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Attachment <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE, <br />PARKS AND RECREATION <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: <br />Commission for the Environment <br />From: <br />Rich Shaw <br />Date: <br />March 4, 2015 <br />Subject: <br />Articles for Public Outreach (State of the Environment Report 2014) <br />The CFE has discussed various ways of conveying information from the State of the <br />Environment report to the general public. One method is newspaper articles. <br />In February CFE members agreed to develop monthly articles for publishing in the Chapel Hill <br />News and The News of Orange County. The articles could then be reformatted for other forms <br />of printed and electronic media. <br />The following is a proposed calendar for writing and publishing the articles: <br />DRAFT Calendar for 2015 <br />Topic <br />SOE <br />Committee (Lead) <br />Completion <br />Publication <br />H drilla in the Eno <br />pp. 69 -70 <br />Water Cada /Davis <br />March 15 <br />early Aril <br />Solarize projects <br />N/A <br />Air & Energy Neal /Bouma <br />Aril 15 <br />early May <br />Pollinator Issues <br />pp. 43 -44 <br />Land O'Connor /Shaw <br />May 15 <br />earl une <br />Potential effects of <br />fracking in Orange Co. <br />pp. 71 -72 <br />Water (__/Davis) <br />June 15 <br />early July <br />WISE program <br />N/A <br />Air & Energy /Bouma <br />July 15 <br />early Au <br />Terrestrial invasives / <br />choosing native spp. <br />pp. 43 -44 <br />Land Resources <br />Hintz /Shaw <br />Aug 15 <br />early Sept <br />Water conservation <br />pp. 47- 54 <br />Water /Davis <br />Sept 15 <br />early Oct <br />Barriers to solar <br />development <br />N/A <br />Air Est Energy <br />/Bouma <br />Oct 15 <br />early Nov <br />Land conservation <br />. 37 -42 <br />Land We man/Shaw <br />Nov 15 <br />early Dec <br />Reconsider schedule for 2016 (change to quarterly?) <br />Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation <br />PO Box 8181 /306 -A Revere Road <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />(919) 245 -2510 <br />