Magical Tibet: Across the Roof of the World

Please note that Helen Gigliotti's digital slide show presentation is scheduled for Dec. 11, not Dec. 18 as previously published in the Topics. Join Helen as she guides us over the soaring Tibetan Plateau to visit remote hamlets and striking fortress-monasteries where flickering yak butter lamps iluminate ancient Buddhist frescoes. Don't miss this journey!  Dec. 11, UC Center, 7:00 p.m.

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Tehipite Chapter Annual Banquet

Tehipite Chapter Annual Banquet featuring Frank Helling in his portrayal of John Muir.  Please note that our National Parks have been seriously affected by secuestration, and as a result our previously scheduled speaker will not be able to join us.  While disappointed, we are equally delighted that Mr. Helling has agreed to perform his live presentation of "A Visit with John Muir." Click on "Read more" for more details.

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Backcountry Ski To View "dry" Shaver Lake on Jan 28, 2012

Six hardy and aging souls ventured out finally after the first real snow of the season.

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Oh No! Not PG&E Again!

The middle sized blue oak at left is at least 30 feet from PG&E’s Helms-Gregg 230 kilovolt transmission line on the left. Yet PG&E officials say this tree and thousands of others must now be removed to guarantee system reliability. The line has been here for 26 years and the trees have not caused a problem during that time. So why do the trees need to be removed now?

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Welcome

Welcome to the Tehipite Chapter of the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club Board of Directors has identified our boundaries as:

The territorial boundaries of this chapter shall be as specified from time to time by the Board of Directors, with due consideration of the wishes of members of the Sierra Club residing within the proposed boundaries, and shall consist of all of Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, and Merced Counties, and all of Yosemite National Park including that portion of Tuolumne County therein, and all of Tulare County north of the fourth standard parallel (Avenues 384 and Elkhorn) including Kings Canyon National Park but excluding Sequoia National Park.

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Local Activism in our National Forests

by Rich Kangas
Sunday, April 15, 2012

Editors note: In this article Rich mentions Alan Carlton, chair of the California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee (CNRCC) organizing a listing of Sierra Club forest policy. The policy was actually retrieved from the National Sierra Club website and re-posed to the CNRCC mailing list.  You can review the "Forest Management in the United States" policy at http://sierraclub.org/policy/conservation/forest.aspx. Additional Sierra Club policies are available at http://sierraclub.org/policy/conservation/.

Tehipite Chapter boundaries surround the Sierra National Forest, the Hume Lake Ranger District portion of the Sequoia National Forest and the northern part of the Giant Sequoia National Monument (GSNM). It is an enormous job for environmental activists to watch over that much land. But a handful of Tehipite Chapter activists are currently engaged, as is the national Sierra Club’s Resilient Habitats Campaign. With U. S. Forest Service planning changes afoot, we will need more activists, Sierra Club staff members, and more funds to commit. Tehipite Chapter is already contracting with an attorney to provide expertise on GSNM matters.

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CNRCC Resolution - Sierra Nevada Meadow Restoration

by Richard E. Kangas
Sunday, April 15, 2012

CNRCC RESOLUTION for Oct 17/18 2009 meeting:
SIERRA NEVADA MEADOW RESTORATION—v3.rek

Submitted on behalf of the Tehipite Chapter; Questions/comments: Richard E. Kangas; 559-896-5337; Rkangas02@comcast.net

The California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee of the Sierra Club favors ecologically appropriate restoration, rehabilitation, or reclamation projects that can help to heal severely degraded Sierra Nevada meadows.  Meadow restoration projects should consistently provide:

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Greys Mountain Ecological Restoration Project--Draft EIR Comments

by Richard E. Kangas
Monday, February 13, 2012

Richard E. Kangas
Tehipite Chapter, Sierra Club

January 27, 2012

Responsible Official
Scott Armentrout
Sierra National Forest Supervisor
1600 Tollhouse Road
Clovis, CA 93611

RE:  Greys Mountain Ecological Restoration Project-- Draft Environmental Impact Statement Comments

Dear Mr. Armentrout:

Thank you for inviting the Tehipite Chapter, Sierra Club to write comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Greys Mountain Ecological Restoration Project (GMERP or Project).  There is only one Sierra Club, so these comments give standing to any entity of the Sierra Club.  As such Tehipite Chapter submits these comments separate from and in addition to any other Sierra Club comments.

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Half Dome Trail Stewardship Plan Environmental Assessment

by George Whitmore
Monday, February 13, 2012

Crowds on the Halfdome cablesEvery indication is that this National Park Service (NPS) plan will generate plenty of public interest and controversy.  Congressmen are already calling upon the NPS to open the Half Dome cables to everyone by installing additional cables.  Major interest groups are calling for the area to be removed from the designated Yosemite Wilderness, apparently with the misguided notion that crowding would then not be a problem.

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Jesse Morrow Mountain Mine and Reclamation Plan Project Public Hearing

by John Rasmussen
Saturday, February 11, 2012

Waiting for the start of the Planning Commission meeting on Jesse Morrwo Mine.Thank you to all who attended the Planning Commission hearing on Jesse Morrow Mountain. Sierra Club members were there in abundance with many of us speaking.

The start of the meeting was discouraging. The lack of planning, from the Planning Commission, in providing an adequate venue for this hearing resulted in over a hundred people ending up in the hallway. I am sure many were discouraged and left. Those in the hallway were not able to view the presentations or easily hear--they did eventually turn on speakers in the hallway. How were these individuals supposed to make fully informed comments to the Planning Commission?

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Tehipite Topics (Chapter Newsletter)

October, 2013 - December, 2013

Volume 59, Number 4

  • Fulton Mall Targeted by City Hall
  • Tehipite Chapter Meetings and Information
  • Merced Group Meetings and Information
  • The Fulton Green Project: A Broader Vision for Fresno's Future
  • Fulton Mall as a Scapegoat for Past City Planning Policy Failures
  • Public Sentiment Largely Rejects Traffic on the Fulton Mall
  • The Rim Fire’s Harsh Lesson
  • Wilderness 50: Art and Wilderness
  • Veterans Day Car Camping Trip: Western Utah Exploration
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