The City Council has unanimously authorized the acting city attorney to take part in the decision-making process concerning NVEnergy’s goofy idea to place a new set of powerlines across the area of the proposes fossil bed national monument. (CNLV)
The Sun and the Review Journal report that Mayor Shari Buck has been in contact the the poohbahs [...]
The Protectors of Tule Springs would like folks to show up to the September 1st meeting of the North Las Vegas City Council to weigh in on NVEnergy’s proposal to add another power line corridor through the area for the proposed fossil beds national monument:
We really need you!
Protect the Upper Las Vegas Wash and the proposed [...]
Others have talking points, quick hits, or gleanettes. Nor’Towners are stuck with Sludge Cakes!
Looks the plan by NVEnergy to build another set of power transmission lines near the proposed Ice Age Park has blown a fuse. News came out Friday that the Paiute tribe has decided to allow power lines to pass through their reservation, a [...]
Mammoth Takes Stance on Harry Reid
The president of the (deep breath) North Las Vegas Alliance of Home Owners and Concerned Citizens, sent out the following statement about NV Energy’s asinine proposal to put new power transmission lines near the site of the planned fossil bed national monument:
At last evenings City Council Meeting, [...]
Mammoth Taking a Stance on Harry Reid
Well, it looks a bit like the proposed fossil beds national monument to be located in the northern valley has run smack into election year politics–kinda like a kite caught in powerlines.
NV Energy has proposed cutting through the monument with another huge set of power transmission lines similar to [...]
Okay, okay. You won’t actually become a Junior Woodchuck Fossil Specialist if you take part in the following training series, but you’ll be pretty darn close!
The San Bernardino County Museum is pleased to announce the Fall 2010 dates for the BLM Site Stewardship Program for the Upper Las Vegas Wash. The spring [...]
The North Valley Democrats will be having their monthly meeting tomorrow, July 15 at 6pm at the Aliante Library. There will be a discussion of the proposed North Wash fossil beds national monument and of the new Gold Butte National Conservation Area, and, I’m guessing, some discussion about how politicians put stuff not directly connected to [...]
Well, close enough, anyways.
Check out a new article in National Parks Magazine about the planned-for, hopefully still on-track fossil beds national monument up on the northern end of Nor’Town over here.
Hard to imagine as it might be, the northern valley was once a hotbed of cutting edge science when a bunch of scientifical folk showed up [...]
From Jill DeStefano, representing the Protectors of Tule Springs:
Greetings all –
On June 7-8th, we would like to mount a sit-up-take-notice campaign aimed at Nevada’s Congressional delegation. Why? Because
NOW is the time to get Tule Springs legislation introduced – to assure its passage during this Congress!
The endangered Bear Poppies have been enjoying the Spring rains this year.

I wandered out to the poppy zone with Julie DeStefano and other interested folk on May 2nd to view the last stages of the 2010 bloom.
Continue reading Poppies!!
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