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10 Friends oF red rock canyon

While You Were Gone (Continued from page 9)

In the Zoom Room.
Conducting a board
meeting in unusual
circumstances.

Top to bottom and left to
right: Greg Darrow, Pat
Williams, Shari Young,
Chelsea Conlin, Erin Mc-
Dermott, Joe Labie, Tom
Lisby, Susan Gonzalez and
Patricia Potter.

planning sessions for the “New Normal.” Even Canyon Cleanup mascot, “Trashy Tina,” has
the editing of this issue of “the Rock” was done even helped with feeding our Resident Rock
via Zoom... We may never meet in Stars… She has been reprimanded
person again. for going into the Tortoise Habitat
without the required training and
New memberships have been re- has since submitted the appropriate
ceived and processed; $6,690 was paperwork.
raised on GivingTuesdayNow, well
over our goal of $5,000; the Dedi- The Southern Nevada Conser-
cation Walkway had its scheduled vancy (SNC) Interpretive Team,
installation in May; and the tortoise who develop and run the interpretive
and hummingbird volunteers have hikes and programs, began working
Volunteers dedicated to the preservation of Red Rock Canyon
continued their work to take care on virtual activities for their website
of our creature friends. In addition, with the theme, “When You Can’t
McDermott has been writing grants Come to Red Rock Canyon, Red
while at home and continues to be Masked Trashy Tina not Rock Canyon Can Come to You.”
the point person for Friends. socially distancing from a Director of Interpretive Program-
Rock Star ming for SNC, Janis Kadlec, said
The Tortoise Habitat and Hum- that their first project was the Pine
mingbird volunteers, as noted above, have Creek Canyon Trail Virtual Hike; this virtual
been extremely hike is already up and available. Lost Creek
diligent about Trail/Children’s Discovery Trail Virtual Hike
caring for our which is almost complete. Their website is:
creature friends: www.redrockcanyonlv.org.
Through spe-
cial arrange- I think Susan Gonzalez says it best about how
ments with the much we all miss Red Rock Canyon. “What I
BLM and with miss the most is the energy I feel at Red Rock
strict protocols Canyon. There is that beautiful drive to get our
in place, both day going. The excitement I get when I go out
teams are able to visit the tortoises every day. The passion from
to maintain their our volunteers, visitors and our co-workers fuel
new normal the day with the most spectacular backdrop.”
schedules. The

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