Thank you all for the incredible turnouts we have had for all the August activities and for your support in the Gila.
Please endure…..if you would…. more than the average number of email.
We appreciate that you have busy lives and huge emails
Mary will send a reminder next Tuesday for the THURSDAY special meeting……..THURSDAY!
From: www.adobewhitewater.org
one more note: for Donation of $40 or more you can get a copy of GILA, by Michael Berman
ALL FUNDS go to GRIP/Gila Conservation
GRIP = Gila Resource Information Project

News  !!!!   THURSDAY ……NOT TUESDAY   !!!

Upcoming Programs, Events, & Opportunities
**Please note TIME and LOCATION for  SEPTEMBER !!!!

THURSDAY, September 4, 2014
(instead of the normal 2^nd Tuesday monthly meeting)
AWC - SPECIAL PRESENTATION
by Michael Berman on the Gila Rising.
6:00 – 8:30 pm
North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center
7521 Carmel NE -  Albuquerque, NM  87113
http://www.cabq.gov/seniors/centers/north-domingo-baca-multigenerational-center
(approximately off Wyoming  just north of Paseo Del Norte east of I25)
Presentation with Michael Berman,
Each year I try and walk the Gila River as it passes through the Wilderness. Most years I hike from Grapevine where the west, east and middle forks come together above the 30-mile Gila River Canyon to Turkey Creek. I go just to get a sense of what the Gila looks like, how the river has changed, and how I have changed……. I would like to say I’ve learned something of this river, but the truth is I barely know the Gila. Instead I have learned something of myself, and the culture we share. And the culture we share is one that would put a dam on the last wild river, before we even know what a wild river is. 

Gila by Michael Berman
available … for DONATIONS of $40.00 or more!
All funds go to Grip
(Gila Resource Information Project)
And
GILA CONSERVATION COALITION
and their efforts to protect the GILA RIVER!

Part II:  Norm Gaume -  WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW!
Gila Update: Call for AWC Action AGAINST the Gila Diversion Project.
We are at the 11th hour of decisions.  The article below will give you a lot of information and fill you in more on Norm’s presentation. (see link below pdf file)
Still Relevant
1.  http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-9029-divert-conquer.html by Laura Paskus
Norm Gaume’s presention to AWC regarding the Gila Diversion project:
2. AWC Gila 2014 08 21 N Gaume Presentation to AWC.pdf (1.3Mb)