SEPTEMBER 2008 EVENTS CALENDAR
WQ Master Class Session 3
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 6-9pm
Henderson County Public Library Auditorium

This week's topics:
Stormwater run-off--causes and solutions
Stormwater best management practices
Low impact development
For more information, please read the form and schedule below:
registration form
schedule
 
Urban Walk with Walk Wise, Drive Smart
Thursday, September 4, 2008

On the first Thursday of every month, a guided walk will be held in various designated neighborhoods around Hendersonville.  Location and time depends on the weather, guest guides, and the whim of our walkers.  To find out where we'll be, contact the local project manager Sam Lovelace at 864.457.6166, or www.walk-wise.org. Walks are open to everyone.  We invite you to come enjoy some healthy exercise, beautiful neighborhoods, and give us your input on future improvements to walking routes in the Hendersonville area.  Each walk is gentle, between 1 and 2 miles, and usually takes 1 to 1 1/2 hours.  Walks are cancelled in the event of severe weather.
WQ Master Class Session 4
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 6-9pm
Sammy Williams Senior Center

This week's topic:
Illicit discharges
For more information, please read the form and schedule below:
registration form
schedule
 
Guided Bird Walk - Jackson Park, Hendersonville
Saturday, September 13, 2008- 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Guided bird walk. Jackson Park, Hendersonville , 8-10 a.m. Co-sponsored by ECO and Henderson County Bird Club. For more information phone the ECO office at 692-0385.

 
WQ Master Class Session 5
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6-9pm
Cooperative Extension Office in Jackson Park

This week's topic:
Water quality monitoring--programs, protocols, and the underlying science
For more information, please read the form and schedule below:
registration form
schedule
NC Big Sweep Stream Cleanup Day
September 20, 2008

Got Your Trash Bags Ready? It's Time For NC Big Sweep

Get your team and trash bags ready to fan out along every stream and waterway to pick up litter during NC Big Sweep this fall. This statewide event involves businesses, school groups, civic clubs, individuals, and others to join the NC Big Sweep project. In all nearby counties, including Henderson County, where ECO has coordinated the event for over a decade, Big Sweep will be a big deal.

ECO calls the Henderson County community to work on Saturday, September 20, 2008.

In Transylvania County, Debi Whitmire with Headwater Outfitters is your Big Sweep contact (877-3106).

In Buncombe County, Leslie Huntly at Quality Forward is the coordinator (254-1776).

In Haywood County, Dave Dudek at Haywood Comm. College is the contact (627-4564).

Polk County residents can contact Carlann Scherping at 894-3253.

NC Big Sweep is part of an international program, now in its 20th year, that includes coastal cleanup as well as streams, lakes, and rivers.

Organize your team to clean a stream near you in WNC … or join the several teams cleaning up creeks in Henderson County. Phone ECO at 828-692-0385 for details.
 
Flat Rock Music Festival Recycling & Booth
Friday, September 26 - Sunday, September 28, 2008

Volunteer to help with recycling at the festival and get a free ECO
t-shirt.  Contact the ECO office for more details.
 
WQ Master Class Session 6
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6-9pm
Henderson County Public Library Auditorium

This week's topics:
Laws, regulations, ordinances
Programs and agencies--who does what?
For more information, please read the form and schedule below:
registration form
schedule
 
ECO Board Meetings
4th Wednesdays
12-1:30p.m. ECO Office
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Environmental & Conservation Organization