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Tues. 6, “Windy Peak” - Climb the back these beautiful animals. No sign-up required. Chris, going as far as Wilson Tank before
route from Mountain Springs with Chris past Sat. 10, “Bats in Our Belfry” - Go batty returning via the Dead horse trail. This loop
the high limestone ridges and on to the dis- with Ranger Jim and learn about the mammal man hike totals 7 miles with 1200 ft elevation
tinctive red sandstone peak on the south end has tried to mimic. Class runs from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. gain. Stren..
of the escarpment overlooking Cottonwood Fri. 16, “Terrace Canyon” - The boulder Fri. 30, “Red & Black Mountains (Boul-
Valley and Las Vegas. This is an out-and-back scrambling never seems to end on this 6-mile der City)” - Hike to the summits on both peaks
hike of 5 miles and 1000-ft gain. Mod./Stren. jaunt through South Fork Pine Creek with with Chris on this 7-mile loop with 1500-ft eleva-
Sat. 10, “Black Mountain (Hender- Chris. The out-and-back hike is suitable only tion gain. Route up to Red Mountain will climb
son)” - This is the only hike around Las Ve- for experienced hikers. Participants should through Bootleg Canyon and the return from
gas where a shovel marks the start of the trail. be prepared to go past the top of the escarp- Black Mountain will be on normal trail. Stren.
Climb 2,100 feet with Chris on this 6-mile out- ment. Very strenuous.
and-back hike past unique rock formations Sat. 17, “Explore Calico Hills-#3 of 3”
and vegetation. See all of Las Vegas from the - Join Peppe for the last hike in this series
top. Mod;/Stren. of exploring the Calico Hills from the inside
Sat. 10, “Explore Calico Hills-#2 of 3” out, from bottom to top and all around. There September Board Notes
- Join Peppe in this series of exploring the will be a lot of rock scrambling during these
Calico Hills from the inside out, from bottom adventures. Mod;/Stren; 4 mi.  Total Assets were reported at
to top and all around. There will be a lot of Sat. 17, “Look for Signs of Fall” - Hike $267,294.03.
rock scrambling during these adventures. along Oak Creek with Pat where you will be  A funding request of $2,580 for the
Mod;/Stren; 4 mi. looking for signs of wildlife and the colors of Mojave Max Project was
Sat. 10, “Living Symbols of the West” Fall! Mod; 3 mi. unanimously approved
(10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; Visitor Center) - Sun. 18, “Bridge Mountain” - Join beyond the small annual
Have you ever wanted to go back in time? George for this 7-mile round trip adventure that Friends contribution,
Now you can experience the living West to- you’ll never forget. In my opinion, this is the best since the program has
been expanded and
day. The National Wild Horse Association, scrambling hike in Red Rock. Very strenuous. its budget cut. The
in conjunction with the BLM, will have a wild Tues. 20, “Bird Spring Mountains” - motion was offered by
horse or burro on display for public interaction Hike to Badger Pass and across the top of Secretary Sparks and seconded by
at the. Please come and learn more about the Bird Spring Range east of Mt. Potosi with Vice president Friesema.
 The Internet Trail Guide is tabled
until Bob Taylor, BLM, has an opportunity
to present it.
News & Notes, cont’d. from p.3  The President and Vice president
Mad Max met with Visitor Center Manager Lisa
Christianson concerning the new
Max is going to be awfully disappointed when he wakes up from his winter Friends volunteer agreement.
brumation. He may not know it yet, but his harem has been tort-napped—re-  Friends has asked for a “good faith
letter” until the agreement is drafted and
moved bag and baggage to a new (temporary) habitat at the Desert Tortoise approved so that Friends can continue
Conservation Center before the new Visitor Center construction begins. The its support for BLM.
section of the Red Rock Canyon Desert Tortoise Habitat reserved for the fe-  President Williams expects to see
male tortoises will be partly intruded upon by the construction process. We’ll about 250 volunteers for the MADD event,
have to put up with his grumbling for quite a while including representatives from the Great
until it’s finished. Basin Institute.
Max will, perhaps, be reasonable about BLM Updates:
this unexpected turn of events when he learns  Work is underway to get the new
it’s all about keeping the girls happy and se- modular for the construction phase of the
cure. With all the surveying and excavating new Visitor Center.
(and the noisy machines trundling about), the  Demolition of the old office in the
girls would decidedly NOT be happy. Then Max Visitor Center begins in October.
wouldn’t be happy, either. But Max will be happy
to welcome them back to their own renovated digs—uh, burrows—when the RRCIA Updates:

Work continues on the Old Spanish
new Center is completed. Sorry Max. . . . Trail project.
 The final deliverable (Red Spring
railings) for the Reynolds Grant is
being completed.
1 d, 2 a, 3 b, 4 T, 5 b, 6 d, 7 a, 8 d, 9 d, 10 d, 11 T, 12 c, 13 b, 14 b, 15 d.
ANSWERS TO QUIZ:
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