Reminder - meeting on TUESDAY, March 27

Our next member meeting will be on TUESDAY, MARCH 27 at 7:00 p.m. This month we are meeting at the PEOPLE'S FOOD CO-OP COMMUNITY ROOM (315 Fifth Avenue South). Please join us for this program:

From Copper to Conservation in Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
by Margot Higgins, PhD

Margot Higgins is a graduate of UC Berkeley’s Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Program and is currently an associate lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program at UWL. She has lived and conducted research in Wrangell-St. Elias Park for the last decade. This area was and is home to the Ahtna, Upper Tanana, Eyak, and Tlingit people. US Army exploration and mapping of the area which identified gold and copper deposits led to a mining rush that lasted for nearly forty years. In 1971, passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act led to a study of future use of the area. President Jimmy Carter declared the area a National Monument in 1978 and in 1980, it became the largest national park in the country.

The meeting will also include updates on recent state and local Sierra Club activities and refreshments. Everyone is welcome to attend. You need not be a Sierra Club member.