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December 1, 2009 The staff and board of Friends of Nevada Wilderness hope that you will join with us in our celebrations in December. On December 2, we recognize the birthdays of two people who have led the way for wildlands protection across Nevada: Senator Harry Reid and Marge Sill, Mother of Nevada Wilderness. December 5, marks the 20th anniversary of the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act, which designated 13 wilderness areas on Forest Service managed lands in Nevada. Finally, on December 12, we celebrate wilderness and our outstanding volunteers with a big "Wilderness Wingding" party, and you are invited.
Wilderness Wingding - 12/12/2009 Celebrate wilderness — come to Friends' big party Please join Friends of Nevada Wilderness for a night of merriment, live music from local artists, hors doeuvres, beverages, great raffle prizes and a silent auction, all to celebrate wilderness volunteers and Friends' 25th Anniversary! Two great bands for your enjoyment. Live music will be impressive solo guitar by Jason Galapagos, and alt-country-rock-fun by Other, featuring Randal Jacoby, Rich Maloone, Kris Stosic and Alex Brown. We are looking forward to this evening, and hope to see you there. Date: December 12, 2009 Time: 6:00PM to 10:00PM Location: This wonderful venue has been most graciously donated by the Grand Sierra Resort. Suggested donation: $10 at the door Google map to the Grand Sierra Resort
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Celebrating Forest Service Wilderness December 5 is 20th anniversary of the law On December 5, 1989, the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act was signed into law. For four years in the late 1980s a dedicated group of volunteer activists diligently worked to get permanent protection for Nevadas forest gems. Some of the key people we all owe a big thanks to were Roger Scholl, Marge Sill, Karen Boeger, Rose Strickland, Dennis Ghiglieri, Lois Sagel, Glenn Miller, Kirk Peterson, Bert Young, and Ann & Greg Ebner. Sadly, a number of the key folks are no longer with us including Jean Ford, Catherine Smith, Amy Scholl, and Sally Kabish. Of course there were many more that helped make this dream a reality. The result of their efforts was wilderness designation for the following wilderness areas totaling 733,400 acres: Alta Toquima, Arc Dome, Boundary Peak, Currant Mountain, East Humboldt, Grant Range, Mount Charleston, Mount Moriah, Mount Rose, Quinn Canyon, Ruby Mountains, Santa Rosa, Table Mountain, and an expansion of Jarbidge Wilderness.
December 2 marks Senator Reid and Marge Sill birthdays Friends sends special birthday wishes to both Senator Harry Reid and Marge Sill (Mother of Nevada Wilderness). Both were instrumental in getting the Forest Service bill passed and signed into law in 1989. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Upcoming volunteer projects and events Just for southern Nevada, a trio of January stewardship trips will take on cleaning up the Lovell Canyon area on the west side of the Spring Mountains.
Friday, January 8, 2010 West side of the Spring Mountains clean-up Stewardship — Clean up litter and trash in the wild Spring Mountains - just outside Las Vegas. Details
Saturday, January 16, 2010 West side of the Spring Mountains clean-up Stewardship — Clean up litter and trash in the wild Spring Mountains - just outside Las Vegas. Details
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 West side of the Spring Mountains clean-up Stewardship — Clean up litter and trash in the wild Spring Mountains - just outside Las Vegas. Details
Many trips through the year are listed at Friends' website. If you want to help keep these great opportunities coming, please click the button to donate:  Visit our website's TAKE ACTION pages for other ways to get involved with Friends of Nevada Wilderness. |
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