Today I worked on establishing an annual canoeing trip the Sequatchie River which drains historically coal mined lands and stands to drain a potential new coal mine in the Rock Creek Lands Unsuitable for Mining Area to the Northwest of Chattanooga, TN. I worked to identify a stretch of river which would be capable of handling a a canoe by calling the Canoe the Sequatchie River guide business. I learned that there is a really good put in located on Cherry Street in Dunlap, TN and a good take out on Condra Switch Road in Condra, TN which is about a 12 mile paddle. I am working on locating canoes to borrow for this event from some friends in Chattanooga, TN and Knoxville, TN. I helped UMD volunteers adverstise for the event at the weekly UMD volunteer meeting and by placing an announcement in the meeting notes that get sent out over an email listserve. I am working on the creation of saftey protocols which I will write down and provide an on site training for all particpants including UMD volunteers.
I tried to contact John Harris of the Knoxville/Knox County Community Action Coalition who is the East TN Americorp coordinator, but alas he is out of the office on vacation for the next two weeks. I left him a message and will follow up with him when he returns.
We also had a UMD volunteer house meeting this morning so that all three of UMD's interns could figure out what the weekly volunteer schedule looked like and so we could plan events accordingly.
I also attended UMD's weekly volunteer meeting in Knoxville which occurs every Tuesday at 7PM upstairs at Barley's Resturant. I volunteered to be the note taker for the meeting as I was the only person with a computer.
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