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NMW ANNUAL MEETING,
SEPTEMBER 26, 2010 PLEASE ATTEND

The 2010 NMW Annual Meeting will be held Sunday, Sept. 26, 1-3 PM (coffee and conversation following) at the Kawishiwi Ranger Station, in Ely.  The Station is on Hwy 169 just E. of Ely.  The meeting will feature two speakers and discussion of several issues of importance to NMW members.  Members are urged to attend.

 

Chuck Dayton will speak on, "Wilderness Warrior, Bud Heinselman: How a Research Scientist Turned Advocate to Save the Forest He Loved."  Bud (Miron) Heinselman and Chuck Dayton are of course very familiar to NMW members.  As the title of Chuck’s presentation indicates, Bud retired from his research position with USFS to work on saving the BWCA.  He helped to found the Friends of the BWCA and served as its chair for two years.  His work continues to inform us through his 1996 book, The Boundary Waters Wilderness ecosystem.  Chuck is a Minneapolis attorney who helped to craft the 1978 BWCAW Act, led the negotiations that set the actual boundaries, and defended the Act in court.  He continues to participate in environmental/wilderness activities, including the board of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy.

 Steve Snyder will speak on, “The Legal Basis for NMW Actions.”  Steve is a Minneapolis attorney and NMW board member.  Steve has served on the board of Friends of the BWCA, and earlier participated on the legal team that defended the 1978 Act.  Steve’s presentation will provide the basis for a discussion of, “The Current NMW Agenda,” so titled because we have become an organization substantially guided by several laws that encourage public participation in the planning and monitoring of government actions as they affect the environment.  Our ‘agenda,’ including four current lawsuits against USFS, should be periodically reviewed and discussed by the membership.

Our Business Meeting will include election of board members and nominations for officers.   In addition we will present for discussion by the membership, the major components of a proposed revision of the NMW Bylaws.  (We anticipate the revisions will later be submitted to the entire membership for approval via a mail vote.)

 

 

Events

NMW ANNUAL MEETING, SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
 PLEASE ATTEND