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Friends of Nevada Wilderness M a R C H 2 0 0 8 Goldgold Butte:Butte: Richesriches Worthworth Protectingprotecting FROM THE FRONT LINES: Thank You Volunteers! 2 TAKE A HIKE: To Falling Man in Gold Butte 3 STEWARDSHIP: Department of Wildland Security 4 WASHOE COUNTY OPEN SPACE: Help Keep it Open 7 8 INSIDE2008 EVENTS: Mark your calendars Friends of Nevada Wilderness M A R C H 2 0 0 8 GoldGold Butte:Butte: RichesRiches worthworth protectingprotecting Exploring the sandstone wonderflands of Gold Butte. Photo courtesy Woods Wheatcroft ortheast of Las Vegas, sandstone, and views of More photos and hiking people appreciate what makes nestled between Arizona and Lake Mead,” Gold Butte so special. at Gold Butte. Page 3 the Overton Arm of said Nancy Hall, president of t All too often, off-trail ORVs Lake Mead and the Friends of Gold Butte. “It’s rip through desert tortoise Arizona border, lies also a huge piece of history, habitat, and vandals deface Nthe 300,000-acre region going all the way back to early priceless archaeological relics. known as Gold Butte. Its native Americans and Spanish Luckily, Nancy has a vision Each day also brings people wondrous geology, rare settlers. “But right now, it’s not of wilderness for the wild, who discover Gold Butte and wildlife, deep history, remote being loved to death; it’s being beautiful, roadless places pledge to respect and protect and undeveloped camping unmanaged to death.” in Gold Butte, and National its woners. Please join these opportunities, and timeless Excessive and uncontrolled Conservation Area status for the great folks to give people long solitude inspire wonder. off-road vehicle use and other entire region. This will balance into the future opportunities “It’s incredibly beautiful disrespectful human activities access with conservation, while to discover the wild wondrous out here, with the red rock, are damaging this fragile land. providing information to help riches of Gold Butte. Why I Love Wilderness / MIKE DWYER Every now and again, life deals up a champagne at midnight. I wanted to say Ancient real zinger. One of mine came in 1998 goodbye to 1998 on top of the mountain. bristlecones – my 19-year marriage was ending. It I had been eying the summit for more hold council on was soul-searching time and I needed than a week, noting the relative lack of the high slopes a sanctuary. I found it in the Mt. snow. The forecast was for a clear and of Mt. Charleston Charleston Wilderness Area on the sunny day. That was all I needed. I Wilderness. limestone ridge two miles up the North was on the trail at 7 a.m., passing the Photo by Loop Trail. I went early and often on wilderness boundary sign within a few Brian Beffort Sunday mornings. minutes. After four hours of climbing, I was definitely ready to leave 1998 behind, but had no interest in 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 Thanks to all who helped wilderness in 2007 ongoing threats, educating the I am so thankful that Take pictures or notes, help around camp, public about the values of — and Nevada has received and soak in the WILD all around. need for — wilderness, and improving the management and real snow this winter Many thanks to all the volunteers who restoration of wild lands. to help strengthen our made our Wilderness Stewardship trips in watersheds and hopefully 2007 so fun and successful. Together, we Office Address give us a wildflower show completed 34 projects with 249 volunteers, PO Box 9754 this spring. After such a who worked 6,078 hours, generating Reno, NV 89507 gloomy January, some of $85,642 of in-kind labor for wilderness— (775) 324-7667 the February sunshine was and we made good friends and had a great Shaaron Netherton Shaaron a nice treat and I enjoyed time doing it. Join us. We can’t wait to meet Executive Director Netherton it snowshoeing and hiking. you out in the wild this season. [email protected] executive I would like to thank all of you who We are also excited about bringing Brian Beffort director responded to our year-end request for Nevada’s wild beauty to an art gallery near Associate Director donations for wilderness stewardship to you. The Reno-Tahoe International Airport [email protected] match a $40,000 grant from the National has invited Friends to hang an exhibit of Forest Foundation. We are well on our way our greatest photographs from our Wild Pat Bruce Field Project Coordinator to our goal and have been able to extend the Nevada calendars. [email protected] deadline to March 31. Donate today, and This beautiful exhibit will help thousands watch it double in good on the ground. of people discover some of Nevada’s wild Angie Dykema We have an exciting season of wilderness beauty, while learning what Friends of Forest Project Coordinator stewardship trips and events like Earth Day. Nevada Wilderness is doing to help keep [email protected] Consult our schedule on Page 8, visit our Nevada forever wild. It’s a great chance to Richard Knox website, or give us a call, then choose a trip advertise our work to a wide audience. Membership Coordinator to join. There are many ways to give back to Be a patron of the arts. Please help make [email protected] the land; not all of them entail hard work. this exhibit a success by sending your Rose Demoret Join us and find one that makes you smile: donation today. Thank you. Administrative Director [email protected] Adriane Zacmanidis Southern Nevada Director [email protected] NEW & Board of Directors Hermi Hiatt, State Chair IMPROVED Karen Boeger, Rural Vice-Chair WEBSITE! Bart Patterson, Southern Vice-Chair Roger Scholl, Treasurer Sarah Perrault, www.nevadawilderness.org Secretary Bob Abbey Peter Bradley Log on today and discover… John Hiatt Kurt Kuznicki n How to get involved with protecting Nevada’s wilderness. Marge Sill Volunteer opportunities are only a click away. Meghan Sural n Beautiful pictures and descriptions of Nevada’s wild places. [email protected] n Ideas on getting kids into the wild. www.nevadawilderness.org http://nevadawild.blogspot.com n A wealth of information on Nevada wilderness legislation and management, archived newsletters, words of inspiration, etc. n How to support Nevada’s wild places. www.nevadawilderness.org 3 TAKE A HIKE Cash in on nature’s beauty Mail at Gold Butte call Speak By Brian Beffort out for Gold Gold Butte is a vast and Butte! remote landscape, but some of Write your Senators its most remarkable sights are and Representative. Urge its most accessible. At Whitney them to protect Gold Butte Pockets, about 90 minutes as a National Conservation northeast of Las Vegas, colorful Area with Wilderness. Learn sandstone formations rise from more about what makes the desert floor, surrounded Gold Butte special and how by yucca and barrel cactus; you can help at ancient petroglyphs and www.nevadawilderness.org. pictographs grace a few hidden Senator Harry Reid walls. Lloyd D. George Building At Whitney Pockets, you 333 Las Vegas Boulevard can hike (watch out for fragile South, # 8016 cryptobiotic soils), explore the Las Vegas, NV 89101 rock formations, or simply enjoy the shade and camp Senator John Ensign among desert beauty. Colorful sandstone formations at Whitney Pockets. 333 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Photo by Brian Beffort One of the wonderful places # 8203 at Whitney Pockets is Falling Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Man Rocks, located 2 miles Getting there Representative south of Whitney Pockets. From Las Vegas, take I-15 Shelley Berkley One mile west of pavement’s 2340 Paseo Del Prado, end, take the unsigned, north, then take Exit 112 to Suite D-106 unmaintained dirt track Riverside/Bunkerville. Turn Las Vegas, NV 89102 heading south. Whenever right/east, cross the Virgin River, the road forks, aim for the then turn right/south onto the Representative Jon Porter sandstone outcrop just to the first unsigned, paved road. This 2501 N. Green Valley north of the volcanic butte and Pkway, #112D road will wind up and down for Henderson, NV 89014 larger (but still minor) peak to Ancient stories in stone. 19 miles until the colorful and the south. Park on the north Photo by Alvin McLane shapely sandstone outcrops end of the rock formation and explore the colorful sandstone will announce your arrival to theater from there on foot. the Whitney Pockets area. The Although it’s popular, Gold pavement ends at about 20 Butte has no services. Top miles, just before the intersection off your tank in Glendale or with the short road that heads Mesquite, and stock your north to Whitney Pockets proper. vehicle with all provisions and Find a place to park among emergency gear. the sandstone, and set out in any Please Leave No Trace when direction to explore. Watch out for hiking and camping in the sensitive cryptobiotic soils, and area. make sure to stay found. For more detailed discussion on Gold Butte and suggestions For more information, contact of specific hikes, see Afoot the BLM, Las Vegas District: & Afield Las Vegas, by (702) 515-5000; www.nv.blm. Friends’ Associate Director gov/vegas/ Brian Beffort, available from our website, www. “Where did I park my car?” nevadawilderness.org. Photo by Woods Wheatcroft 4 www.nevadawilderness.org Department of Wildland Security THREAT LEVEL: RED Wilderness areas are in trouble By Angie Dykema ccording to the Forest Service, Nevada’s Forest AService wilderness areas are in the red. You can help get them back where they should be—in the green.
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