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Committee
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Activities & Information
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Legislative
Chair: Debbie Shetterly
Contact: dshetterly@TNC.ORG
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Next Meeting: TBA
FHNG County Liaisons
County Information |
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Pollution Reduction & Education Committee
Chair: Diana Richards
Contact: wolfeyes20201@bellsouth.net
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Description: The committee will implement educational and action strategies for minimizing sources of pollution
such as soil erosion, night light and noise. Education will focus on the broad perspective of climate change, environmental
degradation and the need for action; and local needs and action plans that will protect the natural heritage of
Hickory Nut Gorge |
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Invasives Species Committee
Chair: Bob Wald
Contact: rjwald1@bellsouth.net
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In concert with the Upper Broad River Watershed Protection Program, the Invasive Species Committee has embarked
upon a mission to educate the public about a pest which is killing our hemlocks. Hickory Nut Gorge is now infested
with the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid. Brochures describing this pest, its effects on our trees and gorge, and methods
we can use to control it have been widely distributed. Our educational material has been sent to all property owners
of more than one acre in and around the gorge. Additional materials have been placed in all four local post offices.
Additional brochures are available and can be mailed. To obtain one, contact Bob Wald at 625-1805 or rjwald1@bellsouth.net. |
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Membership Committee
Chair:Sara Bentley
Contact: sarasaxbybentley@yahoo.com
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Our goal as an organization continues to be to involve as many citizens in the Gorge as possible in our work to
preserve this beloved place. To this end, please tell everyone you know about Friends and the work that we're doing! |
