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call LeNola McClure at 341-8137. Vol- ○ fencing at the Lost Creek parking lot to ○ visit the Friends website at
unteers were accepted for the audit and ○ ○ prevent further trail braiding, replace the ○ ○ www.friendsofredrockcanyon.org.
board nominating committees. ○ ○ fencing and signage at the Native Ameri- ○ ○
• The Natural Resources committee ○ ○ can rock shelter, install steps from the ○ ○
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has developed a project workbook list- ○ parking lot to the east trail head for safer “325”
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ing tasks individuals may select and ○ access to the trail, close off and replant ○ ○ by Pat Williams
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implement at their convenience. On-go- ○ existing braided trails, build up the north ○ ○
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ing larger group projects are also listed . ○ bank with rocks or timber and construct ○ ○ hat does that mean?? Three
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• The Environmental Education com- ○ an elevated walkway and viewing decks ○ ○ hundred twenty-five. No, it’s
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mittee is expanding projects to the school ○ to protect sensitive riparian and desert Wnot the size of my car engine
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district and Lake Mead. Those who ○ meadow. The work will be done by vol- ○ ○ or, fortunately, my weight. “325” is the
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would like to work with children are ○ unteers and BLM staff, Master Garden- ○ ○ latest (drum roll please) member total for
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asked to call Jay Bartos at 258-9895 ext. ○ ers and professional carpenters. ○ ○ Friends.
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109 or Kathy August at 363-1921. ○ ○ The estimated cost for the project ○ ○ We gained nine new members dur-
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• The Membership committee reported ○ is $30,000 to $40,000 and will be funded ○ ing the recent EcoJam earthday celebra-
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a 31% increase in membership and a ○ by Friends. ○ tion. These brave and hardy souls braved
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24% increase in volunteer hours to 7,797 ○ ○ ○ the elements (cold, windy and periods
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year-to-date. The goal is 355 members ○ ○ Dedication Walkway ○ of rain) to learn more about conserving
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by the close of the fiscal year and 13,000 ○ ○ our natural resources and the environ-
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volunteer hours; ○ ○ ○ ment. Literature about Red Rock Can-
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• The Cultural Resources commit- ○ ○ he quiet beauty of Red Rock Can- ○ yon and Friends was distributed to
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tee has begun a survey of the ○ ○ yon has inspired and replenished ○ aproximately 100 people. The highlight
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Brownstone Canyon cultural site. ○Tthe human spirit since the time of ○ of the day was the drawing for the
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○ the Ancient Ones. Its rugged cliffs are ○ children’s prizes—stuffed animals indig-
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○ at once majestic and timeless, fragile and ○ enous to Red Rock Canyon. The adult
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Restoration Plan for ○ vulnerable. ○ drawings, not nearly as much fun, were
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Lost Creek ○ ○ Over the years, the Bureau of Land ○ a gift certificate to the RRCIA Gift and
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○ Management (BLM) has received many ○ Book Store and Red Rock yearly passes
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he Lost Creek Trail is home to a ○ requests from families wishing to pro- ○ awarded as prizes.
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rare desert spring and meadow, a ○ vide a memorial for a loved one in the ○ ○ The following weekend, Friends
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Tlovely seasonal waterfall and an- ○ canyon. A program of commemorative ○ participated in the annual Siena Spring
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cient petroglyphs. Each year, upwards ○ benches was instituted in suitable areas ○ Festival. The weather was much more
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of 10,000 school children visit the area ○ ○ in 1998, however the available locations ○ cooperative (long underwear and mittens
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as part of their environmental education ○ ○ were quickly filled. ○ were not needed) and Friends gained 4
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curriculum. ○ ○ In response to a growing number ○ new members.
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Add to that number the thousands ○ ○ of requests, the BLM has designed a ○ ○ Many thanks to the stalwart Friends
of tourists and other hikers who frequent ○ ○ walkway to be located around the tor- ○ who gave up a Saturday to help spread
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the trail annually and you have a serious ○ ○ toise habitat adjacent to the Visitor Cen- ○ the word: Rosemary Keough and Reg
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problem with erosion, trail braiding, loss ○ ○ ter. A limited number of engraved natu- ○ Zeitlin shivered through EcoJam bravely
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of vegetation and (of course) trash. ○ ○ ral red sandstone tiles will be placed in ○ and Willie Stephanich and Chuck Will-
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The restoration plan, drawn jointly ○ ○ segments until the walkway is complete. ○ iams endured the Las Vegas “mild
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by Friends and the BLM, is to install ○ ○ The area is easily accessible and over- ○ breezes and dry heat” for our Siena out-
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looks the stunning Calico Hills. ○ ing.
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Friends of Red Rock Canyon will Thanks also to the Red Rock Can-
administer the program with all proceeds yon Interpretive Assn. for the donations
applied to the preservation and enhance- of children’s prizes (some of the parents
ment of the Conservation Area. For got really ugly when their children didn’t
information or an application, call win) and to Mark Rekshynskyj who do-
the Visitor Center at 363-1921 or nated Red Rock Canyon passes. ’
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