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○ The Masters of Gardening ○ manages the area between the Visitor
Center and Fee Station along with her
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B. Wolin --> E. Rothfuss R. Keough C. Gilmore Open E. Schliepp B. Wolin --> E. Rothfuss ○ ○ ○ o some, the desert around Jean, invasive species, watering, re-planting,
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volunteer “Weed Warriors,” pulling out
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M./L. Utah J. Barrett > < M. Burk J. Schillaci H. Berman I. Grieco M./L. Utah J. Barrett ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ it makes an ideal setting for 4 X 4 truck ○ the Tortoise Habitat. Clara has hopes
T by bare-rock mountains and
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wind-swept expanses of alkaline sand,
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L. Klasse H. Berkowitz N. Turner L. Vavak G. Sayles M. Slagle Open Open H. Berkowitz N. Turner > < ○ commercials, Hollywood action films stocks of native Red Rock area plants.
○ and off-road racing. To the women of
Among the many undertakings of
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○ the Jean Conservation Camp—a mini- the Southern Nevada Master Gardeners
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○ mum security facility operated by the is the James Hardie Gypsum Mine
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Nevada Department of Corrections and project on Blue Diamond Hill, partially
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Sun/21 Mon/22 Tues/23 Wed/24 Thurs/25 Fri/26 Sat/27 Sun/28 Mon/29 Tues/30 ○ ○ ○ the Nevada Department of Forestry— ○ located in the Conservation Area. Prior
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the Jean desert is a classroom. Through
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a prison Master Gardner program de- ○ are removed and relocated to areas in
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APRIL DESK SCHEDULE
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○ veloped by the University of Nevada ○ need of rehabilitation either at the mine
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○ Cooperative Extension, the women
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○ site or to other project sites like Red
C. Gilmore E. Schliepp Open R. Keough --> E. Rothfuss C. Gilmore D. Powers --> E. Schliepp ○ study plant biology, soil science, plant ○ Rock Canyon. Over 40 thousand plants
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○ nomenclature and specific plant care. have been moved off “the Hill,” with
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○ The program extends beyond the posi- about 2,800 going to Red Rock and at
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tive psychological effects of gardening least 10 thousand to state highway
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I. Grieco H. Perlman --> A. Berg J. Barrett > < M. Burk I. Grieco P. Olson Open ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ to practical benefits, teaching skills to ○ ○ areas. Cactus and other plants have been
used to protect delicate desert soils from
start a new life.
damage by hikers and off-
The first Master Gardener program
G. Sayles M. Slagle P. Olson E. Meeks H. Berkowitz N. Turner L. Vavak G. Sayles E. Turkin Open ○ ○ was started at Washington State Uni-
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○ versity (WSU) in 1972 as a way to
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Thurs/11 Fri/12 Sat/13 Sun/14 Mon/15 Tues/16 Wed/17 Thurs/18 Fri/19 Sat/20 ○ Master Gardeners were mar-
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gardeners clamoring for advice.
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R./W. HETZLER E. Rothfuss C. Gilmore D. Gillette --> --> S. Valladao J. Barrett E. Rothfuss D. Powers ○ ○ for helping the public with
Volunteers for the program re-
ceived extensive horticultural
training by WSU in exchange
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E. TURKIN > < > < > < D./V. Wray W. Barbuck > < <-- > < M. Burk ○ their gardening problems. Today, ○
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in all 50 states. In the mid-80’s, the highway vehicles within the recently
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program was brought to the Las Vegas established Overton Trails system and
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Valley and by 1992, the Clark County throughout Southern Nevada.
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H. BERKOWITZ N. Turner L. Vavak G. Sayles E. Meeks H. Berkowitz N. Turner L. Vavak ○ ter Gardener program. ○ ○ ○ Master Gardener for the mine area,
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According to Richard Leifried, the lead
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There are over 600 plants species
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Nevada; 37 of them grow on the Hill,
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○ plants are highly adapted to their harsh ○ including the Blue Diamond Cholla,
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MON/1 Tues/2 Wed/3 Thurs/4 Fri/5 Sat/6 Sun/7 Mon/8 Tues/9 Wed/10 ○ ○ ○ environment, with over a million ○ ○ ○ found nowhere else.
visitors a year plants in the high traffic
Each weekend during spring and
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areas around the Visitor Center often ○
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need extra help. Master Gardener Clara
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Changes? Call Harley Decker (791-0713) ○
Hatz, Landscape Committee Chair, plants from new mining sectors to