The Canary Coalition
"A Grassroots Clean Air Movement"

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www.canarycoalition.org

Governing Board Members

Please send media requests, completed petitions,
tax-deductable donations and memberships to:
P.O. Box 653, Sylva, North Carolina, 28779
or call us toll free at (866) 4-CANARY
We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
All donations and memberships are tax deductible. Thank you!

Susan Anspacher

public health and administration

Sylva, NC

Larry Nestler
Chairman
Attorney
at Law
Sylva, NC

Dr. Lydia Aydlett

Professor of psychology

Sylva, NC 

2008 Annual Report
by Avram Friedman, Executive Director

Canary Staff

Call us toll free at
(866) 4-CANARY
(828) 631-3447

Executive Director:
Avram Friedman
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Website Design:
Jason Kimenker

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We are very much like the canaries used in coal mines to determine when the air reaches unsafe levels. Canary Copyright © 2000 Click here to send us an e-mail with any questions or comments.

Help Fight Pollution in The Great Smokies! The Canary Coalition is your family, friends and neighbors getting together to do something about the poor quality of the air we've been breathing in western North Carolina and the southern Appalachian region. If you're like most western North Carolinians you love the mountains, its people and culture.  You consider this region your home.  A good place to live, work and play.  A wonderful area to raise children, live a fruitful life and perhaps retire some day. But you're also becoming increasingly alarmed by the frequent air quality alerts you're hearing about on the news.  It's hard to swallow the fact that what was once a precious commodity, our clean mountain air, is now being compared to the air over Los Angeles.   Visibility has diminished in the Great Smokies from 60 miles to an average of 15 miles.   Health concerns to trees, animals and humans are real and increasing.

The Canary Coalition coordinates public events that both educate public officials and focus national attention on the air quality problems we're experiencing in the Smoky Mountain region. The Canary Coalition works with similar groups in other parts of the country to combine our strength and influence on the federal level.

By becoming a sponsor of The Canary Coalition you will be taking an effective action to make the mountains a healthier place to live and breathe for your family, your neighbors and yourself.

Lets get started. Click here to join today, THANK YOU!

The Canary Coalition Advisory Board Members

Ron Lugbill
Attorney at Law
Bryson City, NC

Ron Hart

Bryson City, NC

Affiliation: carpenter, community activist

Frank Padgett
Minister
Cullowhee Methodist Church
Cullowhee, NC

Ted Prosser
Landmark Realty
Asheville, NC

Leni Sitnick
Former Mayor of Asheville
Asheville, NC

Harold Strader
Retired Methodist Minister
Franklin, NC

Susana C. Sims

Whittier , NC

Affiliation: Registered Nurse

Lori Stephens

Waynesville , NC 28786

Affiliation: Community

Activist/Homemaker

David Gaynes

Asheville , NC

Affiliation: Advertising Consultant

Mort Jonas

Asheville , NC

Affiliation: Founding Director of EarthStage Productions Inc.

Calvin Murphy

Cherokee , NC

Affiliation: Cherokee Public Works Executive

Mark Rosenstein

Asheville, NC

Affiliation: Owner Market Place Restaurant

Dr. James Biddle M.D.

Asheville
 
NC
  
28805

Affiliation: Specialist in Mercury Toxicity

Michelle Grant

Asheville , NC

Affiliation: health educator and practitioner

Will Harlan

Barnardsville
 
NC

Affiliation: Editor, Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine

Mary Olson

Asheville, NC

Affiliation: SE Director, NIRS

Kimberly Turpin

Waynesville , NC

Affiliation: Educator

Bill Lyons

Cullowhee , NC

Affiliation: Retired Educator, former SC judge

Dr. Emily Diznoff

Barnardsville
 
NC

Affiliation: Family practice

Ted Campbell



Asheville
, 
NC

Affiliation: DWQ, DENR