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Public Lands Ranching: An American Environmental Tragedy

Presentations by Mike Hudak



1998

1)  Feb 17 Susquehanna Group, Sierra Club, Binghamton, NY
2)  Mar 10 Northeastern Pennsylvania Group, Sierra Club, Scranton, PA
3)  Apr 8 Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) / Binghamton Animal Rights Coalition (BARC) / Binghamton Environmental Action Resource (BEAR), Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
4)  Apr 15 Iroquois Group, Sierra Club, Syracuse, NY
5)  Sep 25 Sierra Club Council of Club Leaders meeting, San Francisco, CA
6)  Nov 12 Lehigh Valley Group, Sierra Club, Allentown, PA
7)  Nov 16 Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC), Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY

1999

8)  Jan 26 Rochester Regional Group, Sierra Club, Rochester, NY
9)  Jan 27 Naturalists’ Club of Broome County, Vestal, NY
10)  Feb 10 Loantaka Group, Sierra Club, Chatham, NJ
11)  Feb 17 Finger Lakes Group, Sierra Club, Ithaca, NY
12)  Apr 11 Vermont Chapter, Sierra Club, Burlington, VT
13)  Apr 13 Biology Department, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
14)  Apr 22 Niagara Group, Sierra Club, Buffalo, NY
15)  Apr 26 Montgomery Group, Sierra Club, White Oak, MD
16)  May 12 Central New Jersey Group, Sierra Club, Rocky Hill, NJ
17)  Jun 5 Atlantic Chapter ExCom meeting, Sierra Club, Cazenovia, NY
18)  Jul 18 Ohio Chapter ExCom meeting, Sierra Club, Columbus, OH
19)  Jul 19 Piasa Palisades Group, Sierra Club, Alton, IL
20)  Jul 21 Heart of Illinois Group, Sierra Club, Peoria, IL
21)  Jul 22 Woods & Wetlands Group, Sierra Club, Indian Creek, IL
22)  Jul 26 Central Iowa Group, Sierra Club, Des Moines, IA
23)  Jul 27 Northwest Iowa Group, Sierra Club, Sioux City, IA
24)  Jul 28 White Pine Group, Sierra Club, Dubuque, IA
25)  Aug 1 Bluestem Group, Sierra Club, Lincoln, NE
26)  Sep 16 Juniper Group, Sierra Club, Bend, OR
27)  Sep 21 Many Rivers Group, Sierra Club, Eugene, OR
28)  Sep 24 Sierra Club Council of Club Leaders meeting, San Francisco, CA
29)  Oct 7 Eastern Missouri Group, Sierra Club, Kirkwood, MO
30)  Oct 14 Essex County Group (currently named Gateway Group), Sierra Club, Verona, NJ
31)  Oct 16 John Muir Chapter ExCom meeting, Sierra Club, WI
32)  Oct 17 REI, Oakbrook Terrace, IL (presented for the benefit of local Sierra Club members)
33)  Oct 20 Raritan Valley Group, Sierra Club, New Brunswick, NJ
34)  Oct 21 Ramapo Section, North Jersey Group, Sierra Club, Oakland, NJ
35)  Nov 4 Housatonic Group, Sierra Club, New Town, CT
36)  Nov 9 Mt. Vernon Group, Sierra Club, Arlington, VA
37)  Nov 10 New Haven Group, Sierra Club, New Haven, CT
38)  Nov 11 Palisades Section, North Jersey Group, Sierra Club, Palisades, NJ
39)  Nov 18 Southeastern Pennsylvania Group, Sierra Club, Bryn Mawr, PA
40)  Dec 8 Sierra Student Coalition, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
41)  Dec 8 Boston Area Group (currently named Greater Boston Group), Sierra Club, Cambridge, MA

2000

42)  Jan 16 New Hampshire Chapter ExCom meeting, Sierra Club, Concord, NH
43)  Feb 29 Delaware Chapter, Sierra Club, Newark, DE
44)  Mar 2 Greater Hartford Group, Sierra Club, Hartford, CT
45)  Mar 14 Greater Baltimore Group, Sierra Club, Cockeysville, MD
46)  Mar 15 Piedmont Group, Sierra Club, Charlottesville, VA
47)  Mar 18 Maryland Chapter ExCom meeting, Sierra Club, College Park, MD
48)  Apr 11 New River Group, Sierra Club / Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
49)  Apr 18 Greater Louisville Group, Sierra Club, Louisville, KY
50)  Apr 29 Tennessee Chapter ExCom meeting, Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park, Eva, TN
51)  May 9 English class, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
52)  Jun 21 Central Jersey Vegetarian Group, Somerville, NJ
53)  Jul 1 “Slaughter in the Fields.” (Extermination of prairie dogs, coyotes, wolves, bears, mountain lions, birds) Panel discussion at Animal Rights 2000 Conference, McLean, VA
54)  Jul 3 Animal Rights 2000 Conference, McLean, VA
55)  Jul 5 “Campaign Reports.” Panel discussion at Animal Rights 2000 Conference, McLean, VA

2001

56)  Feb 10 Earthsave Baltimore, Lutherville, MD
57)  Mar 11 EarthSave Boston, Jamaica Plain, MA
58)  Mar 13 U-Neek Solutions, Apalachin, NY
59)  Mar 17 EarthSave Hudson Valley, White Plains, NY
60)  Mar 18 Rochester Area Vegetarian Society (currently named Rochester Area Vegan Society), Rochester, NY
61)  Mar 24 EarthSave Long Island, Huntington Station, NY
62)  Apr 11 Chautauqua-Allegheny Vegetarian Society, Westfield, NY
63)  Apr 17 William and Mary Vegetarian Group, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
64)  May 6 EarthSave Louisville, Louisville, KY
65)  May 18 Hartford Vegetarian Society, West Hartford, CT
66)  Jun 19 The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY
67)  Jul 1 “Slaughter in the Fields.” (Destruction of wildlife and their habitats by animal agriculture) Panel discussion at Animal Rights 2001 Conference, McLean, VA
68)  Jul 3 “Outreach to Public Interest.” (Environmental, health, justice movements) Panel discussion at Animal Rights 2001 Conference, McLean, VA
69)  Jul 3 “Agricultural Campaigns II.” (McDonald's, American horses, ducks, grazing) Panel discussion at Animal Rights 2001 Conference, McLean, VA
70)  Jul 12 Vegetarian Summerfest, 27th annual conference of the North American Vegetarian Society, Johnstown, PA
71)  Jul 13 “Introduction to Public Lands Ranching: Environmental Damage to Desert Grasslands Caused by Livestock Production.” Vegetarian Summerfest, 27th annual conference of the North American Vegetarian Society, Johnstown, PA
72)  Jul 15 “Environmental Damage to Forests Caused by Livestock Production; Efforts to End the Federal Grazing Program.” Vegetarian Summerfest, 27th annual conference of the North American Vegetarian Society, Johnstown, PA
73)  Oct 15 Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society, Dallas, PA
74)  Oct 25 BIO/GES 398 Biodiversity Class, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
75)  Nov 9 Chicago Audubon Society, Chicago, IL
76)  Nov 10 Vegetarian Connection (a project of the Windstar Foundation), Solon, OH
77)  Nov 13 Mountaineer Audubon Society, Morgantown, WV
78)  Nov 17 People/Animals Network, Dayton, OH
79)  Nov 18 EarthSave Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
80)  Nov 19 Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH

2002

81)  Feb 2 EarthSave Long Island (East End Section), Montauk, NY
82)  Feb 5 EarthSave Berkshire Hills, Pittsfield, MA
83)  Feb 6 Williams College, Williamstown, MA (Media release)
84)  Mar 17 Pittsburgh Vegetarian Society, Pittsburgh, PA
85)  Mar 18 Voices for Animal Liberation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
86)  Mar 27 Genesee Valley Audubon Society, Rochester, NY
87)  Apr 9 Columbia Audubon Society, Columbia, SC
88)  Apr 10 Carolina Animal Activists Together (CAAT) (subsequently renamed Humane Carolina) / Triangle Vegetarian Society (TVS) / Capital Group, Sierra Club, Raleigh, NC
89)  Apr 11 Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
90)  Apr 13 EarthSave Long Island (Riverhead Section), Bellport, NY
91)  Apr 15 Washington Crossing Audubon Society, Pennington, NJ
92)  Apr 24 State College Bird Club, State College, PA
93)  May 11 EarthSave Baltimore, Lutherville, MD
94)  Jun 29 “Slaughter in the Fields.” (Destruction of wildlife and their habitats by animal agriculture) Panel discussion at Animal Rights 2002 Conference, McLean, VA
95)  Jul 2 “Engaging Public Interest. (Environmental, health, justice movements) Panel discussion at Animal Rights 2002 Conference, McLean, VA
96)  Jul 2 “Agriculture Campaigns II.” (Retail chains, American horses, grazing, HSA, Europe) Panel discussion at Animal Rights 2002 Conference, McLean, VA
97)  Sep 23 Amos Butler Audubon Society, Indianapolis, IN
98)  Sep 24 Tippecanoe Audubon Society, North Manchester, IN
99)  Sep 25 Environmental Law Society, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
100)  Sep 25 Sassafras Audubon Society, Bloomington, IN
101)  Oct 23 Quittapahilla Audubon Society, Palmyra, PA
102)  Oct 24 EarthQuakers, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
103)  Nov 11 Genesee Audubon Society, Flint, MI
104)  Nov 15 Presque Isle Audubon Society, Erie, PA
105)  Nov 20 Lycoming Audubon Society, Williamsport, PA
106)  Dec 6 Rockland Audubon Society, Nanuet, NY

2003

107)  Jan 22 Hudson River Audubon Society, Yonkers, NY
108)  Feb 1 EarthSave Harriman, Harriman, NY
109)  Feb 16 Rochester Area Vegetarian Society (currently named Rochester Area Vegan Society), Rochester, NY
110)  Feb 17 Grassroots, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
111)  Mar 9 Cape Fear Vegetarian Society, Wilmington, NC
112)  Mar 10 South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, Charleston, SC
113)  Mar 11 Charleston Natural History Society/b> / Robert Lunz Group, Sierra Club / EarthSave Charleston, Charleston, SC
114)  Mar 13 Earth Fare, Charleston, SC
115)  Mar 16 Mecklenburg Vegetarian Association, Charlotte, NC
116)  Mar 18 Charlotte Campus Greens, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
117)  Mar 20 Carolina Animal Rights Effort, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
118)  Apr 23 EcoLogic, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
119)  Apr 24 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
120)  Apr 30 Southern Adirondack Audubon Society, Glens Falls, NY
121)  Jun 17 Al Hazzard Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Binghamton, NY
122)  Sep 23 Iroquois Group, Sierra Club, Syracuse, NY
123)  Oct 23 Students for Ethical Animal Treatment (SEAT), University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
124)  Oct 27 Environmental Law Society, University of Toledo, OH
125)  Nov 13 Vegetarians at Cornell, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

2004

126)  Mar 2 “Politics and the Environment” class, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY
127)  Apr 5 Students for Environmental Concerns, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

2007

128)  Oct 21 Rochester Area Vegetarian Society (currently named Rochester Area Vegan Society), Rochester, NY

2008

129)  Mar 9 NY Penn Trade Center, Johnson City, NY
130)  Apr 8 “Grazing Summit,” NRDC office, Washington, DC
131)  Aug 15 “Abuse of Wildlife on Land.” Presentation and panel discussion at Animal Rights 2008 Conference, Alexandria, VA
132)  Aug 16 “The Cattle Industry’s Other Victims.” Video presentation at Animal Rights 2008 Conference, Alexandria, VA

2011

133)  Jun 26 Annotated reading of Sierra Club brochure “Restore our Western Wildlife.” Orientation for Sierra Club volunteers, Washington, DC
134)  Jun 26 “A Brief History of Voluntary Grazing Buyout Legislation.” Orientation for Sierra Club volunteers, Washington, DC
135)  Jun 26 “Responding to Attacks by the Ranching Industry.” Orientation for Sierra Club volunteers, Washington, DC
136)  Jun 26 “‘Selling’ Voluntary Buyout to Congressional Staff” Orientation for Sierra Club volunteers, Washington, DC
137)  Dec 14 “REVA for Public Lands!” Maryland Chapter, Sierra Club, College Park, MD

2012

138)  Apr 16 Bluestockings (book store, fair trade café, activist center), New York, NY
139)  Apr 18 Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, Lincroft, NJ (hosted by Animal Protection League of NJ and Transition Red Bank)
140)  May 12 Brooklyn Food Conference (NY): continuous presentations 9:30 AM–4:45 PM in exhibition hall
141)  May 13 Brooklyn Food Conference (Afterconference). Hosted by the Metropolitan Community Church, 447 W 36th Street, Manhattan, NY
142)  May 14 Making Links: How Sausages Are Made (and why veganism is a better way to go). A panel discussion featuring David Nibert, Mickey Z, Mike Hudak, and Nancy Kogel. Mike Hudak’s presentation titled: “Liberating the West from Ranching.” Sponsored by Reaching Out for Animal Rights and the Brecht Forum, 451 West Street, Manhattan, NY.
143)  Jun 24 Annotated reading of Sierra Club brochure “Restore our Western Wildlife.” Orientation for Sierra Club volunteers, Washington, DC

2014

144)  Jun 28 Speak For Wolves: Yellowstone 2014, Gardiner, MT (Read Hudak’s remarks here.)


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