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[at-l] News and Notes from the NY-NJ Trail Conference (fwd)

FWIW I thought this may be of interest to enough list members
to waste the bandwith
Rich

Forwarded message:
> From NYNJTC@aol.com Mon Oct 27 11:23:40 1997
> From: NYNJTC@aol.com
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 10:28:32 -0500 (EST)
> Message-ID: <971027102546_1345762592@emout02.mail.aol.com>
> To: NYNJTC@aol.com
> Subject: News and Notes from the NY-NJ Trail Conference
> 
> Tomorrow, Tue 10/28 is semi-annual club day at all EMS stores. 
> Located throughout our region, EMS is offering NYNJTC and
> other outdoor club members 20% off everything in the store. 
> Bring your membership card with you.  And remember, 20 area
> outdoor stores offer year-round 10% discounts to NYNJTC,  For
> a list, check our website at www.nynjtc.org.  A full listing of
> these stores will also be published in the forthcoming Nov-Dec.
> Trail Walker.
> 
> The following is abstracted from the News for Our Members
> section of the Nov-Dec Trail Walker:  ...NY's constitution
> requires that every 20 years, voters are asked if they wish to
> convene a convention to re-write the NYS constitution.  That vote
> is on November 4th.  Concern and opposition has been expressed by 
> many conservation groups (League of Conservation Voters, Sierra Club),
> that once the door is opened delegates would consider a wide range
> of potential amendments, including (if past history is a guide)
> significant alterations to our beloved Article 14.  This is the
> famous "forever wild clause" which now safeguards the public
> lands of the Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserves from
> development and timber harvesting.  A major concern at previous
> state constitutional conventions has been efforts to package
> amendments weakening Article 14 with a slate of more popular
> initiatives.  Said TC President, "While this is just one issue in a
> much bigger package, I urge all hikers carefully weight the issues
> in allowing the constitutional door to open again.  While I will be
> away during the election, I am concerned enough that I applied for
> an absentee ballot"
> 
> The Trail Conference office has need of a high school or college
> student for part time work during the week.  Familiarity with and
> ease around computers is a must.  If interested, please contact
> Judith Fulmer at the TC office 212/685-9699.
> 
> We are DELIGHTED to announce that Sam's Point Preserve (aka
> Ice Caves Mtn. and the Ellenville Watershed) is now completely
> owned by the Open Space Institute which has held the lease on the
> property for about a year.  The area is now managed for OSI by
> the Nature Conservancy and will likely be added to Minnewaska
> State Park in the future.  While there is no admission fee, a
> parking fee of $5 per car is currently charged.  More details will
> be in the Jan-Feb Trail Walker.  See Shawangunk Trails (1997)
> Map #9.  Our ever-lasting thanks to TC member Bob Anderberg and
> his colleagues at OSI for this super addition to our hiking world.
> 
> A new overview map of "where the trails are located" has been
> produced by volunteer Chris Cesar for our membership brochure. 
> If you like to see a color copy visit our web site.  If you have
> visited before, be sure to hit the reload button to get the latest
> information into your browser.  Or go directly to the map at
> www.nynjtc.org/ovmap.html.
> 
> The Catskill Center, a group member of NYNJTC, announces the
> latest addition to their web site -- a "virtual hike" to the summit of
> Balsam Lake Mountain.  Starting at the Dry Brook Ridge trail
> head in the Beaverkill Valley, the site offers photographs with
> captions of what you would see along the 2-mile hike.  The site
> features a description of the trail, as well as interpretive
> information on the geology, vegetation and wildflowers you will
> encounter along the way.  The virtual hike concludes with a
> panoramic view of the Catskills from the top of the Balsam Lake
> Fire Tower.  The virtual hike can be accessed directly from their
> home page at: www.catskillcenter.org.  They encourage visitors to
> e-mail us with comments on the site: cccd@catskill.net.
> 
> If you receive two copies of this e-mail, we apologize!  Here's why: Our 
> America On Line system aborts in the middle of a transmission IF there are 
> any bad AOL address  in the group.  We then have to remove the bad 
> address(es) and re-send the e-mail...  but we can not tell who received the 
> first one... so we re-send to the entire list. 
> 
> ...end...
> 
> 

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