In Geological terms the "Glen Canyon Group" consists of the sandstone layers
Wingate, Kayenta, and Navajo which are predominant layers in this area of the Colorado Plateau.
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In Geographical terms, the Glen Canyon Group consists of Carbon,
Emery, Grand, San Juan, and Wayne counties. Moab, Price, Torrey,
Blanding, and Monticello are the larger towns.
Public Lands included in the group are:
- National Parks: Arches, Canyonlands, and Capitol Reef
- National Monuments: Natural Bridges and Hovenweep
- Recreational areas: Glen Canyon
- National Forests: parts of Manti-La Sal, Dixie, and Fishlake
- Designated Wildernesses: Dark Canyon and Grand Gulch Primitive Area
- Numerous Utah State Parks
- Millions of acres of BLM land including Book Cliffs, San Rafael Swell, Canyon Rims
General Meeting: Twice a year; to be announced
ExCom: Quarterly, at rotating locations. Call or email for information. Next meeting spring 2008.
Activities:
ADOPT A HIGHWAY CLEAN UP 26 SEPTEMBER, 8:00 9:00 TO 12:00.
Saturday, Sept. 26th will be our second Highway Clean Up. As you know our local Sierra Club group has been assigned the three miles from about Rim Village to about a mile south of the La Sal Loop road (MP 120-117) to clean three times a year. And it’s that time again.
We will meet at 8 9 AM at the Spanish Trail Arena. We will have trash
bags, day glo vests and highway assignments. We will be done by noon or before.
Adopt-A-Highway US-191 MP 117-120
Committees:
| Membership Committee: | Promotes Sierra Club membership, publishes newsletters and organizes membership meetings. |
| Nuclear Waste Committee: | Monitors the White Mesa nuclear waste dump which is trucking wastes through Moab, and the Atlas tailings north of Moab as well as contributing to statewide waste issues. |
| Outings Committee: | Schedules outings for hiking and work parties. See photos of previous hikes in our Picture Gallery. |
Officers and Chairpersons:
| CHAIR, Chapter Delegate, Newsletter Editor | Mike Stringham | mikechrista at earthlink dot net | ExCom | 435/259/8579 |
| VICE-CHAIR, Membership Co-Chair | Mary Suarez | marysuarez at frontiernet dot net | ExCom | 435/259-8317 |
| SECRETARY | Johnna Tipton | johnna dot tipton at gmail dot com | ExCom | 435/259-2281 |
| TREASURER | Jean Binyon | binyon at binyon dot us | 435/259-1633 | |
| CONSERVATION CHAIR, Alt Delegate | Laura Cameron | colorcountry at frontiernet dot net | ExCom | 435/259-8454 |
| NUCLEAR WASTE CHAIR | Sarah Fields | sarahmfields at earthlink dot net | 435/259-4734 | |
| OUTINGS CHAIR, Webmaster, LIST-SERVE Mgr, Membership Co-Chair | Tom Messenger | messengertj at citlink dot net | ExCom | 435/259-1756 |
Visit the Sierra Club's main website for information on membership, chapter contacts, books and other materials.
For more information about the Sierra Club in Utah check out the Utah Chapter website.
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