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White Pine Group
Serving the counties of northeastern Iowa
A northeastern Iowa group of the Iowa chapter of the Sierra Club.
Serving the counties of Allamakee, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Howard, Jackson, and Winneshiek
Sierra Club - founded 1892
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Vol. 27, Issue 3 - Winter 2007-2008
White Pine Group Program/Meetings
 
These 2008 White Pine Group Program/Meetings will be held in the large basement meeting room at US Bank, Kennedy at Wacker by Kennedy Mall on Dubuque's West Side on the fourth Tuesday of each month beginning at 7 PM for your enjoyment and learning opportunities. Each program is followed by an EXCOM meeting. Mark your Sierra Club Calendar!

January 22: "Local Folks Squaretop Loop"
September 2-8, 2007, Bridger Wilderness, Wind River Mountains, Wyoming. Dick Worm will present photos from this trip taken by three of our Group members and three Sierra Local Folk friends from the Milwaukee, San Francisco, and Fort Collins, CO areas. Experience pristine lakes, a couple of high elevation lightning and slush storms, and "Somersault Gulch" as well as the spectacular magnitude of Squaretop Mountain--the most photographed monolith in the Wind River Range.

February 26: "Wilderness Therapy"
Barb Cooey, White Pine Group Outings Chair, will talk about her experiences working in wilderness therapy with youth at Outback Therapeutic Expeditions, Lehi, Utah. Watch a 15-minute video highlighting the program and see her primitive backpack, fire set, leather work, and other handmade crafts used on the job. (See other descriptive details of the Outback experience in an article elsewhere in this newsletter).