You can now donate online!! You know you want to, you've just been putting it off! Let's go! Let's get it done! Help
your local chapter. Click above and you'll be transferred to a secure server to donate to your Connecticut Chapter!
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There were Climate Days of Action all over CT!
Local Activists in Redding!
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Here's the 'gang' at this year's Sierra Club annual dinner!
Where did you "350?"
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And speaking of clean energy, check out the video for the Sierra Club campus anti-coal campaign! And while you're there, sign the petition! Coal is too dirty even for college!!!
To check out the basics of wind farm power, watch this embedded video here.
In other climate related news, the International Day of Action against global warming (i.e. climate change, climate destabilization, etc) is October 24th. There are free events all over Connecticut. For other climate news, check out: http://www.theclimateproject.org
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Outings for CT Sierra Club 2009
(more to be added! keep checking back!)
Welcome to a big 2009!! Get the daypack ready and dust off the kayak!
The hikes listed below all start at 10 AM unless otherwise stated. Please bring:
- Good hiking boots/shoes
- Water
- Snacks (we’ll always have a food break)
- And the love of being outdoors!
Options: binoculars, camera, trek poles, sunscreen, bug spray (Herbal Armor has been the best
non-deet spray I’ve used)
Please email or call me with your best contact phone number just in
case something happens to your hike leader the day before or the weather turns horrible! We
usually make a decision on the weather the morning of the hike because forecasts can be dubious
at times. Our phone and email are:
860-236-4405 or connecticut.chapter@sierraclub.org
The day of the hike; my cell phone: 860-508-9952
We would sure love it if you were a member of the CT Sierra Club but you don’t have to be a member
to come on a hike. All hikes are free of charge unless there are parking fees for State Parks or kayak
rentals. Please consider the length and duration of the hike when considering bringing children along.
We’ve had children on our hikes as young as 8 and then did fine, but you’ll know best. These are
educational hikes but 2-plus hours may be a little much for kids any younger.Rating the hikes:
A = very strenuous terrain; maximum elevation gain
B = Strenuous terrain; steep climbs, considerable elevation gain
C = Average terrain; moderate ups and downs
D = Easy terrain little or no elevation change
Notice: Please note your own limitations, if any. These are relatively short in duration and you probably
won’t be carrying a heavy load. If there is no rating, judge the hike by distance over time
November 7th; Voluntown, Green Fall Pond (C/D, 5.7 miles, 3 hours). This secluded part of
Connecticut may remind us of hibernating for the approaching winter. It’s part of the Last Green Valley
and after this hike, I’m sure you’ll want to see it stay that way. You’ll learn about plans to acquire land
between patches of the Pachaug State Forest before development can get a foothold.
Directions: Take I-395 to exit 85. Be sure to go straight off the exit and keep looking for Route 138 signs.
It looks like you’re continuing on the highway if you go straight but you’ll be going to Route 138 east.
Take Route 138 to the intersection of Routes 138, 49, and 165 in Voluntown. They all meet at an intersection.
Take Route 49 south for 4 miles, and then turn left onto Sand Hill Rd. In about a mile turn right onto
Wheeler Rd. and go 0.5 mile, where you will see the blue blazes of the Narraganset Trail. Park near the
blazes, pulling off the road as far as possible.
November 21st; Barkhamsted, Peoples State Forest (B/C, 7 miles, 4 hours) There are always things
to learn on CT hikes and this state forest is no different with the Stone museum and the Barkhamsted
Lighthouse. This can be a long hike if we like; 7 miles with 1,000 feet of elevation rise in about 4 hours
with a stop for lunch.
Directions: From the junction of CT 318 and US 44 east of Winsted, proceed east of CT 318 across the
Farmington River and take the first left onto East River Rd. In 0.8 mile, by the Peoples Forest sign, fork
right onto Greenwoods Rd., the paved state forest road. You have missed your turn if you come to a picnic
area on your left. Then, in 0.2 mile, turn left up a short gravel road to a parking lot by a well-constructed
trailside museum.
