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	IPG Conservation Committee Join Us! What is it? The Indian Peaks Group Conservation Committee consists of interested generalists and of subcommittees of specialists who work on particular issues of importance to the Indian Peaks Group in Boulder County. Please see the individual subcommittee descriptions below. The Conservation Committee’s purpose is to examine pressing conservation issues and recommend courses of action by the Executive Committee, the IPG’s governing body. When and Where Does it Meet? The Conservation Committee normally meets on the first Wednesday of each month. Click here for more details about the meetings. There is a dedicated email list server which gives timely alerts about local conservation topics. If you would like to subscribe to these alerts (which go under the snappy title of RMC-IPG-CONS-COMM) contact Kirk Cunningham and he will add you to the subscriber list. Pesticides What We Do Campaign to reduce or eliminate the use of toxic pesticides and herbicides on City of Boulder Parks and rights-of-way. Monitor the implementation of the City’s new Integrated Pest Management Program. Pursue a longer term goal of more closely regulating the private use of pesticides and herbicides in Boulder to minimize both human and wildlife exposure. Monitor and comment on Boulder County’s mosquito control program Contact: pesticides issues person Kirk Cunningham Wildlife Subcommittee What We Do Participate in the Colorado Division of Wildlife’s “Bear Aware” to educate people about not feeding wildlife. Provide Sierra Club input to the Colorado Division of Wildlife’s regulatory actions, e.g. by advocating reductions in the Division’s hunting quota for mountain lions in 2002. Protect prairie dog habitat and the habitat of other “at-risk” species in the City of Boulder's developing Urban Wildlife Management Plan. Attend public events with literature and displays to educate the public on these and other wildlife issues. Contact Wildlife Subcommittee Chair Deirdre Butler Open Space Potential Projects: Monitor management issues and government actions on both City of Boulder and Boulder County open space. Coordinate Sierra Club input in conflicts over recreational use and access to open space. Represent the Club on boards and task forces dealing with open space policy. Contact: Subcommittee Chair Wayne Schnell (schnellwayne@hotmail.com) Toxics And Water Quality What we do: Cooperate with other organizations in fighting the proposal by Cemex Corp to burn tires for fuel at its cement plant near Lyons. Monitor and respond to water quality and watershed-related issues in boulder county, e.g. Effects of development on wetlands and water quality, malfunctioning septic systems, impacts of road traction gravel on streams, etc. Do stream water sampling in Boulder in conjunction with our Inner City Outings group Contact: Kirk Cunningham, Water Quality and Toxics Subcommittee Chair National Forests What we do: Monitor and comment on timber sales and other official Forest Service actions in the Forest Service’s Boulder Ranger District Organize letter-writing campaigns about National Forest-related legislation in Congress. Monitor “Forest Health” (aka fire mitigation) projects inside and outside Boulder County. Work with other environmental groups to promote and co-sponsor field work investigating road and trail conditions in roadless areas, or work projects in forest restoration. Contacts: Todd Sanford National Forests Issue Specialist Wilderness Subcommittee What we do: Monitor the management planning for the James Peak Wilderness Area, following several years of successful work on the designation of this area as wilderness. Participate in efforts to protect remaining roadless lands in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest. Follow the progress of bills to designate wilderness in Rocky Mountain National Park Contacts: Bill Ikler, Wilderness Issue Specialist Energy Possible projects: Participate in the chapter’s energy committee. Encouraging alternative energy, particularly windpower, through state legislation, public education, and pressure on Xcel energy corp., is a major chapter priority. Take part in a multi-organization effort to convince the City of Boulder and other cities in Boulder County to adopt an ambitious purchasing program for wind energy and solar cell technology, similar to that recently adopted in San Francisco. Contact: Steve Bauhs (simplysteve@hotmail.com), and Sharon Alexander (mountainsmiles@msn.com) Back to Top of Page		get Involved get Connected get Informed get Outside