Movie Night this Saturday night, March 13 Rock Shoe Demo at Nomads
3 Calendar Notes:
* MOVIE NIGHT at Sportsmans Lodge, Sat night 7pm FREE! Mountain Hardwear sponsor, The Eiger Sanction screening with popcorn and bevs
* ROCK SHOE DEMO at Nomads March 13- stop at Nomad Ventures to try new shoes from Evolve, LaSportiva, Red Chili and Scarpa.
* CLIMBERS COFFEE in the park every Saturday morning, and some Sundays too… at Hidden Valley campground signboard
March 6 Movie Night… Dirty Harry on the Eiger!
Join Friends Of Joshua Tree Saturday evening (March 6, 7pm) after cragging in the Park for a screening of ‘The Eiger Sanction’, the all-time celluloid climbing classic featuring Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy and
a host of hot styles from 1968.
Popcorn, drinks, good comraderie and updates on climbing issues in Joshua Tree are all part of the program.
$10 donation supports FOJT.
Todd Gordon show this Saturday Feb. 6, 2010
Headed to Josh this weekend for some world-class climbing/cragging/bouldering/birdwatching/hiking or camping? 
Don’t miss the local legend Todd Gordon presenting the latest shenanigans of his crew in fabulous multimedia!
7pm sharp at the Sportsmans Club (6225 Sunburst Street
Joshua Tree, CA 92252-2149
(760) 366-2915), on Sunburst next to the Community Center. $10 Door Donation benefits FOJT.
Holiday Cheer and Happy New Year!
coulda been but wasn't!
Thanks and see you at the crag.
FOJT Board of Directors
Eagle Mountain landfill on hold
Plans for Landfill Near Joshua Tree Stalled
by Lauren Hasler
Plans to move in a new neighbor next to Joshua Tree National Park were stalled when a southern California appeals panel ruled to temporarily halt development of what would be the largest nonhazardous solid waste landfill in the nation.
The proposed Eagle Mountain Landfill would draw trains from Los Angeles County with an estimated 20,000 tons of waste each day for 117 years. The total capacity of the proposed landfill, an abandoned iron ore mine, is approximately 708 million tons.
According to NPCS, the landfill would pose many environmental consequences, including harm to Bighorn sheep and endangered desert tortoises, contaminated groundwater, poor air quality, and other visual, noise and night lighting impacts in the park. Photo: Flickr/sebastien.b
For two decades, Ontario-based Kaiser Ventures Inc. has been fighting to develop the 4,654 acres surrounded on three sides by the park and located one-and-a-half miles from Joshua Tree.
Mark Cipra, the California desert program manager with the National Parks Conservation Society (NPCS), called the ruling “a landmark victory for Joshua Tree National Park’s bighorn sheep, desert tortoises and the 1.3 million people who come here every year to enjoy our beloved national park.”
Kaiser Ventures acquired the land during a swap with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in 1997. MSNBC reports that two jojoba farmers sued to stop a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) deal necessary for the development 20 years ago.
The NPCS later joined the case. This panel upheld a lower court’s ruling that the BLM’s appraisal of the land was not accurate because it did not take the future use of the land as a lucrative landfill into consideration.
Kaiser Ventures and the BLM now have the option of appealing the decision to the full appeals court.
Lauren Hasler
Lauren is a journalism major at the University of Missouri with an interest in environmental sustainability education.
Movie Night #2 Nov. 7 Saturday night!
Our third event of the season already in JTree brings ‘VERTICAL FRONTIERS’, an inspiring sweep through the who and where and what and when of climbing’s pioneers in North America, by filmmaker Kristie Denton Cohen. Join us for the film screening as well as raffle prizes, fresh popcorn and fresh updates on issues in the Park and surrounding areas with regards to climbing. To secure your seat click HERE
Climb Smart 2009 – got pics?
October 25, 2009 · Posted in Events · 2 Comments
If you have pictures you’d like to see posted, email them to info@friendsofjosh.org and we’ll post them here.
Climb Smart 2009, Oct. 23-25
Click here to download the new poster
If you haven’t already – here’s where you can register
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