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4 Sierra Club Grand Canyon ChapterHappy Trails to Our Good FriendsRob Smith and Joni BoshLongtime Sierra Club Southwest Staff and Senior Organizing Manager Rob Smith andformer national board director and treasurer and volunteer at the local and chapter level JoniBosh are heading to the Northwest to start a new adventure and to continue their careers toprotect the planet. Rob has taken a position with National Parks Conservation Associationin Seattle.We are grateful to both of them for their decades of work to protect Grand Canyon andthe Grand Canyon State. Joni helped form the original Arizona Wilderness Coalition, whichsaw millions of acres of wilderness protected in Arizona. She also represented Sierra Club as avolunteer lobbyist and led the successful effort to defeat a bad regulatory takings measure viaa citizen referendum. Joni stepped up twice to serve on the national board of directors, all thewhile staying active at the local level. Rob worked tirelessly on public lands issues throughoutthe Southwest and, more recently, supervised organizing work around the Beyond CoalCampaign. He helped Arizona get strong wilderness bills, protective measures for GrandCanyon, and five Bureau of Land Management national monuments. Rob has been a leaderon following the advice of Theodore Roosevelt relative to Grand Canyon:“In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleledthroughout the rest of the world. I want to ask you to keep this great wonderof nature as it now is.”Joni Bosh and Rob Smith at their going-away party. Photo by Sandy Bahr.Before his departure on June 3 rd , Rob received the Sierra Club’s Larry Mehlhaff Awardfor Excellence along with two of his national colleagues. Joni had previously received the nationalSierra Club’s Special Achievement Award for her work to defeat the takings measure.We recognize the advocacy and leadership of both Rob and Joni and appreciate theiryears of being great friends, mentors, and strong advocates for protecting wild placesthroughout the state and the Southwest. We will miss them here but wish them well andlook forward to hearing about the great work they do in the Northwest.–written by Sandy Bahr, Chapter DirectorCast of CharactersMeet Birgit LoewensteinBirgit Loewenstein.Photo courtesy of Birgit Loewenstein.We could solve some seriousenergy problems if we could just tapinto some of the energy Birgit exudes.The petite Sedona resident isa powerhouse of focused dynamism.Growing up in Bavaria, Birgit hikedtrails in the Alps, learning early on thepower of solitude in nature and developinga commitment to preservingthe environment.“Hiking in the mountains wasmy entertainment. I backpackedfrom hut to hut without worry,” reminiscedBirgit. “My stress relief – regardlessof its origin – is always foundin Nature.”Birgit’s latest trek was a tendayhike into Grand Canyon viathe South Kaibab Trail to PhantomRanch, then cross country tothe Nankoweap Trail, ending at theNorth Rim, covering 60 miles and atotal 16,000-foot elevation change.“When I came to the United States, I encountered a different world. I remember takingthe ferry to Martha’s Vineyard and seeing dozens of plastic yogurt cups bobbing in the water.I was so disgusted that I started making my own yogurt, which I still do today.”Having lived in areas where water is abundant has given Birgit an appreciation for thevery different American Southwest climate. “It is a mistake to think that environmental programsare one size fits all. We live in a desert. We simply do not have the natural resources tosupport massive development.”Birgit became involved in environmental issues while living on Cape Cod, helping witha citizen’s movement to preserve open space by creating a Land Bank. When she moved toSedona, she sought to do something similar with Bella Terra, a proposed development alongOak Creek that would have included building a wastewater treatment system with leachfields that could drain into the creek. People who lived in the area feared contamination ofthe water table and the creek. Birgit joined the Red Rock Rural Community Association(RRRCA) to fight the development.When Red Rock State Park was threatened with closure in 2010, Benefactors of RedRock State Park agreed to Birgit’s proposal to keep it operating. “I was most concerned aboutthe park’s Environmental Education programs, particularly its school program, the only oneof its kind in Northern Arizona. It is important to reach youth, to introduce them to thenatural world. Sierra Club’s Save the Parks program inspired us. I was naïve – I thought if Igot a busload of people to talk to our legislators and extol the value of the parks, we couldchange their minds about sweeping funds from the parks. That didn’t work – but we provedthat citizens love their parks and are willing to work hard for them.” Because of the Benefactors’and volunteers’ tireless work, Red Rock State Park has remained open, offering its fullenvironmental education program.Her current project? Helping Keep Sedona Beautiful get a National Scenic Area designationfor the spectacular landscape around Sedona. Her next hike? “Probably into a canyon – Ilove the interface where desert and water meet!”http://arizona.sierraclub.org
Summer 2013 Canyon Echo 5The Morning Stars SingTogether ($500+)Donald BegalkeKenneth P. LangtonJeffrey SchlegelMake the Mountains Glad($100–499)Keith BagwellSusanna BeattyConstance M BeaupreT & R BerringerGary & Molly BeverlyBrian BlanchardLoring CannonEric CoonsGerald D. CoxMr. & Mrs. Rudy DankwortBarbara & Don DeMuthLynn DeMuthRoy & Frances EmrickJohn & Pam EvansSharon FairchildMr. & Mrs. Dwight FinkelTim Flood, MDJoe FlynnJohn M. FranklinCraig FriesnerCatharine GarmanyWilliam R. GillEd GogekPaul GolabJoseph R. HellerJoy & Dave Herr-CardilloTim HoganDavid & Barbara KellySarah KingMichael L. KottkeB. R. & W. R. LoewensteinRobert MawkYolanda Mc AuliffeDavid McCalebBlair McLaughlinCary W. MeisterJanet E. MooreJanice E. MyersSateesh J. NabarJames NafzigerJerry NelsonTim OBrienCarole Piszczek-SheffieldLinda & J. Michael PowersJoan PriceMichael QuinlanRobert ReismanSally RingsJenny RobertsKathy RoedigerJim RutherfordCarol SalvatiNancy SantoriBeverly SassKaren L. SchroederAlice & Karl StambaughDon SteuterF. Stoller & W. GrabeWilliam ThorntonJ. Tillotson & E. R. HolmesTom TimmerPatricia & Richard VivianWalt WictorRobert WistMr. & Mrs. Raymond WittcoffTom & Sally WoodsKeep Close to Nature’s Heart($50–99)Linda AllenStuart & Cindy AltRobert AndroffDr. & Mrs. Robert D. BerenLT Col D. R. BergJeff & Keesha BestBettina BickelDoug BlandThomas BrennanMrs Beryl CatersonDavid CathellDavid & Lisa CherneyCathy CohnM. A. CookDennis & Sevren CoonMark CoryellDevin CruiseTam DeWittJohn DotyLinda Gale DrewGordon FergusonEkkehard & Anneliese FischerVicky & Mark FosterKathy & Roger GarrettPaul R. Gordon & Eve ShapiroH. GroemerMr. & Mrs. Thomas HagerNadine HarrisMichael HarrisonBarbara H. HoladayRaena HonanGary & Yvonne HuckleberryMargaret HuntingtonDavid JessupBrenda JobeThank you to Edwards Mother EarthFoundation for its generous support ofour energy efficiency efforts in Arizona.Thank You to Our Donors!J. Kay Johnson & W. TowlerRuth G. KatzEva KilbourneMarianne KlugheitTyler KokjohnSusan KunzDianne LangmadeAngela LefevreJoanne LewisJonathan LloydMr. & Mrs. Ivo LucchittaFelicia & Warren MayGary McCormickHarry MitchellScott MittelsteadtJohn NorrisS. Painter & K. WetzelEllen ReedAnne ReevesGina RichmanBarrie RyanBetty SadowskyD. SammataroRobert SchefflerCharles SchulzChris SmithDonald SmokerEthel A. StaleyMichael TamarackStephen & Susan ThompsonJack & Joy TuberLois TyaackAnita ValdezKathy VegaHenry WareDuane WeiszDonna WillettHitched to Everything Else inthe Universe ($1–49)Steve ArthurKatharine BarringtonJean BickelJohn & Linda BlackwellRosella R BonhamRodney BoorseDonna & Robert GilbyJoan S. BriggsCarolynn BryanJan BuckwalterRobert D. Cable, Jr.Maria CadaxaDavid CardinaliJohn ChatfieldDavid & Roberta ChorltonLee ChutkowJean ClarkRonald CohenDwight W. ConnelyTom CuevasDennis R. DavisAugusta DavisNorman & Shirley DavisMargaret Day & John HertzMr. & Mrs. Clifford K. Demayohttp://arizona.sierraclub.orgJeanne DevineW. David & Virginia DotsonAlicia DoughertySheryl EatonLorraine EwbankTed FaroneGeorge FerencTeresa FinleyJames FishgoldSarah FoxDeborah & Steve FranksBarry & Madeline FriedmanRobert FrostErika GarciaSara GibsonNanette GloverThomas E. GoffMark Hayduke GrenardRita GuidiRenée GuilloryDita HagenRobert R. HallJoan & G. J. HamburgerViktoria HawkWayne HaysMr. & Mrs. Steve HertzfeldAlfred HoegerDavid HoernerBetty & Earle HoytJane KentnerJules KetchamMichael KnappRivko KnoxAlexander KouvelLynn L. KrauseJohn LacostDavid & Lisa LanningJohn LippertKaren LloydMalcolm MacEwenJudith MaedaStig MagnusDaniel G. MartinThank you to those who donatedto our Water Sentinels program:Robert AlleySandy BahrGary BeverlyDan CampbellDoris & Richard CellariusBarbara Kojis & Norman QuinnBarbara RatomskaMichelle WaltersThank you to Julie Kwatra for donating in honor of CherylCook to celebrate the new “environmentalist” Pope Francis.Sandra MaxwellSharon McDonough-MeansNate McMullenMatt McWenieJanos MolnarSue MoodyD. W. Mount & J. D. HallCarroll MunzMarita NickersonJoan NorenLee OlerWalter OlmstedSimone OssipovJohn D. Palmer, MDRobert & Jeanne PetersonHannah Phipps-YonasPeter RaganAlejandro RangelFritzi RedgraveJohn ReevesMcDonald RobinsonGena RowdenJim ScheefGail SchuesslerFred ShaftNancy SieferTom & Jane SkinnerJanet & Thomas SlivaRita SmallingDebbie StinsonCarol TepperPatricia TheisenGerald UfnalDeborah VathSara J. VittalAlynne WellsJudy Kathryn WhitehouseHal & Cathy WilliamsKarl WilsonMelvin WrightFrank ZimmerGabriel P. ZinsliThe Grand Canyon Chapter is also thankful for the generoussupport from those who chose to remain anonymous.
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