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Article Photos By Roger Hembree

volunteers, progress had been slow. It was agreed Step construction The Red Rock Day Commit-
that Red Rock Day 2015 would be devoted to fixing tee would like to thank all those
Pine Creek Trail. community volunteers, as well as

BLM and RRCIA staff and regu-
“Easy” work of clearing the cobbles At meetings lar volunteers, for dedicating
beginning in Janu- their Saturday morning to
ary, your Red improving Pine Creek Trail.
Rock Day Com- We live in a city of two mil-
mittee identified
five projects along lion people, many of whom have
Pine Creek Trail never even visited Red Rock
and recruited team Washout repairs Canyon. What a great opportuni-
leaders for each. ty – for us and for them – to in-
Next, the commit- volve as many volunteers as pos-
tee reached out to sible to join us to accomplish our
the community for volunteers. Red Rock Day has mission to preserve, protect and
enrich Red Rock Canyon!
always been a family-friendly event with tasks for all
ages and abilities. This year, youngsters and families
focused on the “easy” work of clearing cobbles from
the main trail while other volunteers built stairs, re- About the author:
paired washouts, fixed check dams and naturalized Larry Dunn is
social trails. The trail after... a volunteer
member of

We were pleased to be joined by two groups – the Friends
Natural Re-
the Las Vegas Mountaineers Club and the Shine City sources Com-
Project – who did much of the check dam and wash- mittee and
out repairs. Following the morning workout, volun- has been do-
ing trail work
teers gathered at the Visitor Center for a picnic lunch at Red Rock for over ten years. Wel-
provided by Friends. come to the Rock’s team of contrib-
uting writers!

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