Bulletin for the week of September 24-29, 2010

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Upcoming Luncheon Programs and Club
　
September 30: Charlie Morgan, BYU professor, immigration specialist
October 7: Provo Mayor John Curtis and Greg Hudnall, Provo Recreation Center Bond
October 14: Hal Black, BYU Zoology Prof, Bear Bone Facts…bear/human osteo connection
October 21: Secret Lives of Rotary Guys – Exposed!
October 28: Dream Team of Estate and Tax Planning – bring it on!





Report of the Provo Rotary Club meeting held September 23, 2010
The Rotary luncheon was held at the Provo Downtown Marriott Hotel. Past-president Steve Sabins conducted the meeting. Jill Moon lead and Ron Roberts accompanied the singing of the Anthem and Pledge. Jim Calder offered and invocation.

Guests:
•Dan Ellertson introduced his guest, Rotarian and past district governor Bob Kings


  Andy Anderson reported on last week’s annual club golf party at Wasatch Mountain State Park. See the club’s blog for photos. It was one of the most beautiful days we’ve ever had for golf. Mike Jacobsen and Roger Ford served as event planners and did a terrific job.

Jeff Alexander served as sergeant.

Bob Redd introduced speaker Chris Montague of the Nature Conservancy. The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.They address the most pressing conservation threats at the largest scale seeking non-confrontational, pragmatic solutions to conservation challenges.

Thanks to the support of more than 1 million members, they’ve built a tremendous record of success since their founding in 1951:



•protected more than 119 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide — operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally.

•work in all 50 states and more than 30 countries — protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs, from Australia to Alaska to Zambia.

•address threats to conservation involving climate change, fresh water, oceans, and conservation lands.
In Utah the group has completed more than 200 projects with 21 employees and over 400 volunteers including large wetlands areas on the shore of the Great Salt Lake and three projects on Utah Lake.

The most recent large acquisition is the Dugout Ranch in San Juan County with more than 340,000 acres. It was purchased in 1997 from Bob Redd’s family. It includes the Indian Creek corridor with scenic, archeological, and grazing features, water resources, and one of the state’s climbing meccas. To learn more go to canyonlandsresearchcener.org.


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