When: Saturday, June 27
Event: Blueberry Picking, Poplarville, MS
Where to Meet: At Audubon Zoo Parking lot, (near main zoo entrance) to car
pool
Meeting Time: 7:30 am
Sierra Contacts:
You must register for all Sierra trips in advance by contacting either:
Vance Levesque 504-529-2089 mrkahuna@juno.com; or
Barry Kohl at 504-861-8465, bkohl40@cs.com.
Our Third Blueberry Season:
Dig up your favorite recipe for bluberry pie or cobbler. Join us as we
head over the Louisiana border into Mississippi to pick organically-grown
blueberries at a farm near Poplarville, MS. We will visit the Tara Blueberry
Farm, hear a brief talk about the farm's organic operation, and then set you
loose to pick to your heart’s content. The bushes are tall and there is
adequate shade early in the morning.
The weather is likely to be hot. Please bring sunscreen, plenty of water,
and a hat that will keep you well shaded. The farm does not recommend
wearing sandals while you are picking. Also, they provide buckets to pick with,
so you need not worry about bringing your own. The blueberry bushes are
quite high and offer shade when picking them. The area is wooded with
blueberry meadows in between - a rather pleasant area of rolling hills.
Finally, the farm only accepts cash or check, so don't plan on using the
plastic! It is $10 a gallon and it is best if you have the exact amount in
cash. You may want to bring a cooler to store your blueberries for the trip
home if it is a hot day.
For those coming separately, we'll meet at the farm around 9 am. We will
pick some blueberries and eat lunch (pack your own lunch and drinks) then
carpool back to New Orleans to arrive back to the parking lot at Audubon Zoo at
about 2pm.
The blueberries run $10 per gallon, so get out that blueberry pie recipe
and clear some space in your freezer. See website at:
http://www.pickaberry.com/
For more information about the farm:
Phone: (601) 403-8272
Tara Blueberry Farm
257 Langnecker Rd,
Poplarville, MS 39470
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Yummy! Blueberry Picking, Poplarville, MS
Monday, June 1, 2009
Group Program Sunday June 14: Wild India
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Hike with Friends of Lafitte Corridor
If you're interested in a great hike in the city, this looks like one to take.
Wendy King
PRESS RELEASE/MEDIA ADVISORY
May 11, 2009
Contact:
Bart Everson, President, Friends of Lafitte Corridor
b@rox.com
Office: 504-520-5164
Cell: 812-391-0818
Fifth Annual Hike of the Lafitte Corridor
WHO: Friends of Lafitte Corridor is a local grassroots group advocating for the creation of a greenway along three miles of (mostly) decommissioned rail line in the heart of New Orleans
WHAT: a three-mile hike down the Lafitte Corridor
WHEN: Saturday June 6th, 10:00 AM (National Trails Day)
WHERE: The hike begins at the front gate of Armstrong Park and continues along the Lafitte Corridor (between Lafitte and Saint Louis Streets). We expect to be crossing Carrollton Avenue around noon, stopping for lunch at Massey’s Professional Outfitters and will finish at Canal Blvd around 1:30 PM.
WHY: Our annual hike is designed to raise awareness of the greenway project and demonstrate the widespread support it enjoys in the New Orleans community. This year we will be joined by Rebecca Leonard and Kurt Culbertson from Design Workshop, the firm recently awarded the greenway contract by the City of New Orleans.
A flyer with map is available here:http://b.rox.com/media/hike-5.pdf
Monday, May 4, 2009
May 17th Program: Coastal Louisiana Restoration: From Plan to Action
Meeting is on Sunday, May 17. Refreshments at 6:30 PM. Program starts at 7 PM. All Orleans Sierra Club meetings are held in the Audubon Zoos Dominion Auditorium. Parking is free, plentiful, and safe. Call Charles Pfeifer, program chair at 504-780-8889 with any questions.
To find our meeting location go to:
http://louisiana.sierraclub.org/neworleans/meetinglocation.asp
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Ivor van Heerden, who pointed fingers in Hurricane Katrina levee failures, fired by LSU
Read more in a Times-Picayune article by Mark Schleifstein on Nola.com:
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/ivor_van_heerden_who_pointed_f.html
Bob Marshall the excellent outdoors editor for the Times-Picayune also weighs in:
http://blog.nola.com/guesteditorials/2009/04/worried_about_funding_lsu_oust.html
Jean Lafitte NHP and preserve expanded... finally!
Nola.com, the Web site of the New Orleans Times Picayune gives all the details in the following article:
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1238822638157190.xml&coll=1
See a photo of the park's expansion here:
http://photos.nola.com/tpphotos/2009/04/park_addition.html
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Creating a Bicycle Friendly New Orleans
Join the Dan Jatres of the Regional Planning Commission and the Nicole McCall of the Metro Bicycle Coalition as they discuss the New Orleans bicycling environment. New Orleans has long had a very large bicycling population, but like many American cities, transportation planning has been focused almost exclusively on motor vehicles for over 60 years. Hurricane Katrina provided New Orleanians with the opportunity to change the city and create more walkable and bikeable neighborhoods. Now, with changes coming to transportation priorities and funding at the federal level, New Orleans has the opportunity to become a national leader in alternative transportation options which will help create livable communities that attract families, promote sustainability and promote economic growth.
Meeting is on Sunday, April 19. Refreshments at 6:30 PM. Program starts at 7 PM. All Orleans Sierra Club meetings are held in the Audubon Zoos Dominion Auditorium. Parking is free, plentiful, and safe. Call Charles Pfeifer, program chair at 504-780-8889 with any questions.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Who you lookin' at?
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=76134098503&ref=nf
Of course we also want you to join our FB group. Membership is open to anyone even if you aren't also a Sierra Club member. Of course you do have to be a Facebook user to join. If you are not already a FB member, what are you waiting for?
Don't forget to drop us a line when you do join our group. You are also welcome to post away on this group. Our only request is that you keep things focused on either the environment or the New Orleans Group or both.
Welcome to century 21.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Hot topic on tap: City Park wants to replace green space with golf courses
That's right, City Park is attempting to cover its newly found green spaces with new golf courses. Read about it right here at our new City Park page.
http://louisiana.sierraclub.org/neworleans/citypark.asp
Monday, February 23, 2009
Take a free trip to South Africa at our March Program
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Program Sunday, February 8th Tulane geographer Richard Campanella, author of "Bienville's Dilemma" and "Geographies of New Orleans,"
Program February 8th
Sierra Club ProgramSunday, Feb. 8, 7pm
Dominion Auditorium, Audubon Zoo
Tulane geographer Richard Campanella, author of "Bienville's Dilemma"
and "Geographies of New Orleans," will present:
"Early European Accounts of the Louisiana Environment,1519-1699"
This graphical presentation relates the observations and impressions of French and Spanish explorers as they first laid eyes on the Louisiana environment, and highlights the various transformations occasioned upon that environment in subsequent years.
Meeting is on Sunday, February 8 at 7 PM at the Audubon Zoo auditorium. Refreshments and socializing at 6:30. Parking is free and secure in the Audubon Zoo Parking lot.
Refreshments at 6:30PM.Program starts at 7 PM.
Location: The Dominion Auditorium at Audubon Zoo, off Magazine Street.
Plenty of well-lit parking.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Upcoming NO Group events
MERCURY HAIR TESTING EVENT A SUCCESS
Sierra Club’s Stop the Coal Rush field organizer, Jordan Macha helped organize a great event last week at an Uptown hair salon to help women find out about levels of mercury in their bodies. As folks may know, coal-fired power plants are the largest source of industrial mercury emissions into the environment, turning our fish toxic, and threatening public health. As
Check out the great coverage in the Times-Picayune:
http://www.nola.
Special thanks to NOLA Sierra Conservation Chair, Dr. Barry Kohl, Gulf Restoration Network, and Paris Parker Salon.
SAVE THE DATES
Friday April 3rd – Saturday April 4th – Tulane Environmental Law Conference – New Orleans. http://summit.law.tulane.
Friday May 8th – Saturday, May 9th – Gulf Gathering 2009 –
Tuesday, April 21st - John Muir’s birthday
