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January 23, 2009

From Your Editor

The eNews is getting bigger and more complex. Send me all your news. Send Dave Wetmore your hike reports. Danny

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What's Happening in the Next Two Weeks

CMC Council Meeting

CMC Council meetings are open to all members. The next one is on Feb. 5 at 6 P.M. If you're interested, let our president, Becky Smucker know. The CMC council meets four times a year. The calendar has all the meetings for 2009.

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Other Important News

Photo Contest

Plan on entering the CMC photo contest. Check out all the rules and send in your submission by March 31. There's still plenty of time to shoot some new photos. Winter scenes are always great.

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CMC Archives at UNCA Ramsey Library

Find out what's in the CMC Archives located in the Special Collections at UNCA. An archive party will be held on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 6 P.M. Save the date and look for more information soon. This new event is arranged by Becky Smucker.

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Conservation

Blue Ridge Forever Conservation Vision Series on WLOS-TV

I wanted to let you know about a series that WLOS News 13 is doing on the Blue Ridge Forever Conservation Vision. The 31-segment series will include a kick-off segment, a segment on each of the 28 focus areas, a segment on farmland, and wrap-up segment. Each segment will be 2 to 2.5 minutes long and will air during the evening news each Friday between 5:00 and 6:30. The first segment will air January 16 and the last segment is expected to air August 7. The series will also be available for viewing on News 13’s website, http://www.wlos.com/.

The Conservation Vision is available at www.blueridgeforever.info/conservation_vision.html. Ten local and regional land trusts and three national conservation organizations are joined in the Blue Ridge Forever campaign to respond to Western North Carolina’s urgent land protection needs. The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy is responsible for seven of the twenty-eight focus areas identified by BRF. Tune into WLOS News 13 (if it is in your area) on January 23 for a segment on Hickory Nut Gap Farm in Fairview, NC recently protected by SAHC through a conservation easement.

Cheryl Fowler, Membership Director The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy

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Heard on the Ground

Adopt a Section of the Appalachian Trail

Spring Mountain Shelter to Allen Gap, 3.7 miles

Adopt a Section of the MST

Devil’s Courthouse Jct. to FS Road 816, 2.4 miles

If you're interested in either the A.T. or MST, email Don Walton.

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Maintenance Reports created by Don Walton

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The Small Print

Hiker leaders, please send all your eNews hike reports and photos to Dave Wetmore at dwetmore@citcom.net

So send me your news and maintenance reports by Tuesday evening at 9 P.M. before the newsletter comes out, that is, by Tuesday evening February 3, 2009 to Danny Bernstein at danny@hikertohiker.com. Include your email address at the end of your story. Thank you.

       The CMC Calendar is meant to answer the perennial question "When is this happening again?" It is also meant to prevent conflicts between competing CMC events. Please check it often.

How to join the Carolina Mountain Club
1. Go to www.carolinamtnclub.org
2. Click on “How to Join” (upper-left on web page)
3. Print out the “CMC Application Form”
4. Fill it Out, write a check for your dues and ...5. Mail to CMC, PO Box 68, Asheville NC 28802

        For CMC members only - Send all address and email changes to Marcia Bromberg at mwbromberg@yahoo.com. Do not resubscribe yourself to the eNews. That will be done automatically.
If you are a non-member subscriber, you need to go back to the CMC home page > News >Subscribe and change it there yourself.

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