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FROM WIRT: In solidarity with Nez Perce megaload blockaders, carpools are departing the WIRT Activist House at 8 am on Monday, September 9, with stops through the reservation, to rally outside and pack the 4 pm Boise federal court hearing seeking a megaload injunction. Advocates for the West will present oral arguments for suspending Idaho Transportation Department permits for Highway 12 megaloads until the Forest Service completes its megaload impact study. After the Nez Perce Tribe and Idaho Rivers United (IRU) versus the U.S. Forest Service case hearing, IRU is hosting a gathering of anti-megaload activists that evening, before we return to north central Idaho. Please contact IRU at 208-343-7481 or info@idahorivers.org if you can attend the party and call 208-301-8039 if you plan to carpool from the Moscow area. The following article and alert describe new developments in this lawsuit.

Join us for a dance party featuring Henry C. and the Willards to help PCEI break in and support the new Nancy Taylor Memorial Pavilion. Donations collected that evening will go support the completion of the Nancy Taylor Memorial Pavilion at the PCEI Nature Center.

Open to the public. Please email Carole Wells for an agenda.

Megaloads? Tar Sands? Pipelines? Climate Change? What’s the Connection? Explore these questions with local citizens who journeyed to the tar sands of northern Alberta to join the First Nations (Native Americans) and other concerned citizens from across the continent for the Healing Walk. Led by First Nations elders and leaders, participants witnessed the scale of environmental devastation caused by tar sands mining and crude oil processing.

Six local healing walkers will share what they learned on their solidarity journey, connecting the local and regional megaloads, huge pipeline projects, impacts on people and places, and overarching climate change and moral issues. Their presentation and discussion, A Healing Walk Through the Alberta Tar Sands, will be on Saturday, December 7 from 3 to 5pm. This event is in the Arts Workshop room immediately following the Winter Market at the 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St., Moscow. Sponsored by the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition, Wild Idaho Rising Tide, Idaho Sierra Club and 350 Idaho. For further information, contact Pat Fuerst, epfuerst@frontier.com.

The PCEI Nature Center needs your help! As a hub for environmental education and sustainable living projects, we are in constant need of volunteers to help maintain and improve our 12.3-acre site. Join us every Tuesday for Drop-In Volunteer Day 10am-4pm. If you have a specific skill set, or would like to be a project

Open to the public. Please email Carole Wells for an agenda. Need directions to PCEI?

We are excited to show off the PCEI Nature Center after the sun goes down! Full moon hikes will be centered on nocturnal animals, phases of the moon, history and folklore surrounding our lunar companion. Star parties are all about looking up! We’ll point the telescopes up, turn off the lights, and learn about the “creatures” in the night sky. Bring the family for these unique opportunities!

Cost: Free for PCEI members and K-12 students, $5 for non-members

Directions to the PCEI Nature center can be found at http://www.pcei.org/nature-center/