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long it took to get into Red Rock Canyon and to
complete the Scenic Drive, how many times traffic
stopped along the drive, and how many people you
saw at different stops along the way. We could re-
ally use a team of volunteers to help us collect some
of this data on a day when you are already planning
to visit Red Rock Canyon. Look for an email about
a training workshop later this winter or contact
Chad if you are interested in becoming one of these
monitoring volunteers.

We are working with other volunteers and BLM
departments to measure impacts to soil,
vegetation, wildlife, and cultural resources related
to increased visitation at Red Rock Canyon. Taken
together, these aspects will provide valuable in-
collected another 400 satisfaction surveys at sights into capacity issues at Red Rock Canyon.
several sites along the Scenic Drive. Both surveys
will help us highlight Thank you for all
certain aspects that of your support of
the BLM can focus on this project! If you
in the future. have questions or

comments, please
It is also important contact Chad Kooistra
to hear people talk at (775) 636-5145 or
about their experienc- ckooistra@thegreat-
es at Red Rock Can- basininstitute.org.
yon in more detail. In We look forward to
December, we held hearing from you and
several small group sending more updates
discussions with Red as we move ahead
Rock Canyon with this project.
volunteers to get their
thoughts about the
impact of increased visitation. If you did not have
a chance to participate in those discussions and
would like to give us your insights, please contact
me directly to set up a time to talk.

Another opportunity to share your insights is
through a brief survey online. You can find the sur-
vey at www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4035233/RRC. We
hope to get many responses, so please take a few
minutes to answer a couple questions and send the
link to others.

We are also conducting vehicle and visitor
counts using mechanical counters at different
sites along the Scenic Drive. We developed some
simple forms that volunteers can fill out when you
visit the NCA. These forms record things like how All photos by Chad Kooistra

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