 The Lunz e-Letter 
Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton & Dorchester
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Annual Sierra Club Oyster Roast
Sunday, March 2, 2-5 pm
Bowen's Island Restaurant
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Letter from the Chair
Dear Lunz Group Members,
Those of you with an interest in becoming a Sierra Club outings leader should be reminded that you need to be at least 18 years of age, be a Sierra Club member, have First Aid certification, complete a training course, have some skills ( ie, you would not be allowed to lead a bicycle trip if you had never been on a bicycle), lead a trip with a mentor, and finally be approved by the Group or Chapter outings chair. I mention this because an Outings Leader Training (OLT) weekend will be held May 3-4, 2014 at Sesquicentennial State Park, 9564 Two Notch Rd., Columbia, SC 29223. The cost is $30 (per person), which covers all training materials and lunch for both days. Overnight tent camping at the state park will be available for $5 per person/tent. Both OLT 101 (Basic) and 201 (Advanced) will be offered, the former for leading day trips such as biking, hiking, and canoe/ kayaking outings, and the latter for leading overnight backpacking, canoe/kayaking outings. Also included is American Red Cross Basic First Aid/CPR Training. This training is good for four years. PARTICIPANT LIMIT: 20. This is a terrific opportunity, So sign up early! For more information, visit the outings portal at http://tioga.sierraclub.org/oars-activity/pages/activity.jsf?activity=53629 Those of you with a yen to be outside can join us March 1 for a hike on a lovely, local section of the Palmetto Trail. On March 15, there will be a 32-mile bicycle ride on the Moultrie Passage of the Palmetto Trail (fat tire bikes only) and on March 22 Bill Turner will lead you on a ride around Bear Island. Spring has happened right on schedule this year, and you need to get out there. Note as well that on April 6 Bill Turner will lead a canoe trip into ( and out of) the Rimini Swamp. This is one of the most beautiful places in South Carolina, if not the most beautiful, and you ought to see it. Also on your March to-do list is to attend our annual FUNdraiser and Oyster Roast on Sunday, March 2, from 2-5 at Bowen's Island Restaurant off Folly Road. There will be music by Lime and the Coconuts, a fabulous silent auction, ice cream, hot dogs, chili, and of course savory Lowcountry oysters. Bring a friend and join us. And I wanted to note one correction from last month's Chair Note. A couple of our readers have pointed out a flaw in the mathematics in last month's column. I remarked that a cubic meter of water has a million cubic millimeters. In fact, a cubic meter has a billion cubic millimeters (and it has a million cubic centimeters). One millet seed (about 4 cubic millimeters in volume) in a cubic meter of water would be 4 parts per billion cubic millimeters but 1 part (seed) per million cubic centimeters. --Starr Hazard Chair, Robert Lunz Group
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Quick Calendar
Membership Meetings
First Thursday
of the Month
Baruch Auditorium
284 Calhoun Street
MUSC Campus
Get Your 2014 Sierra Calendar
Discounted calendars available. Wall calendar, $5
Engagement calendar, $6
Sat, March 1
Hike the Swamp Fox Passage of the
Palmetto Trail
Sun, March 2
Annual Lunz Oyster Roast
Bowen's Island
Thurs, March 6
Sustainable Campuses
Christine von Kolnitz Cooley and Jennifer Jones
Sat, March 15
Bike the Moultrie Passage of the Palmetto Trail
Email Starr Hazard at
Sat., March 22
Bicycling Bear Island
Call Bill Turner at 571-3503
Thurs., April 3
Monthly Membeship Meeting
Sarah Clow
Grow Food Carolina
Sun., April 6
Canoe/Kayak Outing
Rimini Swamp
Call Bill Turner at 571-3503
Sat., April 26
Canoe/Kayak Outing
Santee River and Its Tributaries
Call Bill Turner at 571-3503
Thurs., May 1
Monthly Membership Meeting
Debbie Fisher
Charleston Beekeepers
Sat.-Sun, May 3-4
Outings Leader Training Sesquicentennial State Park Email Starr Hazard at
Sat., May 17
Canoe/Kayak Outing
Little Pee Dee River
Call Bill Turne at 571-3503
Thurs., June 5
Monthly Membership Meeting
Mary Edna Fraser
Batik Artist and Conservationist
Here's a link to all our outings
Missed the 2013 oyster roast? Check out pictures here. Photos courtesy of Laura Moses Missed the annual Christmas party? Take a look at these photos.
Photos courtesy of Laura Moses
Donate your Old Towels to Help Animals Bring your unwanted towels to membership meetings. Pat Luck will see that they get to Pet Helpers and Keepers of the Wild. Please launder towels.
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MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Sustainable Campuses
Christine von Kolnitz Cooley
Sustainability Manager at MUSC
and
Jennifer Jones
of the College of Charleston Office of Sustainabilithy
MUSC Baruch Auditorium, 284 Calhoun St
Thurs, March 6, 2014, 7 pm
Sustainability is percolating into most aspects of our society, and higher education is not excluded. At this month's membership meeting, you will hear what shape it is taking in two local institutions of higher education: the Medical University of South Carolina and the College of Charleston. Christine Cooley from MUSC and Jen Jones from the College of Charleston will talk to us about sustainability at their respective institutions, show you some of their initiatives, and discuss their future plans.
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Christine von Kolnitz Cooley is the Sustainability Manager for the Medical University of South Carolina. Upon graduating with a Bachelor's of Arts degree from the College of Charleston in 1992, Christine worked as the Recycling Coordinator for the College. While there, she was instrumental in establishing the SC DHEC Collegiate Recycling Grant Program. Christine became the first Recycling Coordinator for MUSC in 1995. In 2004, she co-wrote a recycling book titled Recycling and Beyond: A College Campus Primer. Christine was appointed to the City of Charleston Green Committee in 2007 and served as the Chair of its Recycling and Solid Waste Subcommittee until May 2012. She is a member of the Board for the MUSC Urban Farm and MUSC Arboretum, a Clemson Extension Master Waste Educator, and the Treasurer for the College and University Recycling Coalition and for the Robert Lunz Group Sierra Club. Under Christine's leadership, MUSC has received a number of recent awards for its sustainability efforts, including the 2013 Stephanie Davis Waste Reduction Award and Scholarship, the 2012 Green Business Pioneer Award from the City of Charleston, and the 2011 Earth Day Award from SC DHEC.
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Jen is a graduate of the Master's in Environmental Science program at the College of Charleston was was thrilled to stay on with the Office of Sustainability on a full-time basis. Originally from Central Illinois, she completed her Bachelor's of Science in biology at Millikin University with a minor in dance. A natural science expatriate, Jen abandoned her botany background to focus her thesis research on student perceptions of sustainability and how those perceptions are shaped in academic institutions.In her free time, she enjoys camping and hiking, her co-ed dodgeball team, ballet and hip hop dance classes, and trips to the dog park with her 85-lb. lap dog, Parker.
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Annual Lunz Oyster Roast and Silent Auction Sunday, March 2 2-5 pm Bowen's Island Restaurant off Folly Road
Adults $25 Students $15 Ages 6-12 $5 Under 6 - free
Ticket price includes oysters, chili, hot dogs and veggie dogs, and Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Live music by Lime and the Coconuts!
Palmetto Brewing Co. draft beer available for $2 donation.
Open to the public. Purchase tickets at the Feb Sierra Club meeting or the gate.
Bid on great auction items! We accept cash, credit or credit/debit cards.
Auction items include: Restaurant gift certificates, sailing classes, kayak tours, gift baskets, books, theater tickets, hot-stone massage and more!
Eco-suggestion: Bring your own reusable cup, plate
and eating utensils!
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While at the oyster roast, take a few minutes to check out the wonderful items in our silent auction generously donated by the following businesses and individuals:
| Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest - Mike Dawson | | Ben & Jerry's - Andrew Lee | | Cabot Creamery Cooperative - Kelly Schriver | | Charleston Coffee Roasters - Lowell Grosse | | Charleston County PRC - Barbara Evans | | Charleston Dog Walker - Melissa Garvan | | Charleston Folk - Lucy Gordon | | Chas Permaculture Guild - Chris Carnevale | | Coastal Expeditions - Chris Crolley | | College of Charleston Sailing - Greg Fisher | | Curlew Charters - Capt. John Cox | | DwellSmart - Nanette Laurie | | Fast & French - Jennifer Bremer | | Half Moon Outfitters | | Julia Hall | | Laura Moses | | Lime Blue - Jeff Kopish | | Mary Edna Fraser | | Money with a Mission - Greg and Brady Garvan | | Nature Adventures Outfitters - Kathie Livingston | | Pamela Corwin | | Pete Silveston | | PURE Theatre - Sharon Graci and Rodney Rogers | | Renate Anderson | | Rick Pfann | | SC Dept. of Parks, Recreation & Tourism - Ashley Berry | | Sea Kayak Carolina | | Solar Energy Solutions - Seth Levy and Heidi Kuntz | | South Carolina Aquarium | | Therapeutic Massage - Nancy Groh | Tideline Tours Saltmarsh Adventures - Anton
Dumars
Timeout Sports | | Trader Joe's | | Wain Green Wood - Stephen Wain | | Whole Foods |
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 Help Preserve the Angel Oak for Generations to Come
The Charleston County Finance Committee (pending approval by the entire Council) and the City of Charleston have voted to help fund the purchase of a second parcel of land to protect the Angel Oak. If this land is not purchased and conserved, it will be used for high-density apartments, which would jeopardize the beauty and indeed the health of the Angel Oak. The Lowcountry Open Land Trust, which is leading up the efforts to save the Angel Oak, must still raise additional funds to finalize purchase of the second property. To help preserve this Lowcountry icon, the Robert Lunz Group donated to help fund the purchase of the first parcel of land and has now pledged double that amount for the purchase of the second tract.
If you are interested in helping save the Angel Oak, you can make your donation to the Lowcountry Open Land Trust at http://www.lolt.org
Please also email County Council Members to vote yes to fund the purchase of the second parcel to protect the Angel Oak.
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OUTINGS
Note: You can officially register online for outings at http://www.southcarolina.sierraclub.org/lunz/Lunz_outings_index.asp
In addition, Bill Turner asks that those interested in his outings call him at 571-3503.
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Saturday, March 1
Swamp Fox Passage of the Palmetto Trail
Highway 17 to Halfway Creek
A warm-up treat before the Oyster Roast at Bowen's Island the next day. This is about a 6-mile hike from the Highway 17 trailhead to the Halfway Creek Campground. This short hike covers a surprising variety of habitat types, from creek bottom to longleaf pine forest. Plan to bring a lunch, water., and enthusiasm.
Contact Starr Hazard at [email protected] for complete details. Register online here
Saturday, March 15
Biking the Moultrie Passage of the Palmetto Trail
Our trip will cover 32 miles of the Moultrie Passage of the Palmetto Trail (see map). Thirty-two miles is a long ride for early in the season, so you will have to prepare yourself and your bike for this trip. Ride early and often! The trip has one steep bridge, some urban sections, some single-track sections, potential mud, standing water, LOTS of 'gators, and myriads of spring flowers. I will have some tools for minor repairs and one tire pump. Bring lunch, water, a rain jacket, sunscreen, insect repellent, and a light backpack to carry all of this stuff. You will need a bicycle with fat tires, helmet (mandatory for this Sierra Club trip), a spare inner tube (and probably some inner tube patch materials) AND transport to and from one of the rendezvous points. We'll meet at 8:30 am at the Wando Crossing WalMart in Mt Pleasant or at the Highway 52 Canal Recreation area at 10:00 am. We'll be riding from around 10:00 to 4:00, covering a total distance of about 32 miles. Our route will be from north to south (mile 1 to mile 24) on the map above. We ride 30+ miles because we detour to the Sandy Beach area for lunch by the water. For complete details, contact Starr Hazard at [email protected]t. Register online here.
Saturday, March 22
Bicycling Bear Island
Sixteen- to twenty-mile bicycle tour of the expansive, open-sky country of this Ace Basin wildlife area. There are no greater concentrations of birds and alligators anywhere in the state. This is a two-part trip, so people not inclined to ride 20 miles can easily cut it short.
Call Bill Turner for the meetup location details at 571-3503.
Sunday, April 6
Rimini Swamp Canoe/Kayak trip
Note Date Change!
From year to year, this is consistently our most widely acclaimed and requested paddle trip. Unique in the state, this cypress / tupelo swamp at the headwaters of Lake Marion will just be greening up for spring. Call Bill Turner at 571-3503.
Register Online here: http://tioga.sierraclub.org/oars-activity/pages/activity.jsf?activity=47537
Saturday, April 26
Canoe/Kayak Trip
The Santee River and Its Tributaries
We'll start on narrow, intimate Echaw Creek in the Francis Marion Forest and paddle two miles out to the Santee, where we'll stop at a Confederate earthworks on a bend in the river. From there, it's down the river a few miles to Chicken Creek, finally finishing up on Wambaw Creek, a Federally designated wilderness area. This area is as remote from civilization as it's possible to get in the Lowcountry. Call Bill Turner at 571-3503.
Register on line here: http://tioga.sierraclub.org/oars-activity/pages/activity.jsf?activity=47538
Weekend of May 3-4
Sierra Club Outings Leader Training 1 & 2
Sesquicentennial State Park
The John Bachman Group of the South Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club is hosting Outings Leader Training for current and prospective members who would be interested in leading an outing. You must be 18 years old, a member of the Sierra Club, and willing to take the required Outings Leader Training (OLT). The Outings Leader Training (OLT) weekend is scheduled May 3-4, 2014 at Sesquicentennial State Park, 9564 Two Notch Rd. Columbia, SC 29223. The cost is $30 (per person) and Includes all training materials and lunch for both days. Overnight tent camping at the state park will be available for $5 per person/tent. As an outings leader, you will have the opportunity to share your interest in South Carolina's "Special Places" with your fellow outdoor nature lovers, whether day hiking, camping, kayaking, biking, or bird watching. The SC Chapter of the Sierra Club also introduces outings participants to the Club's local conservation efforts, often laying the foundation for future leaders within our movement. The OLT that will be offered is OLT 101 (Basic), for leading day outings, like biking, hiking, and canoe/ kayaking, and OLT 201 (Advanced), for leading overnight backpacking and canoe/kayaking outings. Also included is American Red Cross Basic First Aid/CPR Training. This training is good for four years. PARTICIPANT LIMIT: 20. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Art Seel, SC Chapter Outings Chair at (803) 260-7401(C) or [email protected]
Saturday, May 17
Canoe/Kayak Trip
Little Pee Dee River
Note Date Change!
The lower five miles of the Little Pee Dee is one of the most beautiful and unique sections of river in South Carolina. The river divides and braids through a deep cypress swamp, coursing through several parallel channels. We will paddle up river for a mile or so and then cut into a narrow swamp passage, ultimately ending up where we started at Punchbowl Landing. Some upstream paddling and tight maneuvering; not for beginning paddlers or those with poor stamina. Call Bill Turner at 571-3503.
Reguster Online here: http://tioga.sierraclub.org/oars-activity/pages/activity.jsf?activity=47542
You can plan your future trips with us, register, locate people to carpool with and get a rough map of the trip locations at the following url:
Remember: ALWAYS contact the trip leader for full details
URBAN OUTINGS
Contra dancing every first and third Friday nights
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Dance to live bands and with wonderful people. Admission $8 for all dancers. Fees go to Charleston Folk to pay the bands and rent the hall. For all of you new to Contra Dancing, please see our website for information about Contra Dancing and a bit about its history:
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Contacts
Robert Lunz GroupP.O Box 31502
Charleston, SC 29417
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MISSION OF THE SIERRA CLUB:
To explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the Earth. |
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