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March, 2008

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Contents: WINTER QUARTERLY MEETING
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2008

Program: presentation by: Daly Flanagan, School Director, RoCA - Art & Nature

A Decade of Children’s Environmental Health Research: Highlights from EPA’s Science to Achieve Results Program Highlights

Sacrifices in the Bitter Fall and Winter of 1779 in the Ramapough Clove

Tappan Zee Bridge: Traffic and Transit Stakeholders Advisory Working Group

Indian Point

RCCA MEMBERSHIP 2008

Save the date: The Ramapo River Watershed: A Highlands Watershed

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December, 2007

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Contents: FALL QUARTERLY MEETING
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2007

Program: REGIONAL IMPACTS OF GLOBAL WARMING
Presentation by Dr.Klaus Jacob, Senior Research Scientist Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Comment on Indian Point 2&3 re-licensing application proposal

What Are the Costs?

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July, 2007

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Contents: SUMMER QUARTERLY MEETING,
TUESDAY JULY 17, 2007

Program: Overview of Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) activities presented by: Jim Hall, Executive Director Palisades Interstate Park Commission

Robin Hyman Recipient of RCCA's Eleanor Burlingham Conservation Award

Fuel for Thought

Rockland County Signs onto the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement

Water Watch

Report: Too Hot To Handle? The Future of Civil Nuclear Power

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May, 2007

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Contents: ANNUAL MEETING, Thursday May 22, 2007

Program: Overview on asthma trends in the State and County- E. Oscar Alleyne, MPH, Epidemiologist Rockland County Dept of Health

May Day in Stony Point

Happy Trails in Orangetown

Ramapo River Watershed Conference Report

Congratulations to Bob and Jeanne Nelson

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January, 2007

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Contents: Winter Quarterly Meeting, Thursday, February 15, 2007

Program: Program: presentation by David Haas, PhD

PIPC's Carol Ash Takes Charge of NYS' Parks

RCCA Advocates Local Control of Waste Management in U.S. Supreme Court Brief

RAIN GARDENS+CLEAN WATER+PEOPLE = ROCKLAND

UWNY Proposes the Use of Hudson River Water for Drinking

About Our Guest Speaker-David Haas, PhD

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November, 2006

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Contents: Fall Meeting, Thursday, November 16, 2006

Program: Program: Author Laurence Pringle presents his thoughts on writing books for children

A Sneak Preview by our Speaker Laurence Pringle

Update on Ford Motor Company Paint Sludge Ramapo Clean-up

State Seeks Comments on Coal-Fired Power Plants- Mercury Emissions

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July, 2006

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Contents: Summer Meeting, Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Program: Overview of Palisades Interstate Park Commission - Carol Ash, Executive Director Palisades Interstate Park Commission

Eleanor Burlingham Award

Help Combat the Invasive Mile-a-Minute Vine

Is There A Road Less Traveled in Rockland?

Nuclear Power is Not the Answer to Global Warming!
A Special Event with Helen Caldicott

In Memoriam
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May, 2006

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Contents: Annual Meeting, Febuary 2, 2006

Program: Program: A World of Wildflowers - Carol Weiss

Report of the Nominating Committee

Rockland County Conservation Association Eleanor Burlingham Award

Congratulations to Diane Gruskin

Mercury Separators Required

"Our Earth"
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Febuary, 2006

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Contents: Winter Quarterly Meeting, Febuary 2, 2006

Program: New York Academy of Sciences -(Harbor Project) Industrial Ecology, Pollution Prevention, and the New York/New Jersey Harbor

The Whole Picture - Dorice Madronero

A Ford Paint Sludge Cleanup Update - Geoff Welch

Vigilance Counts - Doris Metraux
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November, 2005

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Contents: Fall Quarterly Meeting, November 17, 2005

Program: I-287 Corridor Inter-County Task Force

RCCA Day

A View of the Bridge - 1936

Tappan Zee Bridge Considerations

River Crossings
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July, 2005

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Contents: Summer Quarterly Meeting, July 26, 2005

Program: Overview of PIPC Activities

Eleanor Burlingham Award

Attention All RCCA Artists

Thanks to Betty Hedges

Sunrise at Torne
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May, 2005

Contents: Annual Meeting, May 26, 2005

Program: Development Trends In Rockland County

Attention All RCCA Artists

Report of the Nominating Committee

Rockland County Conservation Association Eleanor Burlingham Award

Highlands Environmental Research Institute

Permanent Air Monitor for Rockland County
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February, 2005

Contents: Winter Quarterly Meeting, February 10, 2005

Program: This Land Is Our Land; Protecting Rockland's Resources For Future Generations

Transportation

Costs and Consequences

A Ramapo River Watershed Study
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November, 2004

Contents: Fall Quarterly Meeting, November 9, 2004

Program: Where Does My Water Come From?

The Stony Point/Grassy Point Marsh

Save the Timber Rattlesnakes and We Save the Highlands

"IF" The Deal Went Through, Imagine What Mmight Have Been
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July, 2004

Contents: Summer Quarterly Meeting, May 27, 2004

Program: The Highlands - Carol Ash, Executive Director, Palisades Interstate Park Commission

"Midsummer"

Eleanor Burlingham Award

County to Purchase 235 Acres of Open Space

Nuclear Power
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May., 2004

Contents: Annual Meeting, Thursday, May 27, 2004

RCCA Elanor Burlingham Award

Report of the Nominating Committee

"Maple Syrup 4 Sale"

Indian Point

"A Mad Tea-Party", Indeed

Village of Upper Nyack

County Executive's Seventh Annual Outstanding Environmental Volunteer Award
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Feb., 2004

Contents: WinterQuarterly Meeting, February 12, 2004

Program: CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ON FOOD PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

by Chuck Stead, Adjunct Professor, Ramapo College Environmental History and Social Ecology Empire State College, Environmental Studies

RCCA MEMBERSHIP 2004

NAKOMA BROOK UPDATE

New Rules for New Jersey

Vigilance and Oversight

"Court To Bush: Cool It"
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Nov., 2003

Contents: Fall Quarterly Meeting, November 26, 2003

Program: High Performance landmarks
by Walter Sedovic, AIA, Principal and CEO of Walter Sedovic Architects, Irvington, New York Specialists in Historic Preservation and Contextual Design

Recap of the ReCharge Energy Expo & Conference

Haverstraw Bay County Park

Tuxedo Reserve
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July, 2003 Contents: Summer Quarterly Meeting, July 29, 2003
Program: The Future without Lots of Money
by Carol Ash, Executive Director
Palisades Interstate Park Commission

Presentation of 2002 RCCA Eleanor Bulingham Award, Sparkill Creek, Nakoma Brook Foam, Sterling Forest
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May, 2003 Contents: Annual Meeting, May 29, 2003
Program: Rockland Transportation
by Dr. James J. Yarmus, P.E. and
Hon. Harriet Cornell

Nominating Committee Report
How we produce and use electricity
Gas guzzling SUVs
Ramapo River Watershed Conference
County Executive Outstanding Environmental Volunteer Award 2003
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Feb. 2003 Contents: Winter Quarterly Meeting, Feburary, 2003
Program: Saving the Palisades
by Frances J. Treanor, Media Women, Inc.

Indian Point Evacuation Plans
Thirty Years Later . . . Rockland's development
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Nov. 2002
Contents: Fall Quarterly Meeting, November 19,2002
Program: 2002 NY_NJ Highlands Regional Study Updates
by Martina C. Hoppe, Regional Planner USDA Forest Service

Rockland County Open Space Program
Tappan Zee Bridge transportation concerns
Rockland County stream and storm drain marker program
Mirant Bowline Unit 3, Haverstraw

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July, 2002 Contents: Summer Quarterly Meeting, July 30, 2002
Program: Palisades Interstate Park (PIP) Openings
by Carol Ash, PIP Executive Director

Presentation of 2002 RCCA Eleanor Bulingham Award
Wastewater treatment plant proposed for Ramapo River
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May, 2002 Contents: Annual Meeting, May 23, 2002
Program: " Human Health Effects of Power Plant Pollution" by Dr. George D. Thurston

Preserving the Highlands
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Feb., 2002 Contents: Winter Quarterly Meeting, February 12, 2002
Program: "Conservation - One Man's Perspective"
by S. Hazard Gillespie

Why shut down Indian Point
Proposed power plant - Bowline 3, Haverstraw
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Nov., 2001 Contents: Fall Quarterly Meeting , Tuesday, November 13
Program: "Palisades, 100,000 Acres in 100 Years", by Robert O. Binnewies

Indian Point, Power Plant Hearings, Millennium Pipeline
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July, 2001 Contents: Summer Quarterly Meeting , Tuesday, July 31
Program: What's New this Year? Carol Ash, Exec. Director Palisades Interstate Parkway Commission

Presentation of 2001 Eleanor Buringham Award to Hallie Lehrman. Sterling Forest Master Plan. Power Plant Proposals.
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May, 2001 Contents: Annual Meeting. Guest speaker Chuck Stead. Program: Eco-Mythology. 

Bowline 3 Update. Transportation News - 1851. Overdue Energy Conservation Boost
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