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➤ Friends will develop a traveling ○ Paths were built to lead visitors to the ○ the years that could not have been done
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“speaker’s tour” presentation on Friends, ○ most used gate. A worktable was built ○ by paid staff alone.
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RRCIA and BLM to be delivered to li- ○ during the only snowfall we’ve had in a Just 40 hours a year is all it takes in
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braries and local groups. A training class ○ few years at the Visitor Center—a cold- ○ “making a difference” for Red Rock
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will be held at the BLM Field Office for ○ fingered adventure to say the least. ○ Canyon. And . . . you will earn an annual
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interested volunteers. ○ ○ The natural landscaping around the ○
➤ The next phase of the Memorial ○ perimeter will be an ongoing project, an ○
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Walkway will be installed in mid-May. ○ experiment in propagation and growth as ○
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○ well as beautification. The designation of ○
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Ready, Willing and Able ○ the corral will be “Native Plant Propaga- ○
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by Clara Hatz ○ tion.” It would be a good thing to honor ○
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the many groups of volunteers with a ○
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eplacing and refurbishing the ○ sign, but to do that would seriously de- ○
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Visitor Center landscape is a ○ plete a forest. ○
R continuing effort. Native plants ○ ○ Volunteers built the native plant nurs- ○ ○ pass and volunteer award at the same
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are needed, so a Plant Nursery became ○ ery, the work areas and applied the ○ time. Recording those hours is vital to
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one of the projects for Red Rock Days ○ ○ finishing touches. Volunteers will main- ○ keep our fair share of the ever-shrinking
last fall. Red Rock Days 2002 dawned ○ ○ tain it. ○ ○ allotment of government resources. You
cloudy, chilly, misty, threatening, and dis- ○ As long as the corral stands, as long ○ can enter hours three ways: record them
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mal. A group of willing and able people ○ as a blossom germinated in the nursery in the Volunteer Hours book at the
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came to give back to the community. ○ shows its pretty face, the native plant ○ Visitor Center; leave a message at
nursery will be a tribute to community ○ 255-8743; or, e-mail them to
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spirit,volunteerism and partnership be- ○ chuckwilliams@sprintmail.com.
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○ tween caring people and the Department ○ Thanks for making a difference.
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○ of the Interior. ○
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○ Meet Burro “Elizabeth”
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Your time is money!
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lain and simple, volunteer hours ome to the Red Rock Canyon
○ ○ are DOWN 15% through the first ○ corral behind the Homer Morgan
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P six months of our fiscal year, even ○C Pavilion on Saturday, May 24, to
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○ ○ meet an adopted wild burro named Eliza-
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○ the same period. Why? Fewer people are ○ beth. This gentle animal was a Christmas
left to right: Rich Perks, Clara Hatz, ○ doing more of the work; OR, workers are ○ gift eight years ago, obtained through the
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Joi Moffat, Susan Kent ○ BLM National
not always recording their hours at the ○
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volunteer office. ○ Adoption Pro-
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They came to work and all their wishes ○ ○ gram. Elizabeth
○ Your time is worth a lot to Red Rock ○
were granted. These hard workers ○ ○
○ Canyon. Because of the record number ○ has participated
descended on an open area next to the ○
○ of hours you contributed in the last two in parades and
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employee parking lot. ○ pageants, horse
years (over 30,000!), Red Rock Canyon ○
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First on the agenda was a trench for ○ ○ shows and eques-
○ has become a highly visible asset to the ○
the base of the nursery corral fence. No ○ ○ National BLM. That helps BLM to se- ○ trian fairs as an example of “long ears, a
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big deal, the work went fast . . . for the ○ ○ cure more support for Canyon priorities. ○ hard head, and love.”
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first half-inch. They discovered a whole ○ Funding for public lands, ○ This program is part of the ongoing
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civilization of rocks under the surface ○ environmental conservation, habitat ○ wild herd education program sponsored
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they needed to dig through—small rocks, ○ protection, and wild horse herd manage- ○ by the BLM and the National Wild Horse
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big rocks and big granddaddy rocks! ○ ○ ment is at critically low levels. Your time ○ Association.
These lucky people learned about the ○ ○ is a valuable resource. You have partici- ○ ○
bane of desert gardeners. pated in many rehabilitation projects over ○ News & Notes, continued on page 6
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