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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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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. [...] There will be a Bear Poppy walk on Sunday May 2nd. Detail courtesy of Julie DeStefano: The bearpoppies are in full bloom and beautiful this year. I have several requests for a walk, so on Sunday May 2nd at 11am we will meet at Aliante Parkway and Grand Teton. Park cars across street by Waterfall. [...] BLM folk will be out and about next week soliciting comments on the draft of their Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Upper Vegas Wash. Everyone is invited to attend the meeting and hopefully support either alternative A which sets aside 13,000 acres for stuff such as fossile bed preservation or the BLM’s preferred alternative [...] This weeks’ events include: Grand opening of Rory Reid for Governor Las Vegas office, Tue, Feb 16 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, 4350 S. Arville Unit 26, Las Vegas NV 89103. Special meeting of city council looking into a proposal to allow fire department to transport folks to hospital in an emergency, Wednesday, February 17, [...] The Las Vegas Sun apparently found a staffer still on the payroll to pen a piece about the BLM’s generally favorable position on the proposed Upper Las Vegas Wash national monument. (Sun) One thing that strikes me about the article is how all the cooperation between all the various government agencies would not have happened [...] |
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