Neighbors Powering Community

"Communities talking to communities" - Exploring, sharing and gaining creative and innovative solutions to common issues facing mining communities during the Boom or Bust cycle.

'Cruz' the Ridge Trail through the Santa Cruz Mountains

Join fellow trail enthusiasts on the 3rd Annual Ridge Trail Cruz to hike
or ride through the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains.  Come celebrate and
enjoy the Bay Area Ridge Trail, while supporting it's completion. This
multi-use event has a variety of hiking and riding options, including a
special family hike, and all offer scenic trails with gorgeous vistas. You
can challenge yourself with a long hike or ride, or take a leisurely
family stroll,

Registration
This is a fully supported event with breakfast, lunch, snacks, water,
route leaders, and maps provided. Communications and first aid support
have been arranged. Hikers will be transported by bus for a one-way hike.
Advance registration is required and attendance is limited, please
register promptly.

The Center for Literary Publishing on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins, CO is accepting submissions for the 2009 Colorado Prize for Poetry starting October 1 and going through January 12, 2009.The Center is looking for book-length collections of poems. The winner will be awarded a $1500 honorarium and have their book published through the Center. Anyone may submit their work and should include a $25 reading fee which includes a one-year subscription to Colorado Review. For guidelines and questions, please go to http://coloradoprize.colostate.edu or cal 970-491-5449.

NewWest.Net will present its third annual conference on Real Estate and Development in the Northern Rockies, on October 23rd and 24th.

This unique event brings together investors, brokers, developers, architects, lenders, attorneys, journalists, government officials and non-profit leaders for a robust series of discussions and presentations about the real estate explosion in the region. Get the latest intelligence on market trends, hear from innovative developers and investors, learn about the most important new projects and policy developments, and join the conversation about the future of the Rockies.

Highlights of the conference will include:

• Detailed discussion of both urban and rural development trends in the region
• Analysis of market trends in Western Montana, Southwest Montana, Idaho and Wyoming
• Discussion of critical conservation and public policy issues including conservation easements, stream setbacks and growth planning
• Marketing innovations from a panels of experts on marketing through a downturn
• A review of creative approaches to architecture and environmentally friendly development
• Actionable information and networking opportunities for current and prospective participants in the biggest growth industry in the Rocky Mountain West

We are delighted to present this year's keynote speakers:

• Rick Holley, CEO of Plum Creek Timber, who will offer insight into the long-term plans of the nation's (and Montana's) largest private landowner.

• Christopher Thornberg of Beacon Economics, who will once again offer his highly engaging -- and, if the past is any guide -- dead-on accurate assessment of market trends. His presentation will be followed by a discussion featuring Federal Reserve Bank economist Toby Madden, Center for the Rocky Mountain West economist Larry Swanson, and North Idaho real estate economist David Eacret.

• Tim Egan, author and New York Times columnist, will discuss the shifting political landscape in the West and how that relates to land use and development -- a topic sure to be on many peoples' minds just ahead of the presidential election.

BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION IN THE DESERT

with Donald Davidson www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/index.htm

Study along with other biologists, writers, and artists while helping increase the native flora visual database. College credit optional.

Friday, April 3, 7pm, through Sunday, April 5, 3pm, Desert Studies Center, Mojave National Preserve, Zzyzx, CA. Accommodations and meals included.

CONTACT:

Linda Coco

Program Representative

Science, Law & Health Programs

UC Riverside Extension

1200 University Ave., #336

Riverside, CA 92507

951-827-1618 - Direct

951-827-7374 - Fax

www.extension.ucr.edu