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Friends of Nevada Wilderness FROM THE FRONT LINES: Help friends stay strong for the future 2 WELCOME: New staff member in Las Vegas 2 TAKE A HIKE: Sweetwater Range 3 RESTORATION: Public Lands Day 4 7 INSIDE2007 VOLUNTEER TRIPS: Mark your calendar Friends of Nevada Wilderness OCTOBER 2007 Meghan Sural: Wilderness for Lyon, Confessions Mineral counties? of a wilderness A new public land bill volunteer process begins Aaaaahhh. The second week in June. Two weeks before the season’s solstice— n June, Senators Harry making days not yet their longest, but Reid and John Ensign, long enough. Warmer weather has set Iand Congressman in, but before the heat hits hardest. Dean Heller announced It’s Friday, and I’ve signed up to go on the beginning of a public a wilderness restoration trip with Pat process that could result Bruce from Friends and a few other in new wilderness areas in lucky volunteers. We hit the road for Lyon and Mineral counties. Mt. Grafton Wilderness, and a wave Some of the outstanding of excitement pulses places Friends is committed through me—my first to getting designated trip across Nevada on include the Gabbs Valley Highway 50. Range and Burbank Canyon Having grown up in wilderness study areas the east, I feel a whole and the Excelsior and new form of wilderness Huntoon Springs roadless in Nevada. There I knew lush rhododendrons areas in Mineral County. Want to try In Lyon County, candidate and the smell of wilderness areas include Appalachian dirt always a wilderness the northern tip of the in the air. Now I smell restoration Sweetwater Mountains scrubby sweet-scented (called the Sisters Proposed sagebrush. There trip? Turn to Wilderness) and the South thick, green vegetation page 7 to find surrounded me. Now Pine Grove Roadless out how. Area (called the Wovoka waves of smooth velvet t Proposed Wilderness, milk chocolate peaks after the Native American roll into long ranges that spiritual leader and father meander to the horizon. of the Ghost Dance, who Dipping and climbing was born near, and spent through basin and range, I feel a rush of much of his time in, the emotion, a vibrant and positive sensation, area in the 1800s). Friends rushing the self-erected walls of everyday is working with the Nevada life. Cocooned by house, workplace, Wilderness Coalition The E. Walker River flows through the Wovoka Proposed Wilderness. relationship, and comfortable lifestyle, to identify additional Photo by Kurt Kuznicki my body and spirit are thirsty for some deserving wilderness wild relief. candidates in both counties. lands bills that passed public-lands issues in Lyon We arrive at Mt. Grafton in the dark, set Like the Clark County, in 2002, 2004 and 2006 and Mineral counties. As up camp quickly, keeping the tops of our Lincoln County and White respectively, legislation Nevada’s Congressional Pine County public- for Lyon and Mineral would address a variety of continued on page 6 continued on page 6 2 www.nevadawilderness.org OUR MISSION Friends of Nevada Wilderness is dedicated to preserving all FROM THE FRONTLINES qualified Nevada public lands as wilderness, protecting all present and potential wilderness from Help Friends stay strong for the future ongoing threats, educating the In early September, I will always be wilderness warriors and public about the values of — and hiked up to a ridge in the guardians, Friends of Nevada Wilderness need for — wilderness, and improving the management and middle of the Mt. Rose has taken a generous legacy gift to step restoration of wild lands. Wilderness to gain some toward a more secure future by opening perspective. The hot endowment accounts with the Community Northern Nevada Office summer air was dry and Foundation of Western Nevada in Reno, PO Box 9754 smelled of vanilla from the and the Nevada Community Foundation in Reno, NV 89507 ponderosa pines; the view Las Vegas. If you are interested in making (775) 324-7667 expansive. I gave thanks a gift to either account, I would be happy to Shaaron Netherton Shaaron to all the folks whose talk with you. As long as there is wilderness, Executive Director Netherton steady vision protected this place from there will be Friends of Nevada Wilderness. [email protected] executive development. I am amazed at the variety of I am excited to introduce you to the Brian Beffort director people I see up there—young families with newest member of Friends of Nevada Associate Director kids in backpacks, as well as scouts, couples Wilderness, Adriane Zacmanidis. Adriane [email protected] and lots of seniors. Some hike alone; others joined us in August as our Southern Nevada in groups; some are veteran hikers; some Director. She will soon be contacting our Pat Bruce Field Project Coordinator escaping from the city for the first time, but members in southern Nevada to get to know [email protected] all delighting in this special place. you better and gain from your wisdom. We are fortunate to be kicking off In these last days of warmer weather, Angie Dykema another wilderness protection campaign, join us for one of our wilderness hikes. We Forest Project Coordinator this time in western Nevada (Lyon and are also scheduling a whole new season [email protected] Mineral counties). Collectively, we have of restoration trips and hikes for this Richard Knox the opportunity to set aside places like coming spring and summer for southern Membership Coordinator the Gabbs Valley Range, the Sweetwater and northern Nevada. Check out the [email protected] Mountains and Bald Mountain (Wovoka) schedule and I’m sure you will find great Rose Demoret south of Yerington. In order to ensure there opportunities to join us in wild Nevada. Administrative Director [email protected] Southern Nevada Office PO Box 97373 Welcome, Adriane! Las Vegas, NV 89193 (702) 650-6542 Adriane Zacmanidis joined Friends in August as our Southern Nevada Director in Las Vegas. She Adriane Zacmanidis Southern Nevada Director brings a wealth of experience that greatly enhances [email protected] our efforts to conserve wilderness in southern Nevada. Board of Directors “For me, the desert is home” she says. “I love the Hermi Hiatt, vast open spaces, the mountains, desert lakes, the State Chair Karen Boeger, flora, the fauna, the colors, and the unique smells. I Rural Vice-Chair am an extremely active outdoors person and I am so Bart Patterson, connected to this land that I couldn’t fathom calling Southern Vice-Chair Roger Scholl, anywhere else in this world home.” Treasurer Adriane spent the last 15 years working in Sarah Perrault, museums, building community partnerships, Secretary Bob Abbey outreach programs and curricula for teachers and Peter Bradley museum staff. She also worked with volunteers and John Hiatt designed interactive websites. She holds degrees in Kurt Kuznicki Public History, Archaeology and Museum Sciences Marge Sill and Education. “Protecting and acting as a steward [email protected] for this land and its cultural resources has been my www.nevadawilderness.org personal passion and life’s work thus far, and I really http://nevadawild.blogspot.com couldn’t imagine a more fulfilling journey.” Adriane, we’re glad to have you on the team. Photo by XXX www.nevadawilderness.org 3 TAKE A HIKE VOLUNTEER Luke and Sparky’s excellent heroes Sweetwater adventure By Karen Boeger Luke and Sparky the burros get bored with domestic life on 70 acres in the Pah Rah Mountains. In mid-July, they put their hooves down and demanded their geezer Giving back is a way of life guardians, Dan and Karen, get for Howard and Ursula Booth. them out into Big Wild Nevada. They helped found Friends The solution: the Sweetwater of Nevada Wilderness 23 Mountains, which stretch years ago, and they’re still volunteering for Nevada’s wild between Wellington and places today. In February, Bridgeport, Calif. Ursula and Howard joined the The burros petitioned to Friends’ volunteer projects camp at the spring water and in the Rainbow Mountain lush grass at the cow camp and Black Canyon wilderness oasis trailhead. Dan’s signature areas. diamond hitch lashed packs on “I like to be outside,” said them instead. Several sweaty, Exploring the wild beauty of Nevada’s Sweetwater Mountains. Photo by Dan Heinz Ursula. “I like to be active, I puffing hours followed, up like to see things looking nice a rocky, steep canyon. If the at a perfect burro-pleasing and in a natural state, and it’s etting there. To burros hadn’t been so hot meadow by a creek. Luke nice to work with friends and and grumpy, they would have explore Nevada’s decided that night to “help” get to know people I haven’t noticed the starkly beautiful Sweetwater with the cooking. A burro nose met.” rock formations, numerous G “Nevada has given a lot to Mountains, Drive south from in one’s lap, let alone in a pot birds and wildflowers, and burning on the stove was not to us,” Howard said. “We try to been thankful for the shade Carson City on US 395. North be encouraged. “Discussions” give a little bit back. Without volunteers, things in this along the way by fragrant of Topaz Lake, turn left/east on resulted in a shortened tether country would really fall apart. stands of mountain mahogany. rope on the offending party. Highway 208. At Wellington, veer I think that when you have All was forgiven when the Sadly, the next day required right and head south on Hwy enough volunteers, it reaches gang reached high rolling a return to civilization, but we alpine meadows, obviously 338. After about 15 miles, turn a critical mass. It catches on to decided to explore a new route a wider group, and everyone quite wet in Spring, just below right/west onto Forest Road on the way out to maximize says ‘I need to get in on this, towering East Sister (10,404’), 050.
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