson@rmc.sierraclub.org Jacob Morgan, Outings Chair outings@rmc.sierraclub.org Southwest Regional Office 2260 Baseline Rd., Suite 105 Boulder, CO 80302 Ph: 303.449.5595 • Fax: 303.449.6520 To notify us of your ADDRESS CHANGE, call the office or email us at address.changes@rmc.sierraclub.org The book Animal Vegetable Miracle - A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver, is part memoir, part investigation and a must read for anyone who cares about sustainability or for anyone who eats. If you are concerned about your carbon footprint, food is the natural place to begin. Kingsolver’s depth of research and wit will keep you engaged and inspired to re-evaluate your own food life. She takes the old adage, “we are what we eat” to a new level, committing to a year of living on what they could grow or procure from continued from page 2 within one hour from their family farm. She compares those results to the agribusiness use of fossil fuels, antibiotics, and GMO. Food choices are perhaps the easiest, healthiest and most soul satisfying ways to personally create a more sustainable world. If you don’t read the book soon, be sure to visit the website which includes excerpts from the book, recipes, lists and links to organizations relevant to local sustainable and responsible food. www.animalvegetablemiracle.com highway. PHEVs have an estimated 36% reduction in greenhouse gases compared to an estimated 22% reduction by hybrid vehicles. Plug-ins are not yet available at your local dealer, but General Motors and Toyota have announced their intent to mass-produce PHEVs soon. If you would like more information about PHEVs, check www.calcars.org/vehicles.html. Here in Colorado, when no public transportation is available, we need vehicles that can get us through snow and bad weather which “crossovers” can do. But we must also consider global warming and what we can do to stop it. For city and highway driving, hybrid cars are the way to go. By driving SUV Hybrids, like the Highlander or the Escape for mountain travel, we will use less gasoline and take one additional step toward reducing carbon dioxide emissions—the main gas that traps heat to cause global warming. Editorial Staff 303.861.8819 EDITOR: Tersaem Tesseris editor@rmc.sierraclub.org ADVERTISING MANAGER: Dan Disner advertising-manager@rmc.sierraclub.org PHOTO EDITOR: Mark Itkonen 720.283.8470 photography-editor@rmc.sierraclub.org DESIGN EDITOR: Sonia Kelly recharge the electric motor using regenerative braking. Both the gas engine and braking recharge the battery, so hybrid vehicles never need to be plugged in. Just fill with gasoline, but less often. Toyota Prius (48 mpg city 45 highway), Honda Civic Hybrid (40 mpg city; 45 highway), Camry Hybrid (33 mpg city), and Chevy Malibu Hybrid are some of the hybrids you can choose from today. Then there is the Highlander Hybrid SUV and the Ford Escape 4W Hybrid (28 mpg city; 27 highway)—guess that these could be classified as hybrid “crossovers.” Then there are the PHEVs of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles. These are essentially regular hybrids with an extension cord to recharge the batteries and are great for local travel. You plug your car into any 120 volt outlet overnight and then can drive up to 30 miles the next day without using gasoline. The gas tank is still there as a back-up if you have that extra trip to take out on the SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE for the April, May, June 2008 issue is Wednesday, February 20, 2008 For submission guidelines contact: editor@rmc.sierraclub.org Printed by Barnum Printing on recycled paper. 2 7 Recyclers’ Corner January 2008 Editor's Note: Recyclers’ Corner is a periodic news column sponsored by Denver Recycles, a program of Denver Public Works/Solid Waste Management. It includes updates on seasonal and ongoing activities related to the City and County of Denver's recycling programs. Editors are invited to publish all or part of the column; however, we request that you run major edits by our staff to ensure accuracy of the information. Questions may be directed to Charlotte Pitt or Tom Strickland at Denver Recycles, 720-865-6815. 2007 Rocky Mountain Chapter awards Numerous candidates were submitted to the Awards Committee for selection as award winners in 2007. All candidates have contributed to the goal of preservation of the environment in some manner, and all are appreciated. After lengthy deliberation, the committee selected the following for recognition in the specified award category: Chapter Leader of the Year: Steve Welter, who has stayed current on all of our legal issues, advised the ExComm on difficult legal decisions, and spent innumerable hours trying to deal with our legal expenses. Professional Conservationist of the Year: Pueblo District Attorney Bill Thiebaut, who decided that enough was enough, and filed suit against the City of Colorado Springs for its ongoing pollution of Fountain Creek. Grassroots Leader: SPG Chair Suzannna Koeller, for her outstanding work in stopping the Super Wal-Mart in Littleton. Volunteer Conservationist of the Year: Ross Vincent, who is always current on environmental justice issues, active in the Fountain Creek pollution issue, and, according to his nominator, “attends more meetings than a politician, fights for the environment, and doesn’t let higher-ups get away with injustice.” Special Achievement: U.G., for its Prairie Relocation Project Community Service Award: Judy Shulman, PPG, nominated as a “steady, constant and effective activist, promoting recycling as well as the Sierra Club within the Pikes Peak Region. And, The Pueblo Chieftain, which has made Fountain Creek issues a front page story, and has maintained public interest in this issue through its coverage. Certificates of Appreciation: SPG’s Gloria Shone, IPG’s Betsy Hand, RMC’s Kirk Cunningham, PCG’s Eric Levine: all of these individuals furthered the environmental mission of the Rocky Mountain Chapter, Sierra Club. Charlie Oriez Award for Political Activism: Carol Sidofsky, of Grand County, for her relentless and dogged struggles against an unneeded roadway spur that would destroy wetlands and other sensitive environmental features. John Wade Award: Mike Mueller, SPG, who “represents the very best we seek in a Club leader”, according to his nominators. He has played a leadership role on the State Air Quality Control Commission, helped broker a settlement with Public Service over their new power plant in Pueblo, has chaired and served on too many RMC, local and statewide committees to name, and has accomplished innumerable conservation goals with great humility and modesty. Energy newsletter By: Roger Singer The fourth and final report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just been released, offering further proof that global warming is real, it is immediate and it could become irreversible unless action is taken now. Sierra Club is heavily engaged in local communities across Colorado to help make sure we address climate change before that irreversible tipping point occurs. Luckily, other decision makers in Colorado are also stepping up to the challenge. continue to educate the public about clean energy options. This fall, 50 volunteers went door to door in Denver and Longmont to hand out hundreds and hundreds of free CFL bulbs to their neighbors as an easy first step to help people save energy and save money at home. The canvass team also built up support for the Clean Cars Initiative through petition signatures. Wende Reoch, Rebecca Kahn and Becky English were our star volunteer leaders in this effort. Male Roommate Wanted 303-455-7287 Make Your Recycling Resolutions for the New Year! There’s no better time than the start of a new year to make a few resolutions to increase your recycling, reduce your waste and help our environment. Below are some resolutions you might consider for 2008: Set up a household recycling system. Place a separate box, bin or bag in rooms where lots of recyclable items are used. For example, the kitchen, home office and laundry room. When these bins get full, empty them into your recycling cart. Find five new items to recycle that you haven't previously considered. For example, aluminum pie tins, egg cartons, peanut butter jars, mouthwash bottles, toilet paper tubes and detergent bottles. See the entire list of accepted items at www.DenverGov.org/DenverRecycles. Refill a glass or other reusable bottle with water from the tap, instead of buying bottled water. Did you know that it takes about 1.5 million barrels of oil to make all the water bottles Americans use each year? (Earth Policy Institute) Free yourself from junk mail by using our Junk Mail Reduction Kit. Did you know that the average American household receives 1.5 trees through the mail slot in the form of unsolicited mail every year? (StopJunkMail.org) That adds up to over 100 million trees a year. For a Junk Mail Reduction Kit visit us online at www.DenverGov.org/DenverRecycles. Put organic materials like yard trimmings and food scraps to better use by composting them. Composting creates a nutrient-rich, soil enhancer that will make your garden really grow. For more information about Treecycle and other Denver Recycles programs call 3-1-1 or visit us online at DenverGov.org/DenverRecycles Governor Bill Ritter recently announced at Coors Field his At the same time, Bob statewide Climate Millette led fellow Club Action Plan. He has set volunteers and others an aggressive greenreduction in greenhouse over in Glenwood gases by 2020 house gas emissions Springs to host a public reduction goal of 20% forum and dialogue that by 2020 and 80% by gave away still more reduction in greenhouse 2050, which we strongCFLs and tote bags gases by 2050 ly support. That works while bringing in an out to just 2% per year, expert from the NREL a realistic personal and professional goal center in Golden to talk about renewable to achieve. We had hoped to see the energy. Days later, Karn Steigelmeyer same goal from the national level, but the hosted a showing of a new energy film Bush administration still refuses to and a public forum in Frisco with local address climate change adequately. The state and municipal decision makers governor should be thanked for this goal. sitting on a panel after the film to look at But the devil is in the details. options for reducing global warming and A major plank of the plan is to adopt promoting clean energy in the cities of improved automobile and light truck Summit County and across Colorado. tailpipe emissions standards for new Twelve Colorado city mayors have now vehicles. These proven state level signed onto a nationwide pact with over standards, now adopted in 15 other states 500 other mayors to reduce carbon already and again as a reaction to a lack emissions at the city level. of federal action, would reduce GHG Sierra Club and local leaders are spreademissions by 34% within seven years. ing the word statewide—clean energy is It would help clean up our air, reduce good for the environment and good for carbon loads significantly and provide the economy. If we all do our part to more choices for both Colorado dealers reduce GHG emissions by just 2% per and buyers while saving us money year, we can solve the climate change at the gas pump. The Governor needs to issue together. For more information adopt these proven standards and not about our Cool City and Cool State be led astray to softer regulations by campaign plan, contact Roger Singer opponents such as the California Auto or Katie Ryder at our regional office at Dealers Association. 303-449-5595. Together, we can stop Along with this recent announcement, global warming one city and one Sierra Club staff and lead volunteers state at a time! 20% 80% 6 3 Election results By: Jolynn Jarboe, Chair, Election Committee First of all, let me congratulate the nominations committee, Steve Welter, Kirby Hughes, and Judy Johnson, for a job well done in the selection of six very qualified and excellent candidates for the Rocky Mountain Chapter board. I am not the only one who faced a tough decision. A couple of ballots came back blank indicating that all candidates were extremely qualified and would do a good job, and the voter could not choose among them. Over 500 members participated in this election, a respectable 2.5% or so of the total membership. Next, my heartfelt thanks to the members of the elections committee, Gillian Dale and Gloria Shone, who spent a Friday afternoon at the Club's office counting the ballots. Their dedication to democracy Sierra Club-style is very much appreciated. Congratulations to our new incumbent RMC board members! Gary Lindstrom Jason Wells Maggie Pedersen Myrna Poticha And finally congratulations to those who chose to offer to serve on the board, but were not elected to participate in that aspect of the Club's many functions. Betsy Jordan-Hand Becky English May you continue to serve in the capacity that fits your talents and desires. Rest assured, we do not wish to lose your expertise and enthusiasm! Outings and Events The "10 Essentials" - The Sierra Club recommends carrying following: a map, compass, waterproof matches, flashlight, extra food and water, extra clothes (no cotton), first aid supplies, pocket knife, rain pants and jacket, sunglasses, UV protection and whistle. That’s actually a total of 11 items. Also consider taking insect repellent, a space blanket for emergencies and a camera. April 5-6, Saturday - Sunday - Wilderness First Aid (WFA) and Wilderness First Responder (WFR) Recertification Course. The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Sierra Club is sponsoring this 2-day (16-hour) course in Broomfield (about 12 miles east of Boulder). Tuition is $150, and the class is limited to 30 participants. This is a fastpaced, hands-on course that is taught by the Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI), part of the National Outings Leader School (NOLS), and covers a wide range of wilderness medicine. WMI's curriculum is unique and includes many advanced topics that other programs leave out such as dislocation reduction, focused spinal assessment and epinephrine GO ONLINE Read more about your favorite stories Exclusive online content C Please submit calendar items to the editor no later than March 1st for the 2008 Spring issue (April/May/June) of Peak & Prairie. All outing announcements must be submitted to the chapter outings chair as well. The Sierra Club does not have insurance for carpooling arrangements and assumes no liability for carpooling, ride sharing or any similar private arrangement among the participants in Sierra Club activities. Meetings and events are open to members and the public. They are a good way to meet activists and discuss club issues. Due to limited space, we are unable to provide details of all activities. Please contact the person listed in the posting for details. Visit rmc.sierraclub.org, and click the calendar item in the lefthand menu on our home page for details and up-todate listings. A L E N D A R and administration. During just two days, you'll gain knowledge and skills, and have ability to make sound decisions in emergency situations. This course is ideal for trip leaders, camp staff, outdoor enthusiasts, and individuals who travel to remote locations. For details, contact Dave Hawley at 303-443-2332 or dave_hawley@comcast.net.Chapter Toxics Committee - Joan Seeman at 303-738-8407 or joanseem@msn.com tsid e Functions Group Activity Contacts Blue River (Summit, Grand, and Eagle counties) Every 4th Monday at the Frisco Rec Center. Contact Karn Stiegelmeier at 970-468-9013 or BlueRiverGroup@comcast.net Enos Mills (Denver) - 303-331-1120 or libby.tart@rmc.sierraclub.org. Conservation Committee - 3rd Wednesday at 7 pm. Tom at tom_delahunty@yahoo.com or Angela at 303-433-2608 Indian Peaks (Boulder County) Deirdre Butler at 303-823-8649 or deirdre.butler@rmc.sierraclub.org Mount Evans (Evergreen, Conifer) Betsy Kelson at betsy.kelson@rmc.sierraclub.org Pikes Peak (El Paso and Teller counties) Kirby Hughes at 719-685-3019Functions Poudre Canyon (Larimer and Weld counties) Warren Snyder at 970-420-4798 or pregnantguppie@hotmail.com. Rachel Carson (east Jefferson County) Judy Johnson at 303-969-2109 or judy.johnson@rmc.sierraclub.org or visit www.rmc.sierraclub.org/rcg Sangre de Cristo (Arkansas River and San Luis Valley) sdcg-chair@rmc.sierraclub.org or visit http://www.rmc.sierraclub.org/sdcg/ South Platte (Littleton, Englewood, and south metro area) - Gloria Shone at 303.798.9331 Trappers Lake (Rio Blanco, Jackson, Routt, and Moffat counties) Rich Levy at rich.levy@rmc.sierraclub.org Uncompaghre (Mesa, Delta, and Gunnison counties) NJ Fulmer at 970-241-8036 Weminuche Group (Durango and surrounding areas) Jim Sumrall at 970-375-9632 or jim.sumrall@rmc.sierraclub.org www.rmc.sierraclub.org/pandp Chapter Meetings Chapter Conservation Committee Kirk Cunningham at 303-939-8519 or kirk.cunningham@rmc.sierraclub.org Energy Committee – Rebecca Kahn at rebecca.kahn@sierraclub.org Gay and Lesbian Sierrans (GLS) Tom Arrison at 303-832-3430 or www.rmc.sierraclub.org/gls/act/html Genetic Engineering Committee Suzanne Wuerthele at 303-333-2519 or wuerthel@ecentral.com Inner City Outings - Steering Committee Meeting Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 5 p.m. P.S. #1, 1040 Delaware St. (SE corner of W. 11th Ave. & Delaware, Near Speer Blvd.) Denver, CO. Light refreshments will be provided – Bill Myers at billmyers.pc@earthlink.net or 303-935-6810 Environmental Health Joan Seeman at 303-738-8407 or joan.seeman@rmc.sierraclub.org Lifestyles Education Committee for information on how lifestyle choices affect the planet. Denver area co-chair: JoLynn Jarboe - 303 753 0470, jolynn@earthlink.net. Durango area cochair: Mary Ocken - 970 259 5906 Outings Committee – Jacob Morgan at jacob.morgan@rmc.sierraclub.org or visit www.rmc.sierraclub.org Pesticides Committee Angela Medbery at 303-433-2608 Rocky Mountain Arsenal Sandy Horrocks at 303-470-1352 STUNNING VIEWS AT AFFORDABLE PRICES! PRICED FROM THE $250s. Lyons Valley Village an 18-home, 2 acre sustainable community, nestled in a park-side setting in Lyons, Colorado. This Built-Green, solar neighborhood is constructed of high quality renewable and recycled materials...and you can run, ride or kayak right from your front door! Join Us At The 2008 Legislative Workshop The Enos Mills Group and the Audubon Society of Greater Denver are once again co-sponsoring the annual Legislative Workshop. It will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at First Plymouth Congregational Church, in the Fellowship Hall at the corner of Colorado Blvd and Hampden Avenue, in Denver. major legislative issues. Beginning at 9 a.m. Audubon and Sierra Club lobbyists will discuss Participants will then join in a panel discussion with experts on three major environmental bills that the Legislature is considering. www.lyonsvalleyvillage.com A WONDERLAND HILL COMMUNITY For info, call 303-449-3232 www.whdc.com To reserve your spot please send $15 to EMG Sierra Club, 1536 Wynkoop St, 4C, Denver, CO 80202. Mark the date on your calendar and plan to attend February 6, 2008! 4 5