REDWOOD NEEDLES Presented by the Sierra Club Redwood Chapter Newsletter, The REDWOOD NEEDLES Return to Article Menu Redwood Needles April 1999   Wildlands 2000 Update   Hosted by Ryan Hansen from the California Wilderness Coalition (CWC), the Sonoma Group sponsored a slideshow and presentation on Wildlands 2000 at its February 25th general meeting. The following Sunday provided twenty committed volunteers (in the rain!) with field-check survey training and the opportunity to practice firsthand at Bureau of Land Management's Cow Mountain Recreation Area near Ukiah. Wildlands 2000 is a campaign to protect many of California's remaining wildlands as legally designated wilderness, and the purpose of field-checking is to ensure that significant human incursions such as clearcutting, roadbuilding, mining, and off-road vehicle use have not occurred within the proposed areas that would disqualify them for wilderness consideration. If you are interested in learning more about Wildlands 2000 or field-check survey training, contact Ryan Hansen at (530)758-0380, or e-mail him at ryan@calwild.org. A special "thank you" to all our volunteers who braved the cold, wet, windy weather to learn and participate in field-checking, and to Margaret Pennington who coordinated the carpooling effort from Santa Rosa. --Linda Price, Sonoma Group Membership Chair   Return to Article Menu Last updated on 3/02/99 Comments or suggestions? Drop us a line at heyneedles@aol.com