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605 E. Seventh Avenue
PO BOX 2924
DURANGO CO 81302
970-385-9577
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2010 Calendar of Events

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National Public Lands Day Service Projects
Date: Sat, Sept 25, 2010
Locations: Various locations across the US through local Broadbands and in southern Utah's San Juan County.

National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. National Public Lands Day began in 1994 with three federal agencies and 700 volunteers. On September 26, 2009, 150,000 volunteers worked at over 2,000 locations and in every state and in many U.S. territories. They built trails and bridges, removed trash and invasive plants and planted millions of trees. National Public Lands Day keeps the promise of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the “tree army” that worked from 1933-42 to preserve and protect America’s natural heritage.

Great Old Broads for Wilderness will be on the ground in various locales. See if your local Broadband has a project underway...or help them get one going.

If Utah is on your radar this fall, Great Old Broads for Wilderness will again work in southern Utah on National Public Lands Day, Saturday, September 25. This year's project is yet to be determined. Make your plans now to join us for a day of work and a day of fun exploring in the Comb Ridge/Cedar Mesa area of SE Utah.

To register for the Utah project, contact rose@greatoldbroads.org or call 970-385-9577.

Tennessee Broadwalk
Dates: Sept 30-Oct 4, 2010
Location: Hidden Lake Campground & Resort - Cherokee National Forest near Tellico Plains, TN
Cost: Members, $125; non-members $150

Become a Tennessee Walker … Broadwalker that is

Join Great Old Broads for Wilderness and our partners, the Tennessee Wilderness Coalition, for this exciting event in the heart of the southern Appalachian mountain range in east Tennessee.  This area is one of the world’s most biologically diverse with rich forest ecosystems supporting more than 20,000 species of plants and animals.  Its clear-running streams support some of the region’s last, best strongholds of native brook trout, and its footpaths, including the Appalachian Trail and Benton MacKaye Trail, make it a hiker’s paradise. 
We’ll base our long weekend at the Hidden Lake Campground and Resort from which we’ll foray each day to explore some of the six beautiful and wild areas of the Cherokee National Forest proposed for wilderness designation by the Tennessee Wilderness Act of 2010 which was introduced in early June by Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, both Tennessee Republicans. 
The bill creates one new Wilderness Area, the 9,038-acre Upper Bald River tract in Monroe County, which is dominated by hardwood forests and would protect an intact watershed teeming with wildlife. The bill also includes additions to five existing and popular Wilderness Areas:

  • Joyce Kilmer/Slickrock Wilderness (1,836 acres, Monroe County) - Just south of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park across the Little Tennessee River Gorge, this expansion protects a vital wildlife corridor along with hiking and equestrian trails.
  • Big Frog Wilderness (348 acres, Polk County) - This addition will become part of the largest wilderness area managed by the U.S. Forest Service in the East.
  • Little Frog Wilderness (966 acres, Polk County) - Located north of the Ocoee Gorge in southeast Tennessee, this wilderness expansion protects the corridor for the Benton MacKaye Trail - a 300-mile trail crossing through Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina.
  • Big Laurel Branch Wilderness (4,446 acres, Carter and Johnson counties) – Near Elizabethton, this wilderness expansion permanently protects nearly 5 miles of the Appalachian Trail.
  • Sampson Mountain Wilderness (2,922 acres, Washington and Unicoi counties) -  The Tennessee-North Carolina border area plays a vital role in protecting drinking water and is a great area for fly fishing and rafting.

Campsites, rustic cabins, and teepees are available lodging choices at Hidden Lakes Resort for Broadwalk participants. Camping is included in the $125 member/$150 non-member registration rate. Additional fees for cabin and teepee reservations are yet to be determined.

Delicious breakfasts and dinners each day catered by local businesses are included, leaving us more time for hiking, socializing and our speakers and programs.

Over the weekend, we’ll hear the latest on the wilderness legislation/campaign from Jeff Hunter, Tennessee Field Organizer for the Southern Appalachian Forest Council.

Hidden Lake Campground and Resort is near Tellico Plains, TN.  The nearest airport is Mc Ghee Tyson Airport, outside of Knoxville, TN. We will try to arrange carpools mid-day Sept 30 and Oct 4 for those flying in for this event.

To get to Hidden Lake Campground & Resort

From Tellico Plains:
Take Hwy 68 to 165E, 1 mile
Turn Left on Country Road 360, 4.4 miles
Turn left on Belltown Rd, go 5 miles
Hidden Lake on Left
Look for our sign

From Madisonville:
Take 411 to Ball Play Rd Drive, 9.8 miles
Turn right onto Belltown Rd, drive 1/2 mile
Hidden Lake on Right

Come experience the beauty of the southern hardwood forests and mountains as the fall colors peak.

To register, send full payment to the Broads office at:
PO Box 2924,
Durango, CO 81302
or go to our on-line cart by clicking here. For more information, contact Rose at rose@greatoldbroads.org or 970-385-9577.

** See Cancellation Policy in right hand column.

Wild for Wilderness On-line Auction
Dates: Oct 25-Nov 14, 2010
Just in time for your holiday shopping or a bit of self-indulgence, Great Old Broads for Wilderness is hosting our fifth annual Wild for Wilderness On-line Auction fundraiser. Here's your chance to make shopping both easy and meaningful, because 100% of the auction monies raised will be used to support Great Old Broads' important wilderness advocacy work. 

To donate an item, click here.

Browse the listings and bid on your favorites by going to http://auction.greatoldbroads.org/

What Is A Broadwalk?

A Broadwalk is first and foremost a whole lot of fun!  If you have never been on a Broadwalk, this year offers several locations and several different places to join us.  Broadwalks are a place where you will meet other amazing Broads and learn about wilderness issues particular to a specific area through on-the-ground exploration and discussion with folks who know the area and the issues.

Every Broadwalk takes on its own unique character, but we usually begin gathering on Thursday afternoon to get acquainted and set up camp. Things really kick off with dinner and a speaker from the local grassroots organization to frame the weekend’s events and purpose. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we spend our time hiking with local guides in proposed wilderness or threatened landscapes to learn first-hand about the place. Usually we build in some sort of service project on one of the days – hauling old culvert, pulling noxious weeds, inventorying potential wilderness, brushing trails, monitoring ORV impacts—the possibilities are endless.  Each day at some point we have more local speakers to share information on the area’s history, natural history, wilderness issues, music, writings, photography, etc. We really rub elbows with locals on both sides of an issue, with agency land managers, and with other wilderness advocates. We also often get to talk to the media about our group and the wilderness that we work to protect. The event ends on Monday after breakfast, sometimes with a meeting at government offices, sometimes just with farewell to friends, old and new.

Meals have become a group event either catered or prepared by a camp cook, which allows us more time in the field and more time to get acquainted with each other. Trail lunches are left to each participant to bring. Delicious food, drink, and camaraderie are an essential part of our weekends! There is nothing like spending time with a group of Great Old Broads!

For those who prefer not to camp there often are local motels where you can stay and just join us each day for our activities, speakers, and meals. We can help folks connect with others who are driving or flying into the area to share rides or rental cars. Sometimes folks join us for just part of an event which is generally OK as long as we have enough space and know which meals and nights to plan on.

**Cancellation Policy

Broadwalk/Event Refund/Cancellation Policy
All cancellations and requests for refunds must be made to Broads main office by phone, letter, e-mail, or fax.

Cancellation fees apply as follows:
More than 2 weeks prior to the event start date 50% of the event fee.

0-14 days prior to event start date – entire event fee is forfeited.

Date of notice received by Broads will determine cancellation fee.

Emergency illness, death of an immediate family member
Refunds may be granted if an attendee is unable to attend the event due to family death, illness or other extraordinary circumstance. In such an event, Broads office must be contacted by phone, letter, or e-mail.

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