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regardless of contest judging and placement, are eligible
for inclusion. This calendar, also created entirely by vol-

unteers, provides funding for
the programs and services sup-
ported by Friends of Red Rock
Canyon. You can purchase
your copy of Visions of Red

Rock at Elements Gift and Book
Store in the Visitor Center or via the Friends online
store at www.friendsofredrockcanyon.org.

Authors note: The Bureau of Land
Management maintains the
hummingbird feeders to track the
different species that migrate
through or live in the Mojave De-
sert. There are several “banding
sessions” annually to record the
movements of this tiny bird. Banding the hummers.
Photo courtesy RRCIA
Background Photo - Antonio Santo “Rain Chaser”

Friends Protect… (continued from page 7)
launched the NCA’s first-ever Artist-in-Residence sheep, sage grouse and migratory birds — and thus
program, hosting a painter and a photographer to cre- serve as litmus tests for the health of this water-
ate and disseminate artwork representative of the strapped ecosystem.
Black Rock Desert and its environs. Stop by our office at 320 Main St. in Gerlach, NV.

We’re also continuing our Citizen Spring Invento- To volunteer and learn more about the area, visit us on
ry, in which volunteers use GPS-equipped tablets and the web at www.blackrockdesert.org and
water-quality meters to monitor the hundreds of www.facebook.com/blackrockdesert.

undescribed springs dotting the NCA. These oases
provide essential habitat for wildlife such as bighorn Peter Pearsall is
an AmeriCorps
volunteer and
the Stewardship
Program Assis-
tant for Friends
of Black Rock -
High Rock.

A freelance jour-
nalist and avoca-
tional naturalist,
Peter splits his
time between his native Seattle and the Black Rock
Reno-based Envirolutions students and staff pose after a collab-
orative habitat restoration project near Soldier Meadows. Desert.
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