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Sloan Canyon . . . a legacy in art ○ unusually rich cultural heritage, Sloan ○ ○ Committee and board reports for
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Canyon is listed in the National Register
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eep within meandering canyons ○ of Historic Places. ○ to the Secretary by Feb 3.
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and volcanic hills south of ○ Five hundred acres adjacent to the ○ The next Tortoise Trot Race will
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DHenderson lies a veritable gal- ○ NCA will be auctioned off within a year. ○ be held on Saturday, Nov. 8. A volunteer
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lery of Native American rock art known ○ The proceeds will become part of the ○ is needed to coordinate the event com-
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○ funds needed to build and operate facili- ○ mittee. Interested parties should contact
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○ Pat Williams as soon as possible.
ties in the NCA. ○
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Because Sloan is not now ○
easily accessible by vehicle, ○ ○
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plans will have to include ○ “Lichens” at the Visitor Center
limited roadway construc- ○
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tion. Even so, this will not be ○ he first of the traveling exhibits
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a drive-through experience. for the Visitor Center, Lichens:
Access to the art will still ○TFine Details of the Natural Land-
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largely be on foot. The BLM ○ scape, will run Feb. 17-May 11. The
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has three years to come up ○ exhibit, originally organized by the Oak-
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with a final management plan ○ land Museum in Oakland, Calif., has been
for the site, “to conserve, ○ brought to the Visitor Center courtesy of
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protect and enhance for the ○ the Bureau of Land Management, Friends
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as Sloan Canyon. Its images are thought ○ ○ benefit and enjoyment of present and fu- ○ of Red Rock Canyon, and the Red Rock
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to be as old as 900, and possibly 2,000 ○ ture generations the cultural, archaeologi- ○ Canyon Interpretive Assn.
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years old, spanning a time period into the ○ cal and natural wilderness” and other re- ○ California naturalists Sylvia and
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late 1800s. Tableaus depicting cowboys ○ sources. ○ Stephen Sharnoff have crossed the coun-
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with rifles may represent the days during ○ BLM district archaeologist Stanton ○ try studying lichens. Forty-nine striking
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which Antonio Armijo, a New Mexican ○ ○ Rolf, was quoted as saying that any man- ○ ○ photographs, selected from their work, il-
trader, scouted the Southern Nevada por- ○ ○ agement plans for the NCA would solicit ○ lustrate this ancient and complex life form
tion of the Old Spanish Trail from the ○ input from Native Americans with ances- ○ that splashes its intriguing shapes and
Santa Fe area to California in 1829 and ○ tral ties to the area. Those associated with ○ colors throughout the desert landscape.
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1830. ○ the site are primarily the Yuman-speak- ○ We invite you to stop by and learn about
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This newest National Conservation ○ ing tribes along the Colorado River. ○ the fascinating symbiotic relationship
Area (NCA) in Nevada will be dedicated ○ ○ As with all protected public lands, ○ ○ between fungi and algae.
by the Bureau of Land Management ○ ○ parks and monuments, the most daunt- ○ ○
(BLM) on Monday, February 17, 2003. ○ ○ ing and persistent challenge was voiced ○ ○
by Rolf: “One issue facing management ○
Part of the 440,000-acre Clark County ○ General Meeting
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is how to prevent resource damage and
Conservation of Public Lands and Natu- ○ ○ and Memorial Celebration
still allow people to enjoy the area.”
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ral Resources Act of 2002, sponsored and ○ ○
Solving that problem for Sloan and other
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presented by U.S. Senators Harry Reid ○ ○
managed areas will depend on the qual- ○ Friends Quarterly General Meet
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and John Ensign and U.S. Representative ○ ○
ity and quantity of dedicated resources ○ ing will be held at the Visitor
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John Gibbons, this 48,438-acre parcel, 15 ○ ○ACenter on Saturday, February 22,
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miles southeast of Las Vegas in the rug- ○ ○ at 3 p.m. Volunteer help would be ap-
You may view some of the
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ged, newly-designated North ○ preciated to assist with set-up in the
extensive Sloan rock art at
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McCullough Wilderness, shelters 200 ○ ○ http:/www.forsythlv.com/sloan.htm. ○ ○ Friends Room at 2:30 p.m.
panels of rock art representing over 600 ○ ○ At the conclusion of the business
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separate images. In all, there are over Board Notes ○ meeting, there will be a memorial celebra-
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1,700 petroglyphs and pictographs in and ○ ○ A motion to test one dog-potty re- ○ tion in honor of Landis Graden. A
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around the canyon, representing the larg- ○ ceptacle, with bags and signing at ○ memorial plaque for the rest room pavil-
est collection in Nevada. Because of its the Fee Station parking lot was approved. ion will be presented.
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