Jane Bogner
Solano Group

Help Needed - Get Involved Locally

Solano Group has teamed up with several local movements to preserve and protect areas from development. Call or email for opportunities.

Solano County Fairgrounds considering Mills Project

Solano Group is questioning the potential use of public lands for a shopping center disguised as a year-round useful County Fair venue. Thanks for those of you who returned the postcard from our recent mailing. We have counted over 200 of you (as of May 5) who want your voices heard in opposition to this project. Jim DeKloe

Potrero Hills Landfill Expansion

Watch your mail box for important information. Jane Bogner

Solano County

The Solano Land Trust (SLT) is working on the Calhoun Cut/Lindsey Slough Restoration Plan. Calhoun Cut was built in 1913 as part of an urban development scheme that never really got off the ground. Today, the historic channel of Lindsey Slough is still largely intact, as it curves and winds outside of the arrow-straight, levee-bound channel of Calhoun Cut. In the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, where water diversions, levees, and intensifying land use have dramatically reduced the range of natural marshlands, Lindsey Slough presents a rare opportunity to restore natural a waterway.

On Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Solano Land Trust will hold the 2nd public meeting to discuss plans for restoring Lindsey Slough on the Calhoun Cut Ecological Reserve (CCER). Local farmers, ranchers, agencies, and any other interested stakeholders are invited to attend. This property is adjacent to SLT's Jepson Prairie Preserve on land owned by the California Department of Fish and Game. For more information contact Ben Wallace at 707-432-0150 x203 or ben@solanolandtrust.org.

Earth Day 2006 - April 22

Many Thanks to all our volunteers who worked all over the county on this day.

• Vallejo - Diji Christian, Christine Lundgren, and Ray Anderson who helped me staff the Sierra Club Table and Kim from Vallejo Waterfront Coalition who leant us a canopy.
• Fairfield - Brad and Ann Smith receive our gratitude for staffing the Sierra Club table in the shadow of the new Solano County government building.
• Thanks also to Phil McCullough, Kathy Blume, and Sam McGee who handed out flyers to over 600 cars during the County-wide E-Waste Event at the Westfield Mall parking lot.

Composting Classes

VALCORE Community Recycling: Check out www.VALCORErecycling.org and www.recycle-guide.com for Solano county recycling info. Solano Group and 8 other nonprofits run this recycling center.

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HOURS @ VALCORE Recycling

• 38 Sheridan St., Vallejo
• New Hours: Monday through Saturday
• Donation: 9am - 5pm (4:30 in winter)
• CRV Buy Back: 10am - 5pm (4:30 in winter)
• CLOSED FOR LUNCH 1pm - 2pm

Donate your cans to Sierra Club during CRV Buy Back hours. Sierra Club gets a higher price for aluminum cans donated to them than what VALCORE pays to the public. Please also bring CRV #1 PET and glass bottles. This is how Solano Group raises money.

NEW: VALCORE is now accepting household batteries, cell phone, ink jet cartridges, lap tops and PDAs for recycling. Drop them off the next time you are in town (hours above).

Help Sierra Club win an extra $25 in VALCORE's Quarterly Contest. Solano Group won the Jan-March $25 bonus.

April-June: The group with the largest total value of all donations made to their group for the quarter will win the bonus. July-September: The group with the highest % over their previous highest refund check will win the bonus.

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VALCORE Recycling Workdays: 2006 schedule: June 24, Sept 2, Oct 14, Nov 18. We work from 9 am to Noon. $50 is offered to volunteer supervisors for their favorite classroom or environmental project. Call 644-9183 or e-mail jabogner@juno.com.

Thanks for Diji Christin, Kitty Powel and Debbie Surani for helping me staff the Got Used Oil event at AutoZone in Vallejo. If you want to learn more about recycling motor oil, go to www.VALCORErecycling.org and click on the car.

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Wanted: VALCORE Board Replacement

Solano Group has been a member of VALCORE Recycling since 1985. Jane Bogner has been our representative off and on since 1988. Guess what, she needs a break.

Obligations for a board member include attending the monthly board meeting on the 4th Monday of each month at 6:30 in Vallejo and arranging volunteers for the 8 Saturday workdays at the recycling site. It's an exciting board and a great way to 'act locally' on a global issue.

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