The Crescenta Valley Sierra Club Group will introduce Sierra Club members Joe Young and Gayle Taylor, who will present “Investigating Threats to Chimps in Uganda,” on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the La Crescenta Los Angeles County Public Library.
Young and Taylor will share experiences of the Earthwatch Expedition to the Budongo Forest Reserve, the largest remaining tropical rainforest in East Africa. Their program describes daily activities in the forest, the tracking of chimps and monkeys, discovery of illegal snares and destructive activities. Interviews with local villagers will offer farming alternatives and assistance providing medicine to farm animals.
Included will be a weekend visit to Murchison Falls and scenes from Entebbe and Kampala, Uganda.
The program begins following the Conservation and Outings news. It is a free event and all are welcome. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call Wayne Fisher, program chair at (818) 353-4181. The La Crescenta library is located at 2809 Foothill Blvd.
Sierra Club to Present ‘Chimps in Uganda’ Feb. 14
