As has been explained in the most recent issues of Happenings, the Cochise Chapter has been in an inactive status for the last two years. Chapter president Doug Ripley has been trying for the last year to find a way to return the Chapter
to an active status. The principal need is for volunteers to serve in the various officer positions, especially the president. Doug Ripley has been the chapter president since its inception in 2010 and now finds it extremely difficult to
continue in that role single handedly. Furthermore, he plans to move from Cochise County within the next 12 months. Efforts at recruiting members to help run the chapter have been unsuccessful. Consequently, Doug proposes that the
Cochise Chapter be officially designated by the AZNPS Board of Directors as an inactive chapter. This would leave open the possibility of quickly reopening the chapter if sufficient leadership came forward.
The Chapter has established a Facebook website (http://www.facebook.com/
AZNPSCochise) where much useful information about the chapter and its members is posted.
| Name | Role | Contact |
| Doug Ripley | President | jdougripley@gmail.com |
| Elliott Hendricks | Vice President | emhndrks@yahoo.com |
| Deanna Sanner | Secretary | longeyes1@msn.com |
| Pat Sullivan | Treasurer | patolisa@cox.net |
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Posted on Jul 07, 2021
From the May 21, 021 Cochise Chapter meeting:
Dylan Dorey, Park Naturalist at Kartchner Caverns State Park, spoke at length about the caverns, before becoming an Arizona State Park, how it became a State Park, and activities ongoing since the park’s inception.
Filled with historical photos and intriguing details, we think you’ll find this another interesting episode of the Cochise Chapter Meetings on Zoom.
Posted on May 04, 2021
Mike Foster is a videographer, with a focus on plants and the people of Mexico. At the April meeting of the Cochise Chapter, Mike presented a few short video segments from his library.
Posted on May 01, 2021
At the March 19, 2021 meeting of the Cochise Chapter, Bob Parks presented beautiful pictures of what many of us don’t find all that pretty: Ants, Wasps, and Bees. But these were indeed visually stunning and worthy of your time to watch.
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