75th Anniversary

Arlene Miller, Principal Planner
Rockland County Department of Planning

James Cymore, Consultant
Rockland County Department of Planning

Refreshments will be served.

Betty Hedges, President

ATTENTION ALL RCCA ARTISTS
Get ready to celebrate RCCA's 75th Anniversary
"ARTISTS OF THE ROCKLAND COUNTY CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION"
We need your work to make this show exciting, so come join us - everyone.

Where: Pomona Cultural Center
When: Sunday, September 18th, 2005-3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Who: Members of RCCA
What: Paintings, drawings, photography, ceramics, sculpture
How: Register by September 3 (The earlier the better!)

Exhibit Details below.

Report of the Nominating Committee - Faith Leigh, Chair

In accordance with Article X of the By-Laws, the following slate is proposed:

Term of two (2) years

President - Dorice Madronero
Second Vice President - Diane Gruskin
Director Clarkstown - Zipporah Fleisher
Director Orangetown - Catherine Dodge
Director Stony Point - Doris Metraux
Assistant Director Haverstraw - Helen Hannigan
Assistant Director Ramapo - Julius Levine

Directors at Large - Term of one (1) year
Cynthia McKenney, Jeanne Nelson, Robert Nelson, Guillermo Saar

Continuing in Office First Vice President - Faith Leigh; Third Vice President - Chuck Stead
Treasurer - Eloise Litman; Secretary - Helen Hannigan
Directors - Michael Diederich, Frank Leonard, Joan King, Geoff Welch

President Emerita Betty Hedges

Honorary Members
Earl Gordon, Ira Hedges, Elly Wane, Malcolm Wane

This award is given each year to a graduating senior from a Rockland County high school who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in environmental conservation.

Faith Leigh and Jeanne Nelson, RCCA Award Co-Chairs, have announced that the $500 award application forms have been sent to the scholarship chairs at all high schools in the county. The winner will be honored at RCCA's summer quarterly meeting in July.

The Eleanor Burlingham Award memorializes this outstanding woman's contributions to environmental conservation. She worked tirelessly for the goals of RCCA for 40 years and served as president for 23 of those years. Her works, ideas and vision are the soul of conservation in Rockland County.

Highlands Environmental Research Institute

At the April 18, 2005, meeting of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission held at the Tiorati Workshop for Environmental Learning in Harriman State Park, announcement was made of the establishment of a Highlands Environmental Research Institute (HEnRI) to be housed at the former Sterling Forest Visitor Center.

The commissioners were informed that:

Dr. Alexander Gates will serve as Executive Director of HEnRI. He is Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University. Dr. Gates and his staff have led a fundraising effort to allow the Institute to begin operation. Thus far, we have received $35,000 from the Dodge Foundation. Other foundations have expressed interest...

The Highlands Conservation Act, passed last year, authorizes $1 million in technical assistance dollars for science and stewardship work within the Highlands. Dr. Gates has begun discussions with the Forest Service about how to access HCA funds for the Institute.

- Robert J. Nelson, RCC A Board of Directors

PERMANENT AIR MONITOR FOR ROCKLAND COUNTY

For years RCCA and the Rockland County Environmental Management Council called for an air monitoring station in Rockland County. Legislature Chair Harriet Cornell and Assemblyman Ryan Karben took up the cause, and in June 2004 the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation installed a temporary air monitor in Rockland. It tracked ozone levels. It is imperative that our air be measured for fine particulate matter as well.

We now live in "truck alley," as a Journal News editorial so aptly put it. Traffic has rapidly increased since the 1-287 connection at Suffern/Hillburn in the 1990s, with perhaps a tripling of truck traffic.

Health damage caused by fine particulate matter from vehicular and power plant emissions is well documented. While air pollution has long been linked to respiratory problems such as asthma and allergies, researchers have discovered an association between air pollution and plaque buildup in the carotid arteries.

We must continue our efforts to secure a permanent air monitor for Rockland County.
PLEASE CONTACT:

•  Gov. George E. Pataki, Executive Chamber, State Capitol, Albany, NY 12224
•  Acting Commissioner Denise Sheehan
   NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
   625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233

-Certain information from The Johns Hopkins Medical Letter

ARTISTS OF THE ROCKLAND COUNTY CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION EXHIBIT
(Continued from above)

Registration: (No later then September 3, 2005)

1. Artist's name, address, phone: _______________________________

2. Title of piece being submitted (only one piece allowed):_______________________________

3. Medium and size of work (size limit 36" x 30"):_______________________________

Please mail information to: Faith Leigh, RCCA 1st Vice President, 340 Haverstraw Road, Suffern, NY 10901, (845) 357-1166.

• All work must be framed, wired, and ready to hang.
• Deliver work on Friday, September 9; Saturday, September 10; Sunday, September 11; 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. to the Pomona Cultural Center, 584 Route 306, Pomona, NY.
• Tjok Gde Arsa Artha, Center Director, and Faith Leigh will accept your work and sign it in.
• The Center phone number is (845) 362-8062.
• Reception is Sunday, September 18, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
• Pickup and sign out is Sunday, October 23, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.
• Work is not to be removed before the show closes.
• ALL WORK SUBMITTED IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ARTIST.

Reminder

RCCA membership applications for 2005 were sent in January. If you have not done so, please take the time to renew your membership. Each member is very important to RCCA.

RCCA Newsletter - Betty Hedges
Distribution - Faith Leigh, Ira Hedges

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