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Friends of Blackwater Canyon Friends of Blackwater Canyon October 2005 501 Elizabeth St.reet Room 3, Charleston, WV 25311 • 304-345-7663 • www.saveblackwater.org • [email protected] Draft Mon Forest Plan Threatens Blackwater! Writers Honored at Comment by 11/14/05 management plan preferred by the National Blackwater Conference Forest, commercial logging — currently Do you approve of five times more logging in The second annual Friends of prohibited in much of this part of the Mon — Monongahela National Forest, with clearcuts Blackwater Membership can begin next year. And the Forest Service doubling in size? Unless concerned citizens Reception and Awards Banquet proposes to cut five times as many trees and to speak out NOW, increased logging in the was held at Timberline Four Seasons Resort on double the size of clearcuts in this plan. Blackwater Canyon will be part of the Forest September 24. Awards were given to writers Service’s new “Plan” for continued next page who celebrated the Blackwater area. the Monongahela A warning from the past Charlie Baer was born in Columbus Ohio. National Forest. “The State of West Virginia is mightily proud People who love the He completed his masters degree in botany at of its glorious natural Blackwater Canyon Ohio State and PhD in plant physiology at the scenery, but the State also must speak out, and say a University of Maryland. He taught the first shows to us what happens resounding NO to this ecology courses at West Virginia University when man flies in the face Forest Service proposal! and started the state chapter of the Nature of nature. Today, I have Comments are due Conservancy in 1963. Charlie worked with seen many square miles of by Nov. 14. Here are the the National Park Service to evaluate potential splendid mountains facts: Three-quarters of National Natural Landmarks. Blackwater which have been denuded the Blackwater Canyon Canyon was in that report, as well as, of timber. I have seen area is in public Cranesville Swamp, Greenland Gap, Cathe- yellow streams carrying ownership, most of it dral State Forest and Big Run Bog. Now in eroded silt and soil from managed by the his 86th year, Charlie works to preserve West the steep slopes.” President Franklin D. Roosevelt Monongahela National Mountain State Forest Festival Virginia’s natural beauty and unique ecology. Forest. Under the draft October 1, 1936 Margaret Calwell is a strong supporter and source of encouragement to Friends of Blackwater Trail Update By Judy Rodd There is an imminent, deadly arrow water are going to be in a fight that will of destruction poised and aimed at the test every fiber of our being. heart of the Blackwater Canyon. We must be prepared and willing to The arrow of destruction is Allegheny defend — as never before — West Wood Product’s public land-grab: their Virginia’s scenic “Crown Jewel,” her plan to turn the beautiful, intimate “Natural Treasure,” as Senator Robert C. Blackwater Canyon Trail into a commer- Byrd put it. cial logging road. To defeat the forces of greed and In just a few weeks, we expect the privatization, and to protect the Canyon release of a Draft Environmental Impact Trail from bulldozers and mega-ma- Statement (EIS) by the Forest Service on chines, will take every bit of public AWP’s catastrophic proposal. opinion, media outcry, and scientific and Make no mistake about it; when that legal expertise that we can muster. Judy Rodd (l) presents Margaret Calwell Draft EIS is released, we who love Black- Writer’s Award with her son, Stuart Calwell, continued next page by her side. Story continued on page 8 Inside: Director’s Update ...................................... 2 A Tribute to Arnout Hyde Jr. ............... 4 Writers Honored Continued ................ 8 Welcome Lena’s Bakery ....................... 11 Stuff Your Bag Sweepstakes ................. 2 Calendar of Events .................................... 5 Trail Expansion Project Underway .... 9 Blackwater Roots Distributed ............. 11 Timberline’s Fred Herz ............................ 3 Signs of Fall in Spruce Country ........... 5 North Fork Watershed News .............. 9 Charlie Black a.k.a. Baloney Man ..... 11 Field Volunteers Foreman & Null ...... 3 In memory of Drew Forrester ............. 5 Biking Blackwater .................................... 10 Get Away to Fiddler’s Roost ............... 12 In memory .................................................... 4 The Allegheny Front ............................. 6,7 Welcome Canyon Rim .......................... 10 Cabin For Sale ........................................... 12 Director’s Update Monongahela Forest Forest into a 6.2 protected area! Keep from page 1 the log trucks, skidders and roads out!! The Blackwater Canyon region Send a comment to the Forest Service includes Table Rock and the Red Run from SaveBlackwater.ORG. Valley, Olson Fire Tower, Big Run Bog, Canaan Loop Road, Canyon Blackwater Trail Rim Trail, the Blackwater Canyon from page 1 Trail, Engine Run, Plantation Trail, And to carry on that fight, as Railroad Trail, and Mountainside always, costs money — for Trail. mailings, for ads, for our staff, This beloved area needs more and for lawyers’ and scientists’ protection, not less. Tell the Forest expenses. We usually save our Service to make all of the Blackwater quarterly fundraising pitches for a Canyon Region of the Monongahela separate letter, and devote the Blackwater Newsletter to news and issues, but the frightening fact Judy Rodd after a picnic at Big Run; Photo by Joe Collins Babe is with us! of this looming arrow of destruc- From the land of the great lumber- tion demands that we lay the Dear Friends, jack Paul Bunyan’s birthplace, I financial aspect of this fight on Blackwater Canyon glows with fall colors. Head up compose this message. The voice of the line here. to Tucker County and enjoy it!! Go out to Lindy Point this mythical man can still be If you want Friends of Black- and see the view. Drive just two miles heard in the depths of the water to be ready and able to beyond the Park Lodge and hike in on the forest...Paul Bunyan urges work with you to defend our new trail one-half mile. You can check out Mountaineers to cherish their beloved Canyon against this lodging and restaurant options on our Crown Jewel. Fight to save the vicious attack — please make the website. Take a bike ride from Thomas Blackwater Canyon from a best financial contribution that down the railtrail. Downhill from wealthy timber company you can today. MountainMade at Coketon, cross the and rich land developers We would not ask you if it bridge and turn left on the wide gravel or you’ll have Paul were not so important. Canyon Trail. You will pass the coke ovens Bunyan to deal with. before entering the heart of the Canyon. Two Thank you so much for your support. Together, we can and we hours later you’ll be in Hendricks. Call Highland Scene Jim Mahrer will protect this magnificent Tours at 877-223-5388 to reserve a shuttle back. 700 Woodland Ave NW landscape for all of our children Have a great Autumn!! Bemidji, MN and grandchildren! 56601 Stuff your Santa Bag Sweepstakes Begin or renew your annual membership with Friends of Blackwater before December 1 and you will be eligible for the Friends of Blackwater Sweepstakes Gift Box: Five books, two t-shirts, one toy flying squirrel, a tote bag, and three posters. Just write the word “sweepstakes” on your remittance envelope. And until December 1, you can help expand our network of supporters by enrolling two friends for the price of one. Complete the following form and include an additional $35 to enroll a friend or relative as a member of Friends of Blackwater. A gift membership card will be sent to them. Name _______________________________________________________ Phone ____________________ Expand Our Address ___________________________________________ City __________ State _____ Zip ________ Network: Email____________________________________________________________________________________ Two For One Membership Name _______________________________________________________ Phone ____________________ Until Dec.1st Address ___________________________________________ City __________ State _____ Zip ________ Email____________________________________________________________________________________ 2 Judy Rodd, President Special Friend and Volunteer: Paul Hill, Vice President Jeannie Dalporto, Secretary Timberline Renaissance Man, Fred Herz Linda Cooper, Treasurer Sandy Fisher For a guy from Bucks County, Pennsyl- Board of Directors Sheila McEntee vania who knew by the time he was ten that he wanted to study the biology of oceans and travel the globe, it would seem that Annie Dillard West Virginia got in the way of Fred Herz’s Larry Groce dreams. But now—as this year marks Jason Halbert Timberline’s 20th Anniversary—he will tell David Hammer, Esq. you that he is doing exactly what he wants, Alan Karlin, Esq. where he wants. Patrick McGinley, Esq. Fred first ventured into the Allegheny Deborah McHenry, Esq. Highlands while studying biology and chemistry at Columbia Union College J. Lawrence Smith outside Washington, D.C. He and his Advisory Board Rafe Pomerance friends took trips into Smoke Hole Can- Joe Rieffenberger yon, the Dolly Sods Wilderness, and (l to r) West Virginia Inventor and Entrepeneur Steve White, Esq. experienced winter camping on Spruce Fred Herz and Governor Joe Manchin Christopher Wood Knob. Upon graduation in 1985, his family purchased the 450-acre Timberline Four Mountain salamanders that required the Judy Rodd, Director
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