[bristol-birds] BBC Clinch River birding trip full !

From: Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: 1-A Bristol-Birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 21:55:07 -0300
A capacity group has registered with the Bristol Bird Club for our June
15-16 weekend of birding along the swift-running, picturesque waters of the
Clinch River in Southwest
Virginia.

All reservations for the canoe trip and accommodations at The Nature
Conservancy's Rikemo Lodge are complete.

Those who have signed up for the much-anticipated weekend are:  Carolyn Coffey,
Wallace Coffey, Debbie Dereska, Mary Erwin, June Fulbright, John Hay, Don
Holt, Tom
Horsch, Ron Lapp, Rose Lapp, Fred Martin, Janice Martin, Larry McDaniel,
Dick Peak,
Jill Riendeau, Ed Talbott, Michelle Talbott, Dave Worley and Diana Worley.

This wonderful weekend will take us into one of  North America's most
sensitive and 
valued biodiversity hotspots as recognized by The Nature Conservancy. 

We will enjoy a cozy, rustic, environment surrounding the hunting lodge of 
hand-hewn logs with spacious open areas for dinning, relaxing, birding, and
good times 
with friends. 

Tom Horsch coordinates and manages the canoe trip.  Wallace Coffey is handling
arrangements with The Conservancy, scouting the area, field trips and program.  

Jill Riendeau will cater dinner Saturday evening and the meal cost has been
paid up front.

The Nature Conservancy's Abingdon office team is providing canoes for the
7-mile down
river birding float.  Their staff members will be along to share the great
biodiversity of the
Clinch.

Rikemo Lodge is owned by The Nature Conservancy of Virginia.  It is perched
on a 
towering hill amidst trees with a peaceful view of the Clinch River.  The
retreat is in the
heart of 100 acres of nature preserve.  It includes walking trails and a
fish pond.

"The Nature Conservancy has been very generous in their willingness to host
the BBC and our birders in one of the last great places," said club
President Dave Worley, who has been a leader in the project since it was
first suggested by Bill Kittrell of The
Conservancy.  Worley called it one of the truly outstanding and promising club
opportunities in recent years.

The lodge, located in Dungannon 28 miles north of Kingsport and 24 miles
south of Norton,  was designed and built in 1969 as a hunting lodge for
clients of the Clinchfield Railroad.  It features a 20-foot-wide hand-cut
strone fireplace, large wet bar and leather game table.  Chandeliers are
creafted from local wagon wheels and add atmosphere.  The facility lodge
hall offers plenty of comfortable and relaxing lounging where we can relax
with a book or gaze at the view.

Wallace Coffey
Bristol Bird Club



  





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