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November Board Notes: Tortoise Conservation Area for adop- such as aluminum and plastic. Chuck
tion. He was 9 yrs. old and all the Tort Williams of the recycling committee
4 A motion was offered and volunteers miss him. reports issues concerning the pro-
carried to drop membership in the gram:
Association of Partners for Public The Bachelor Pad This fall, after =Picking up recycled items
Lands in view of their current focus the last heavy rains, Max’s lower bur- should have gone to contract within
on interpretive associations. row flooded, as it had last February. a year. The NDEP admits this is not
4 EE Committee Chair Norm The burrow was removed and relocat- within their budget.
Kresge reports over 30 applications ed to higher ground, but Max doesn’t = Volunteers have been operat-
for Bus Transportation Scholarships seem happy with the new arrangement. ing the program for a year.
for school groups. Lack of drivers and He rarely goes into it. He’s been trying = Low volume of material, in-
district black-out dates have drastically to dig a new one under the yucca, but ability to cleanly separate, and Red
reduced field trips in recent years. The he barely fits, so it’s not adequate for Rock Canyon’s location make it all
committee is exploring the cost of of- a winter burrow. At one point, he was but impossible to retain a vendor who
fering charter busses to the school trying to climb up the partially fallen will pick it up.
district for this program. yucca. If he fell over from there, he The Committee officially recom-
4 Recommendations were made probably mends dissolving the program.
regarding the status of the recycling would not Mark Rekshynskyj asked that the
program. Secretary Athena Sparks be able to bins be moved to the campground.
will research other options, such as right him-
working with UNLV, before officially self. There In light of these issues, Camp-
dissolving the program. She will report has been ground Committee Chairman Barb
by mid-December. flooding in Jorgensen is asking everyone to
4 The temporary modular of- other bur- discontinue bringing any recy-
fices for Friends and the Red Rock rows and cling items to the campground,
Interpretive Association have been v a r i o u s effective immediately.
furnished and are operational with
electricity and Internet access. temporary fixes have been initiated.
4 A War Memorial for Red More permanent solutions will be Trail Management:
Rock has been proposed by Phil installed later this winter. Plans, Projects and People
Rendazzo (at no cost to Friends) that
will maintain the design standards We can’t leave out the liz- he Bureau of Land Manage-
of the existing memorial walkway. ards . . . they, too, have some habitat ment National Training Cen-
The expected completion date is repair scheduled. The five new volun- Tter, in cooperation with the
around December 17. teers for the torts and lizards have been Friends of Red Rock Canyon, US Fish
4 The BLM reports that the AM very dedicated and all parties seem to and Wildlife Service, National Park
radio transmitter is up and running on be enjoying their time together. Service, US Forest Service, and the
the Scenic Drive. Tune to AM 1610. Federal Highway Administration is
sponsoring a course in trail manage-
Habitat News Recycling Program on Hold ment to be held at the Suncoast Hotel
Carol Snyder reports . . . and Casino in Las Vegas, NV from
February 27 – March 3, 2006.
lans for the Red Rock Canyon
A recycling program were initi- Whether you are a trail volunteer,
This training is open to everyone!
wolf in sheep’s clothing? The
jig is up . . . he’s been found Pated in July 2004 after receiving
a member of a “friends” group, or
out. It was determined a few a grant of $7,800 from the Nevada
weeks ago that tortoise hatchling #2, Division of Environmental Protection a federal, state or local government
“Babe,” is a male tortoise living in (NDEP). Paper Recycling of Nevada employee involved with trails, this
the female habitat. A biologist from agreed to free pick-up of their dump- training is for you!
headquarters came and verified the sters, as well as a payment to Friends
finding. Babe was relocated to the for various recycling components, News and Notes, continued on page 5

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