RadioActive: September 11, 2018

September 11, 2018
by Lara Jones
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Utah's Sustainable Communities in Action, Geneva Rock Expansion, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Women of the World

Tonight’s lineup:

Samira Harnish, founder and executive director of Women of the World, who is an official finalist for the Nansen Refugee Awardfrom the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
- Women of the World supports women refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants that have fled their homes and resettled in Utah.
- The award ceremony will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, next month.

Joshua Lennert of the Backcountry Hunters & Anglers - Utah Chapter, which is celebrating Public Lands Month.
- Sept. 13: Join BHA for the YETI Tundra Tour at The Depot in Salt Lake City. All proceeds will benefit BHA.
- Sept. 22: Public Lands Day Spawn Creek Fence Removal. Join BHA's Utah State University College Chapter on Public Lands Day. Meet at 8L30 a.m. at Logan Ranger Station, 1500 US-89, Logan, UT 84321. Volunteers will drive or carpool from the Ranger Station to the creek trailhead
- Sept. 30: Expiration date of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, unless Congress renews it. Click here to see a list of every LWCF grant between 1965 and 2011 in Utah.

Dr. Brian Moench, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, on the health implications of Geneva Rock’s plan to expand its gravel pit mine at Point of the Mountain. Draper City holds a hearing on the plan tomorrow night. Click here to read UPHE’s recent commentary published in The Salt Lake Tribune.
- Sept. 12: Public hearing on Geneva Rock Mine Expansion, 6:00 p.m. at Draper City Hall, 1020 Pioneer Rd. Draper City also has provided an online public comment form for residents to provide feedback prior to the public hearings. LISTEN TO LIVE AUDIO from Draper City Council meetings.

The Utah Chapter Sierra Club and the Utah Climate Action Network will host a free public forum on Climate Change this Thursday, 7:00 p.m. at the downtown Salt Lake City Public Library. RadioActive got a preview with:
- Stan Holmes, Utah Sierra Club board member.
- Jon Cox, Rocky Mountain Power vice president of government affairs.
- Piper Christian, part of a high school student group that successfully advocated for the Utah Legislature's first climate change resolution.

Got a story you'd like to share on the show? Record a voice memo on your smart phone, then email it to radioactive@krcl.org. Keep it under 3 minutes and be sure to include a name and phone number in the body of the message.

RadioActive is a production of Listeners' Community Radio of Utah. Tonight's team included:

Exec. Producer/Host: Lara Jones
Assoc. Producer/Comm. Co-Host: Billy Palmer
Volunteer: Shell LaughsALot Danis

RadioActive: September 11, 2018

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