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Delaware Sierra News: Michael Brune, Sierra Club's New Executive Director
Delaware Sierra News: Michael Brune, Sierra Club's New Executive Director
A Sierra Club N ewsletter about Environmental Matters Important to Delaware March April May 2010
Spring 2004
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DE Chapter Spring Outings
Pedaling around Middletown (New Castle County)
Saturday, May 22, 10:00 a.m.
As the weather warms up, we’ll alternate hiking
and biking outings, so get your two-wheeler tuned
and ready to go. Starting in Middletown, we’ll
cycle out into rural western Delaware, with an
almost entirely flat route through horse farms and
marshland. I’ll have maps with a few route choices
marked (13-18 miles), but we’ll plan to stay togeth-
er. Bring plenty of water and snacks for the ride;
we’ll grab some lunch afterward. The start point is
the Giant parking lot in the Dove Run Shopping
Center on DE 299 east of town. Please email leader
Mark Fields to RSVP or for more information on
the hike: mark.fields@comcast.net.
Elk Neck Campout – May 14-16 2010
Join Sierra Club for a great campout. Elk Neck is
your year-round, travel destination to connect with
the vast landscapes and waters of the Chesapeake
Bay. The park boasts 2,188 acres of sandy beaches,
marshlands, and heavily wooded bluffs overlooking
the North East River, the Elk River and the Chesa-
peake Bay. As a result, there are several journeys
you can take while in the park. Contact Jenny Egan:
jennifermegan28@msn.com or 302-540-4546.
Enjoy the outdoors and learn some GEOLOGY!
June 5
We will travel the first guided field trip (loosely)
as detailed in this report by the Delaware Geologi-
cal Survey to explore Geology and Water
Resources of The Western Portion of The Delaware
Piedmont. Find the trip outline at: http://www.dgs.
udel.edu/publications/pubs/OpenFileReports/ofr9.
pdf Contact Jenny Egan for details: jennifer-
megan28@msn.com or 302-540-4546.
Nominating Committee
Members Needed
he Delaware Chapter and Southern Delaware
T Group are seeking members for the nominating
Committees to oversee the Executive Committee
elections scheduled for later this year. If you are
interested in a limited time project that will help
you learn a bit more about the Sierra Club – please
contact Chapter Chair Nancy Carig at
nancycarig@hughes.net before the end of June. W58001
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Sierra Club Activist Lynn Henning Wins
Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize
ichigan farmer and Sierra Club activist on state and federal authorities to hold these
M Lynn Henning has been awarded this
year's prestigious Goldman Environmental
livestock factory farms accountable to water and
air quality laws.
Prize, considered the “Nobel prize for environ- “Lynn Henning represents the soul of grass-
mental activism.” Henning took action after roots activism,” said Michael Brune, Executive
concentrated animal feeding operations Director of the Sierra Club. “Faced with a threat
(CAFO’s) began polluting the water near the to her community's environment, Lynn organ-
300-acre corn and soybean farm she works with ized with her neighbors and pushed successfully
her husband in Lenawee County. Over the last to hold the polluters accountable. This is a
decade she has become a leading voice calling thrilling day for the Sierra Club family.”
When factory farms surrounded her property,
Henning and other concerned neighbors formed
Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South
Central Michigan (ECCSCM) and began to
organize. Reaching out to neighbors, fellow
farmers and Environmental Protection Agency
enforcement officials, Henning gathered her
own data on factory farm pollution. Regularly
driving a 125-mile circuit multiple times a week
to track factory farm pollution and to take water
samples, Henning learned about the sources of
the pollution affecting her community and
decided to take action.
Volunteer Opportunities!
Help with energy education effort:
We’re interested in promoting energy conservation
and energy efficiency in Delaware. We currently use
more energy per person than our neighboring states.
Let’s change that! I’m looking for people who’d like
to help organize presentations to the public about
how to save energy on home heating and cooling.
Contact me at johnirwin@comcast.net if you’re
interested.
Political Committee:
The 2010 elections are beginning to shape up in
Delaware with a number of candidates recently
announcing their intention to run. The chapter’s
political committee is going to be sending out ques-
tionnaires, interviewing candidates and helping to
hold a forum for resident to learn more about the
candidates for federal office.. If you would like to
help with this effort and other activities of the com-
mittee, please contact Debbie Heaton at
politics@delaware.sierraclub.org.
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