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February 1, 2008
SCCA and SERP to Sponsor Panel Discussion on “Drought
Consequences and Other Water Issues”
The South Cumberland Community Association (SCCA) and
Students for an Environmentally Responsible Plateau (SERP)
will cosponsor a panel discussion on “Drought Consequences
and Other Water Issues” on
February 7th
at 7:30 PM in Gailor Hall on the University of the South
campus.
Local panel participants will be Ben Beavers, Sewanee
Utility District Manager and Jim Boynton, newly appointed
director of Public Works in Monteagle.
Dr. Dick Urban and Mr. Gary Burris will represent Tennessee
Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). Dr. Urban
is from the TDEC Chattanooga field office and is an expert
on waste water management. Mr. Burris is Field Office
Manager from the Division of Water Supply.
Professor Jon Evans of the Biology Department at Sewanee
will moderate this informative discussion. There will an
opportunity for the audience to submit questions to the
panelists. The public is cordially invited to attend.
Symposium on Treatment and Solutions for the Hemlock Woolly
Adelgid
February 26, 2008 McClurg, Room A The University of the
South Campus
As the hemlock woolly adelgid continues to spread throughout
the Southeast, this symposium is designed to be an
educational resource for Savage Gulf State Park. The goal
is to have several individuals that have dealt with this
problem in other parks share their work and exchange ideas
with those interested in saving the hemlocks in Savage Gulf
State Park.
The symposium will run from 9:30am until the early
afternoon, on February 26, 2008. The morning will be
presentations from those that have worked with treatment,
those that are knowledgeable of the ecological impacts of
losing hemlocks, and those that have worked with Savage Gulf
State Park on quantifying their hemlocks.
After lunch, a round table discussion will be held to
discuss ideas from the morning and how these can be applied
to moving forward with the hemlocks in Savage Gulf State
Park. We hope to exchange ideas that will help this park
approach the woolly adelgid pest problem in an efficient and
effective manner.
New Savage Gulf Video Online
Friends member and ace photographer Eric Dempsey has
produced a new video showing brief glimpses of the many
spectacular waterfalls in the Park. Follow the About Your
Park link to the Savage Gulf Video link at
http://www.friendsofscsra.org. Nice job, Eric!
Show Us Your Stuff
As part of the ongoing redesign of the Friends website, your
humble webmaster (that's me) would like some new Park photos
to put on the Park photo page. Please email me your photos
with a brief description and we will get them online.
Speaking of photos and the Park, I am pleased to report that
one of my photos of Greeter Falls is featured as a small
image in the Patagonia 2008 calendar on the June page. I
gave the Dogwood Alliance permission to use this image when
they made their application to be featured in the calendar
and, by golly, we made it. We all be famous now. |
