Coming
Dates
September
8 - Monthly meeting - Thursday at 6:30 pm at Sonora
Veterans Hall
October 3 - Monthly meeting, 6:30 pm at
Sonora Veterans Hall
November 7 - Monthly meeting 6:30 pm at
Sonora Veterans Hall
December 5 - Monthly meeting 6:30 pm at
Sonora Veterans Hall
January 2 - Monthly meeting 6:30 pm at
Sonora Veterans Hall
February 6 - Monthly meeting 6:30 pm at
Sonora Veterans Hall
March 6 - Monthly meeting 6:30 pm at Sonora
Veterans Hall
April 1 - Tentative date
for Annual Banquet at Elks Lodge
April 3 - Monthly meeting 6:30 pm at Sonora
Veterans Hall
May 1 - Monthly meeting 6:30 pm at Sonora
Veterans Hall
June 5 - Monthly meeting 6:30 pm at Sonora
Veterans Hall
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Members needed for chainsaw certification and 1st Aid/CPR
certification. Contact Ronnie Hobbs for further info, 984-3015.
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Annual banquet is tentatively scheduled for April 1, 2006
- mark your calendars & watch for more info in next
newsletter.
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Start thinking about donations for the next banquet - it
is never too early. If you attended
the last dinner and would like to donate to the cause, please
contact Ronnie Hobbs, 984-3015.
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If you have not yet attended a meeting, please take the
time, at least once, to do so. Your input is just as important
as those who attend regularly. You might even have a better
idea than the rest.
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Western Sierra Chapter of the CDA wants you! Please take
the time to be involved with your chapter. Even if just
for a few hours a year on one of the projects.
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US
Forest Service
If
you are a user of the forest, whether you drive a 2W car/truck,
4W car/SUV/truck, ATV, Dirt Motorcycle or Street Motorcycle;
or you camp, fish, hunt, hike, photograph, cut wood, please
take time to see what changes are coming about that may
affect your use of the forest. This is not just locally,
but nationwide. Most of us, of course, are interested only
in our local forest, The Stanislaus National Forest. Changes
are coming and you may be very disappointed in the final
outcome.
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Busy
Year
Western
Sierra Chapter has had their election of officers and the
following were elected to one year terms until September
2006: Chairperson - Ronnie Hobbs ; Vice-Chair
- Bert Abreo, Treasurer - Jan Colombani;
Secretary - Ruth Abreo; Sgt-at-Arms
- Larry Allen. Appointments to other committees to be announced
at next meeting.
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Completed Projects to date - Hwy 108 &
Hess Ave - prevention of deer crossing highway; Miller Meadow,
Faust Cabin Meadow, & Peoria Flat - all are habitat
improvements; chainsaw certification; Hunter Safety classes;
Wright’s Creek burn - to improve habitat.
Projects still pending - Peoria Flat (this
is an ongoing 3 year project).
Possible projects - Sheep Ranch/Mtn. Ranch
for habitat improvement with Fish & Game; Femmons Meadow;
and other possible ones with Forest Service and/or BLM.
For
more information about projects, contact Phil Lefman 962-0522
Women
& Kids Day was successful even though the newspaper
announcement had the wrong date. Next year’s event should
be publicized and therefore, better attended.
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Wanted - projects
If anyone knows of any state or federal deer habitat project
in Tuolumne or Calaveras Counties, please let Phil Lefman,
209-962-0522 or any other Western Sierra Chapter member
know.
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Hunter Safety Classes - for more information
and schedule, contact Bobby Klein, 533-5347
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Thanks to all who took the time to attend any of our meetings
and special thanks to the volunteers who come out and help
with the projects - you are priceless!
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No Projects will be scheduled during deer season!
Projects will resume after D5-D6 deer season is over - like
November 7 or later.
If
you get a phone call to be a volunteer on a project, please
come and be one for a few hours. Lunch is provided at conclusion
of project. We would sure like to see some new faces. The
old faces are getting boring to look at.
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