Pin-Point, HATPIN newsletter for December 1972

              P\ M - POJ M T
December 1972
"The   l9t^f^%)iiol[itely must  be  the  years when'America  pays  its  debt  to  the   past by
reclaiming "the  purity of  its  air,   its waters  and  our   living environment.     It  is
literally now or.never." -  President Richard Nixon
THIS MONTH
-thoughts are on Christmas. Keep the environmental
ethic in mind while shopping for gifts.  Consider
presents related to gardening with nature, books
about wildlife, and goods that encourage outdoor,
non-motorized recreation. Buy gifts that will last
a lifetime and have many uses.  Dream up ways to
cut down on wrapping. Most of all,
have a meaningful Christmas!
December 12, 7:30 p.m.
The Pub lie fs Comments on a Proposed Cajinon River Trail
sponsoring this meeting to find out
easements across
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is
how the public feels about the different facets of this proposal:
private property, campground locations, what modes of travel should be permitted oi
the trail, and so forth.  This is one of six meetings to be held at the major town*
along the Cannon and Straight Rivers. A representative from Itasca Engineering,
which is doing a feasibility study on the river trail, will asso be present at the
meeting, which will be held at Olin Hall Auditorium, Carleton College.
December 14 and 16 (repeat), 1:30 p.m.-
KUOM radio program on environmental legislation for the
upcoming State Legislative session.
December 15, 7:30 p.m.-       "Hiking the Appalacian Trail"
Mike Naas, senior at the University of Minnesota Forestry School and one of the
few people to hike the entire Appalacian Trail, will speak and show slides.  This
meeting, sponsored jointly by CVDA (Cannon Valley Development Association) and the
Sierra Club Prairie-Woods Group, will be held at the Episcopal Church in Cwatonna,
Mill and Cedar Streets. Need rides or willing to drive? Call Marie Jensen (5-455r
December 19, 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.- League of Women Voters SOLID WASTE CONSENSUS
This is an issue which both HATPIN and League have been studying.  League is now
taking a national consensus so that it may act officially on its members' recommendations. HATPIN, with its practical experience as well as its own Solid Waste
Study Group, has been asked to provide resource persons and to invite all other interested HATPIN members to these meetings.  Locations will be announced in the
"Northfield News" and the "Faribault Daily News*"
A League of Women Voters1 publication entitled "Recycle," with a great deal of
background material for solid waste considerations, is available from Linda Wagen-
bach, 112 Maple Street, for 75<?«  League members may obtain the same panphlet for
only 30<?.
Published by HATPIN (Housewives Alert To Pollution In Northfield)
Editor, Lynn Carlin