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The Truth about Coal in Nevada

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A Hike in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge

Saturday the 15th of September, Nick Dobric and the Nevada Wilderness Project organized a trip to the Desert National Wildlife Refuge north of Las Vegas. Five participants bravely met at 7:30 am at the Corn Springs visitor center. Driving north on U.S. 95, we noticed dark clouds over the Spring Mts. to the west. Arriving [...]

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Black Rock painting excursion

Phyllis Shafer, Skip and I recently enjoyed a few days in Northern Nevada’s Black Rock desert. Phyllis is a landscape plen air painter in search of Nevada’s mystique (not the cabaret show in Vegas). Plen air translates literally as ‘open air’ and is defined as painting outside in the land. Her love of the desert [...]

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My first Wovoka

Below are the first impressions of the proposed Wovoka Wilderness by R. Cooper.
Pine Grove Hills, August 19, 2007
There are obvious beauties, and there are subtle. Lake Tahoe, Mahler’s 9th Symphony, and Helen of Troy would all fall into the first category. The canyon oasis of Kershaw-Ryan State Park, acoustic rock, and the girl [...]

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