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Adopt-a-Herd ○ mond, NV, 89004 (marked “for ○ ties, the Visitor Center and useful links.
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○ horses”). ○ A Friends section will be added
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ixty-six dollars is all it takes. ○ ○ Volunteers are also needed to help ○ ○ to The Keystone newspaper.
That’s the cost for one day of ○ ○ with the twice-daily feeding of the ○ ○ Fire restrictions in the Canyon
S feed for the Red Rock Canyon ○ horses over the next six months. Please ○ have been extended to ALL areas. No
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wild horse herd. ○ contact Barbara Vierya, NWHA at 682- ○ charcoal, campfires or other fires, with
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One of the most enduring symbols ○ 7910 for information on training and ○ the exception of gas or propane stoves,
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of Nevada is in serious danger. The wild ○ scheduling or call NWHA, 453-5853. ○ will be allowed. Smoking is restricted
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horses of Red Rock Canyon are in criti- ○ —Athena Sparks, RRCIA ○ to inside your vehicle only.
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cal condition due to the severe drought. ○ ○ The 13 Mile Campground re-
The Bureau of Land Management ○ ○ mains open with no camp host until
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July Board Notes
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(BLM) conducted an emergency gather ○ ○ ○ ○ mid-September. A gate will be installed
of the herd July 1-6. Approximately ○ ○ and locked at 10 p.m.
○ A motion was approved to do-
sixty horses were gathered and thirty- ○ ○ Per Ranger Jim Cribbs: Power augers
○ nate $1,000 to the National Wild Horse
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○ Association toward the feeding of the ○
funds; the Calico I fence has been ap-
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○ thirty-nine Red Rock Canyon wild ○
○ proved; the Red Rock Days event is in
○ horses at Oliver Ranch gathered in July. ○
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preparation.
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○ In addition, all contributions to the Visi- ○
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weeks of July will be donated. ○ ○
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Photo Contest
Photo Contest
Photo Contest
Photo Contest
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○ ○ A motion was approved to pro- ○ Photo Contest
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Winners
Winners
Winners
Winners
vide an additional $1,500 to the BLM ○ Winners
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discretionary account for this year to ○ ○
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○ fund on-going projects, bringing the ○
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Amateur:
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○ total to $2,500. ○
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1st Place - Jeff Wong;
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A motion was approved to pro-
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nine remain at the Oliver Ranch facil- 2d Place - Mary Alexander;
vide $6,400 for dust abatement ○
ity [in Red Rock Canyon] due to ○ 3d Place - Sheldon Schwartz
treatment for the 13 Mile Campground ○
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malnutrition and dehydration. ○ ○ Honorable Mention: John
facility in September prior to the climb- ○
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Friends of Red Rock Canyon and ○ ○ Kadlec, Deborah Popejoy, Art
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the Red Rock Canyon Interpretive As- ○ ○ The budget to-date shows in- ○ ○ Seifert, Mary Cole.
sociation (RRCIA) have each donated ○ ○ come ahead of estimates and expenses ○ ○
$1,000 to help with the estimated ○ below estimate. The 2002 budget pe- ○ ○ Children:
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$2,000 per month feed costs. [Friends ○ riod ends September 30. ○ ○ 1st Place - Cameron Burns
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will also contribute all donation box ○ Security and collection proce- ○ ○ 2d Place - Bryce Henning
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money for the last two weeks of July]. ○ dures have been established for the ○ 3d Place - Teiji Aoki
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The National Wild Horse Association ○ Calico I donation box. ○ ○ Honorable Mention: Duncan
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Wilson, Charlotte Ferguson,
(NWHA), working in conjunction with ○ The next board meeting will be ○ ○ Kenny Wullner.
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the BLM, has overall responsibility for ○ held on August 13, at the Visitor Cen- ○ ○
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the care and feeding at Oliver Ranch. ○ ter at 4 p.m. ○
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Please consider making a tax de- ○ BLM Report, per Acting Visitor Center ○ 1st Place - Barron Haley
ductible donation for the care of the Red ○ ○ Manager Brian Buttazoni: ○ ○ 2d Place - Peggy Hamlen
Rock herd. Contributions can be made ○ ○ The Red Rock Canyon website ○ ○ 3d Place - Hal Kern
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either to NWHA, P.O. Box 12207, Las ○ is under reconstruction. The focus will ○ Honorable Mention: Barron
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Vegas, NV 89112 or to Friends of Red ○ be to provide more complete visitor in- ○ Haley
Rock Canyon, P.O. Box 97, Blue Dia- formation on Canyon sites, activi-
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