WELCOME to the SAFE website. SAFE is a California nonprofit, IRS tax-exempt 501(c)(3), membership corporation,
headquartered in beautiful Trinity County in northern California.
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Echo Lake, by Flotos |
| SAFE is a volunteer, grassroots,
environmental organization active in Trinity County, CA since 1979.
SAFE
is dedicated to promoting healthy ecosystems through education,
community involvement, organizing, demonstrations, activism and legal
remedies. Please see our SAFE
Projects and SAFE History for more
information
on SAFE’s activities and accomplishments. Read SAFE News online! Read January and February 2010. Read back issues on Projects Page. Newsletters are in PDF format, so you will need Adobe Acrobat to view them. If you enjoy reading SAFE News online, please consider a donation. If you can't read PDF documents, but want to read SAFE News, you can subscribe to SAFE News by emailing Virginia Rice. You can also pick up the latest SAFE News at Weaverville, Hayfork and Lewiston libraries, as well as at Mountain Marketplace in Weaverville and Zion Natural Foods in Hayfork. |
WED MARCH 17: HAYFORK - COMMUNITY PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING (HCPAC) at Trinity County Fairgrounds meeting room at 7pm. Public is welcome to come and participate. Third Wednesday each month. More info or for an agenda: call Bob or Jan Mountjoy at 628-4474.
THURS MARCH 25: WEAVERVILLE - TRINITY COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL MEETING at TPUD Conference room at 7pm. Open to public. Fourth Thursday each month. Some months they are unable to reserve TPUD conference room and it is held at US Forest Service conference room. More info, for an agenda, or to confirm meeting location: contact Noreen Doyas at Trinity County Resource Conservation District (TCRCD) at 623-6004.
SAT APRIL 3: LEWISTON - HIKE: NORTH SHORE TRAIL ON LEWISTON LAKE. Meet at Ackerman Campground day-use parking lot at 10am. Eight miles north of Lewiston along Trinity Dam Blvd. on Lewiston Lake. They will drive to actual trailhead which has no-fee parking and then hike to Pine Cove Marina and picnic there. Snacks, ice cream, soda, wine and beer available at marina. Three miles round trip. Well-behaved and socialized trail dogs and children are welcome. Bring a leash as a short stretch of trail is on shoulder of Trinity Dam Blvd. Hikes are co-sponsored with individuals leading their favorite hikes. More info on Lewiston Trails Group or Weaverville Trail Committee or to get on email list: call Jerry Hauke at 623-4132. Times and meeting sites are sent out before each hike via e-mail.
SAT APRIL 10: HAYFORK - THIRD ANNUAL WINE GALA benefiting Indian Valley Summer Camp at Fairgrounds Dining Hall. Event is co-sponsored by Watershed Center and Hayfork Rotary Club. Join them for local wine tasting, live music, food, and an auction with all proceeds going to benefit IVSC, a free summer program for Trinity County youth. Program includes education about our natural resources. More info about event and program it benefits: call Watershed Center at 628-4206.
SAT APRIL 24: FOREST GLEN - HIKE: SOUTH FORK NRT. Well-behaved and socialized trail dogs and children are welcome. Hikes are co-sponsored with individuals leading their favorite hikes. Times and meeting sites are sent out before each hike via e-mail. More info on Lewiston Trails Group or Weaverville Trail Committee or to get on email list: call Jerry Hauke at 623-4132.
WED APRIL 28: WEAVERVILLE - TRINITY COUNTY WEED MANAGEMENT AREA MEETING at TPUD meeting room at 10am (unless otherwise posted). More info: call Angela Blanchard, County Agricultural Commissioner's office, at 623-1356 or email: ablanchard@trinitycounty.org.
FRI APRIL 30 - SUN MAY 2: TRINITY COUNTY - COUNTYWIDE YARD SALE. Watch the Trinity Journal for map and descriptions of yard sales. Reduce, reuse, recycle!
Next Safe meeting:
SUN JUNE 27: HAYFORK - SAFE MEETING & POTLUCK at home of Bob & Jan Mountjoy at 1pm. Meeting is first, followed by potluck. Please bring a potluck dish to share. More info or for directions: call 623-5410 or email Virginia Rice.
Please see complete calendar of upcoming environmentally-related meetings and events.