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| Tuesday February 9, 2010 | ||
| 7:15 pm | HVG: Sierra Club Book Club Book: A World Without Ice, by Henry Pollack -- UM professor and member of the Nobel Prize-winning Inergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Contact: Nancy Shiffler (734) 971-1157 (more) Nicola's Books (Westgate Shopping Center, 2513 Jackson Ave Ann Arbor, MI) Map Add This Event |  |
| Tuesday February 16, 2010 | ||
| 7:30 pm | HVG: Chill the Drills Kit McGurn is the National Arctic Organizer for the Sierra Club. He is working to educate and engage citizens across the country in Arctic conservation issues. Kit also worked for the Greater Yellowstone Coalition where he organized around issues such as Northern Rockies wolf protection and Roadless area preservation. Free. HVG Monthly Public Program; 3rd Tuesday of every month. Non-members welcome; refreshments provided. (more) Matthaei Botanical Gardens (1800 N Dixboro Rd Ann Arbor, MI) Map Email Add This Event |  |
| Friday February 19, 2010 | ||
| 5:00 pm | Ludington State Park/Nordhouse Dunes Snowshoe Weekend. Ludington State Park/Nordhouse Dunes Snowshoe Weekend. Be prepared for hours of vigorous outdoors activity, snowshoeing and hiking along Lake Michigan. Cozy cabin for lodging in Ludington. Depart Friday afternoon. Return Sunday evening. Details: ewarosz@yahoo.com or 734-756-5362. Depart Friday afternoon/Return Sunday evening (more) Ludington State Park (Lakeshore Dr. Ludington, MI) Map Email Add This Event |  |
| Saturday February 20, 2010 | ||
| 2:30 pm | HVG: WICO Outing with Hikone - ice skating WICO volunteers will meet at Hikone around 1:00PM for lunch and proceed to Buhr Ice Arena for the Buhr Blitz around 2:30PM. Outing leader is Tracy Bialk taraymond@yahoo.com Meet at Hikone at 1:00PM (more) Buhr Park Ice Arena (2751 Packard Road Ann Arbor, MI) Map Add This Event |  |
| Sunday February 21, 2010 | ||
| 1:00 pm | Ski or Hike Stinchfield Woods Ski or Hike 5 miles (depending on trail conditions) through deciduous and conifer trees in Stinchfield Woods, w/ guest hike leader Barry Lonik. All levels of skiing abilities welcome. Either meet at picnic table in front of Zingerman's Roadhouse at 1:00 pm to carpool or 1:45 pm at the trail. Take Dexter Ann Arbor Rd west thru Dexter, turn right/north onto Dexter Pinckney Rd, turn left/west onto N Territorial Rd. Park in the office building lot, on the south side just west of Dexter Pinckney Rd. Free. Open to the public. (more) Stinchfield Woods (9401 Stinchfield Woods Pinckney, MI) Map Email Add This Event |  |
| Tuesday March 2, 2010 | ||
| 7:15 pm | Executive Committee Meeting Contact Doug Cowherd for location. doug.cowherd@michigan.sierraclub.org (more) Location TBD Email Add This Event | |
| Tuesday March 9, 2010 | ||
| 7:15 pm | HVG: Sierra Club Book Club Book: Reflections from the North Country, by Sigurd Olson -- classic nature writing from Minnesota and the Boundary Waters Contact: Nancy Shiffler (734) 971-1157 (more) Nicola's Books (Westgate Shopping Center, 2513 Jackson Ave Ann Arbor, MI) Map Add This Event | |
| Tuesday March 16, 2010 | ||
| 7:30 pm | HVG: Global Climate Change and the Great Lakes Brent Lofgren of the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory will describe how global climate change will affect the ecosystems of the Great Lakes basin. Free. HVG Monthly Public Program; 3rd Tuesday of every month. Non-members welcome; refreshments provided. (more) Matthaei Botanical Gardens (1800 N Dixboro Rd Ann Arbor, MI) Map Email Add This Event | |
| Sunday March 21, 2010 | ||
| 1:00 pm | "Secret Hike" Peace Lake. 4 miles. unmarked trails. Four-mile "Secret Hike" around Peace Lake in the Pinckney Rec Area to learn about watersheds w/ guest hike leader Barry Lonik. Either meet at picnic table in front of Zingerman's Roadhouse at 1:00 pm to carpool or 1:45 pm at the trail. Take Dexter-Ann Arbor Rd west through Dexter; continue west on Island Lake Rd 3 miles to Dexter Townhall Rd; turn left, go west 1.5 miles to Hankerd Rd; turn right, go north 1mile; park along Hankerd Rd just south of the Pickerel Lake access road. Free. Open to the public. (more) Just south of Pickerel Lake access road (Hankerd Road Pinckney, MI) Map Email Add This Event | |
| Sunday March 28, 2010 | ||
| 1:00 pm | Stinchfield Woods Hike Hike 5 miles through hilly terrain of deciduous and conifer woods, includes 90-year-old white pine stand and view from Peach Mountain. Either meet at picnic table in front of Zingerman's Roadhouse at 1:00 p.m. to carpool or 1:30 p.m. at the trail. Take Dexter Ann Arbor Rd west thru Dexter, turn right/north onto Dexter Pinckney Rd, turn left/west onto N Territorial Rd. Park in the office building lot, on the south side just west of Dexter Pinckney Rd. Contact Nancy Shiffler (734) 971-1157 (more) Zingerman's Roadhouse or trailhead (Corner of Jackson Rd and Maple , ) Add This Event | |
| Sunday April 18, 2010 | ||
| 1:00 pm | Sugarloaf Hill "Secret Hike", 4 miles Hike to the top of Sugarloaf Hill then through mature woods to the north shore of Crooked Lake in the Waterloo State Rec. Area, four miles in all on this "Secret Hike" w/ guest hike leader Barry Lonik. Either meet at picnic table in front of Zingerman's Roadhouse at 1:00 pm to carpool or 1:45 pm at the trail. Take I-94 west to Pierce Rd exit; go north to Bush Rd; turn left, west, follow Bush Rd to Waterloo Rd; turn left, west, one-half mile to Guinan Rd; turn left, 1/4 mile to the trailhead. (more) trailhead (Guinan Road Waterloo, Mi) Map Email Add This Event | |
| Tuesday April 20, 2010 | ||
| 7:30 pm | HVG: Topic To Be Announced Free. HVG Monthly Public Program; 3rd Tuesday of every month. Non-members welcome; refreshments provided. (more) Matthaei Botanical Gardens (1800 N Dixboro Rd Ann Arbor, MI) Map Email Add This Event | |
| Sunday May 9, 2010 | ||
| 1:30 pm | Mitchell Field through Arboretum Hike We'll hike amongst the beautiful Arboretum for about 3 miles. Beginning at Mitchell Field, walking through Gallop Park and then through the Arb and back. Lovely for Mother's Day and a Sunday outing. Contact Kathy Guerreso at 734-677-0823 for more details. afternoon (more) Meet at 1:30 p.m. at the Mitchell field parking lot farthest east, at Mitch Map Add This Event | |
| Sunday May 16, 2010 | ||
| 1:00 pm | Mill Lake "Secret Hike", 5 miles Hike five miles around Mill Lake on marked trails, gravel roads and unmarked trails in the Waterloo State Recreation Area on a "Secret Hike" with guest hike leader Barry Lonik. Either meet at picnic table in front of Zingerman's Roadhouse at 1:00 pm to carpool or 1:45 pm at the trail. Take I-94 west to Pierce Rd exit; go north past Cavanaugh Lake Rd to Bush Rd; turn left (west) and follow Bush Rd to the Gerald E. Eddy Discovery Center entrance road. Turn left and park at the first (lower) lot. (more) Gerald E. Eddy Discovery Center (Bush Road Waterloo, MI) Map Email Add This Event | |
| Tuesday May 18, 2010 | ||
| 7:30 pm | HVG: Above the Arctic Circle: Trekking Axel Heiberg Island Alan Richardson will take us along with him on a photographic trip above the Arctic Circle to Axel Heiberg Island. Free. HVG Monthly Public Program; 3rd Tuesday of every month. Non-members welcome; refreshments provided. (more) Matthaei Botanical Gardens (1800 N Dixboro Rd Ann Arbor, MI) Map Email Add This Event | |
| Sunday June 27, 2010 | ||
| 1:00 pm | Pickerel Lake "Secret Hike/Swim", 2.5 miles Hike 2.5 miles around Pickerel Lake in the Pinckney State Rec. Area w/ guest "Secret Hike" leader Barry Lonik; swim afterward. Either meet @ picnic table in front of Zingerman's Roadhouse at 1:00 pm to carpool or 1:45 pm @ the trail. Take Dexter-Ann Arbor Rd west thru Dexter; continue west on Island Lake Rd 3 miles to Dexter Townhall Rd; turn right, north, to N Territorial Rd; turn left, go west 1.5 miles to Hankerd Rd; turn right, go north 1 mile; turn right onto the Pickerel Lake access road. (more) Pickerel Lake (Hankerd Road Pinckney, MI) Map Email Add This Event | |