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October ○ ○ ○ ○ News & Notes, continued from p. 3 ○ region. He had also been tapped to teach
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the fire ecology and weather/climate
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○ Red Rock Trail Run ○ ○ sessions of the week-long teachers
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Desk Schedule ○ ○ ○ workshop my husband and I were at-
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○ tending. The other six participants, from
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Tues/1 E. Schliepp J Geier ○ ○ he Red Rock Trail Run, a fund ○ Elko, Reno and Las Vegas looked pur-
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raising event for Friends of Red
Wed/2 N. Kresge M. Burk ○ ○ TRock Canyon, will be held on ○ posefully elsewhere and I saw my
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Thur/3 G. Sayles C. Gilmore ○ ○ ○ Saturday, November 9, starting at 8 a.m. ○ ○ chance. Id REALLY like to do that,
Fri/4 A. Berg J./H. Barrett ○ ○ ○ There will be a timed 4-mile trail race ○ ○ I proclaimed, meaning every word.
Sat/5 W. Barbuck W. Barbuck ○ ○ as well as a family fun 2-mile non-com- ○ ○ We were at 9500 ft in the mountain
Sun/6 P. VanDooremaalL./M. Utah ○ ○ ○ petitive trail Walk/Run. ○ range near Mt. Wheeler, the second
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Mon/7 C. Walker R./W. Hetzler ○ ○ Race runners will be issued shoe- ○ highest point in Nevada, where our
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Tues/8 T. Borg C. Gilmore ○ ○ ○ worn electronic timing devices and all ○ group had just watched Stan take a non-
harmful core sample from a ponderosa
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F. Rhea ○ ○ times will be verified. Race participa- ○ ○ pine which turned out to be over 400
Wed/9 N. Kresge D. Powers ○ ○ ○ tion is limited to 300 entries at a cost of ○ ○ years old. The sample is taken with a
$20 per entrant, $15 each for seniors or
M. Burk ○ ○ ○ teams of 10 or more. Race medals will ○ small diameter pipe with a sharp boring
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Thur/10 G. Sayles J./H. Barrett ○ ○ be awarded in 7 age categories. ○ end, turned by hand. The idea is to get
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Fri/11 H. Perlman P. Christensen ○ ○ ○ The Fun Walk/Run will be limited ○ very near the core of the tree, support
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I. Grieco ○ ○ to 100 participants who will be eligible ○ ○ the small cylinder of wood inside by slid-
ing a length of metal inside the shaft (a
Sat/12 G. Gabbert I. Grieco ○ ○ ○ for raffle drawings only. No awards will ○ ○ spoon), and then work it back out.
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G. Schiesser ○ ○ be given. Cost per entrant is $10 or $7.50 ○ The sample is then labeled and sent off
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Sun/13 E. Turkin R. Kinn ○ ○ ○ for teams of 5 or more. ○ to a lab for analysis. Very simple, very
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Mon/14 H. Berkowitz T. Borg ○ ○ ○ Pre-registration forms are available ○ easy, and I was very pleased to get to
F. Rhea ○ ○ at www.friendsofredrockcanyon.org and ○ ○ do it.
at the Visitor Center. Forms and infor-
Tues/15 J. Barrett T. Borg ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ The day before, three of our little
M. Rosow J. Geier ○ ○ ○ group wore knee high rubber boots while
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Wed/16 E. Schliepp D. Powers ○ ○ ○ ○ they stood in Rowland Spring right
I. Grieco M. Burk ○ ○ ○ where it popped out from the ground,
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○ measuring the velocity, turbidity, salin-
Thur/17 G. Sayles C. Gilmore ○
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Fri/18 B. Wolin P. Christensen ○
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A. Berg ○ averages, and took the same readings
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Sat/19 J. Kissosondi T. Phaendler ○ alternatively from the bank with
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Sun/20 E. Turkin L./M. Utah mation may be picked up at Land Rover ○ handheld electronic instruments. We
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Mon/21 H. Berkowitz R./M.. Augulis Las Vegas, 5255 West Sahara, Las Ve- ○ repeated this at Baker Creek, which put
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Tues/22 J. Barrett C. Gilmore gas, on November 8, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. ○ ○ our boot-wearing members to the test
Wed/23 B. Wolin M. Burk All entries must be received by No- ○ ○ happily trying to retain their footholds
Thur/24 G. Sayles T. Borg vember 8. ○ ○ in the faster moving waters.
Fri/25 H. Perlman P. Christensen ○ ○ The Great Basin National Parks
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E. Schliepp ○ ○ ○ summer. Different instructors from the
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Sat/26 R. Conductor N. Kresge ○ ○ A Magnificent Classroom ○ Bureau of Land Management, the Na-
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R. Kinn ○ ○ by Cynthia Pfaendler ○ ○ tional Park Service, and the U.S. Forest
PST 8:30 - 12:30 12:30 - 4:30 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Service teach each section. Topics,
Sun/27 E. Turkin L/.M. Utah ○ ○ ○ K, who wants to take a core ○ ○ taught both by lecture and field obser-
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Mon/28 H. Berkowitz J./H. Barrett ○ ○ sample from this limber pine? ○ vation, were geology of the region, air
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Tues/29 T. Borg C. Gilmore ○ OStan Kitchen, one of only 1,000 ○ quality, water quality, astronomy, fire
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F. Rhea J. Geier ○ fire historians employed by the U.S. ○ ecology and weather/climate. Sessions
Wed/30 B. Wolin T. Borg Forest Service nationwide, had permis- covering astronomy, journaling, lesson
Thur/31 G. Sayles T. Borg sion to be in Great Basin National Park plan creation and presentation of a
(GBNP) taking samples and studying the traveling science trunk kit specifically
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