The LWVUV Natural Resources Committee
The Natural Resources Committee engages in education and advocacy on issues concerning natural resources and the environment in the Upper Valley and beyond.
April 13, 2005: Wind Energy in YOUR Backyard?
- 7 to 9 PM at the Montshire Museum, Norwich, VT
- Are wind energy projects really needed?
- Where should they be built? Where should they NOT go?
- Moderator: Professor Janet Milne, Vermont Law School
- Speakers: Dan Reicher, president, New Energy Capitol former Ass't
- Secretary of Energy Nancy Girard, NH Conservation Law Foundation, Concord, NH
- J. T. Horn, Appalachian Trail Converence, Lyme, NH
Connecticut River Joint Commissions: Results of the most comprehensive river water quality assessment undertaken in New Hampshire, released February 3, 2005.
Annual Brown Bag Lunch Series - Pesticides, Poisons and People: Risks and Responses
Tuesday, February 1, 2005: Community Response to a Hazardous Material Event
- Information from Kevin Geiger
Tuesday, February 8, 2005: Fighting Toxic Pollution in the Upper Valley
- Now reported on this web site, the talk by Lindsey Hodel, Toxics Action Center, Montpelier, VT
Tuesday, February 15, 2005: Environmental Chemicals and Human Health: What are the Risks?
- Joshua W. Hamilton, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology; Adjunct Professor of Chemistry; Director; Center for Environmental Health Sciences; Dartmouth College
Center for Environmental Health Sciences at Dartmouth: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~cehs/
"The topics we study" gives one a picture of some of the issues regarding toxic substances in the environment that Prof. Hamilton covered in the talk. Information on toxic metals research is at: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/TXQA.shtml
In recent years the Committee has sponsored the following talks:
February 2004 Brown Bag Lunch Series: Coping with Population Growth: Impact and Solutions
- "Population, Women & the Environment," a talk by Julie Starr, Population and Environment Specialist, National Wildlife Federation (Summarized by Julie Starr)
- "Saving Women's Lives: The Right Thing to Do" Full text of a talk by Paul Micou Vice-Chairman, US Committee for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
- February 18 talk by David Deen, Connecticut River Steward for Connecticut River Watershed Council.
- February 11 talk by NH state geologist, Dr. David Wunsch.
- February 4 talk by Prof. Frank Magilligan, Chair, Department of Geography, Dartmouth College
Annual Report, Natural Resources Committee, 2004
The theme of the February Brown Bag Lunch Series was "Coping with Population Growth: Impacts and Solutions."
- State and National issues were addressed by Jennifer Schoeder, NH Program Specialist, Center for Environment and Population.
- The second meeting on International issues had two speakers Paul Micou Vice-Chairman, United States Committee for the United Nations Population Fund, and Julie Starr, Population and Environmental Specialist, National Wildlife Federation, Northeast Natural Resources Center.
- The third and final meeting was on Regional and Local issues with speakers Tara Bamford, Executive Director of the Upper Valley-Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission; and Vicki Smith, Senior Planner for Hanover NH.
The well-attended meetings produced many questions and comments from the audience.
"Your Most Important Environmental Choices," the subject of the April 14, annual Forum at the Montshire Museum, featured Warren Leon, co-author of the Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices published when he was Deputy Director for Programs at the Union Of Concerned Scientists. Mr. Leon is currently Program Director for Education and Public Awareness at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative's Renewable Energy Trust.
The Forum was co-sponsored by the LWVUV, Dartmouth College Environmental Studies Proqram, Hanover Conservation Council, Montshire Museum, Vermont Earth institute and Vital Communities. Members of the Natural Resources Committee include Ann Crow, Barbara Duncan, Charlotte Faulkner, Alice Jackson, Suzanna Liepmann, Barbara McIlroy, Joyce Noll, Kim Perez, Sarah Reeves, Keenie Richardson and Perry Williamson.
Alice Jackson, Chair and Suzanna Liepmann, Co-Chair
If you would like to meet with this committee, let us know: voterinfo@uppervalleyleague.org