Sharing the Past

Preserving the past sounds like a great idea until you find a real cool spear point…then it gets to be a tough principle to put into practice. It isn’t always about us, we must think about how exciting it was to find the point, we now have the chance to give someone the gift of discovery,and pass that gift along, so put it back where you found it.
Besides, the Archaeological Resources Protection Act protects cultural artifacts. It is illegal to remove or disturb archeological sites, historic sites, or artifacts such as potshards, arrowheads, structures, and even antique bottles found on public lands….besides it's just not a cool thing to do. Most of us are going to show our friends and coworkers and then it will spend eternity in our sock drawer. How selfish is that?

We found these points in the BRD and we put them back for you to find…Good Luck!

The Lava Beds Citizens Proposed Wilderness , Pershing County.

I love Lava Beds;I can never get enough. I love to go there on a day like this ...a Nevada day. The weather just keeps changing during the day, first warm then cold and then warm once again. The wind is at first howling then turns strangely calm, the clouds are racing over ahead as the shadows chase each other across the rocks. Spring is the best season, the early flowers are just beginning to pop up the snow banks have retreated into the deepest of the shade and the springs are recharging. I could spend a week just exploring each rock outcropping, every nook and cranny...Lava Beds is amazing.

Elephant Head Rock , The Lava Beds

Short-Sighted Men...

The great Republican Teddy Roosevelt spoke of our obligation to the future,
railing against “the short‐sighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if
permitted, rob our country of half its charm by their reckless extermination of all
useful and beautiful wild things.”

The question I would ask is in fifty years will folks say that we protected too much or will they say will protected too little. I believe they will ask why didn't we protect more...

East Sister Citizens Proposed Wilderness, Lyon County

Wovoka Citizens Proposed Wilderness, Lyon County

Desert Creek , Lyon County

We went to summit Desert Creek Peak in the O'Banion Canyon Citizens Proposed Wilderness Area. the route is a bushwackers paradise. It was hand to hand combat with trees and bushes with eye poking sticks and ankle grabbing roots, in other places a steep hike on a jumble of talus. We never quite made the peak (too busy shooting pictures) , but the view from the ridge was incredible! This place is awesome and IMHO, Wilderness quality land worthy of Wilderness designation.

Pahute Peak Wilderness


Box Canyon, High Rock Lake Wilderness


Calico Mountains Wilderness


Granite Peak

Black Rock Desert NCA
Here are a few images from last week's three -day adventure; it was great to back in the BRD. The weather was a little brutal although you can't see it in the photos. It was very windy and a bit chilly all weekend. I hiked up Box Canyon, drove up Chukar Gulch and camped at Soldier Meadow Hot Spring with 23 volunteers for two nights on a Friends of Nevada Wilderness Restoration Trip. Soldier Meadows campground looks great, all the work everyone has done over the last few years is really starting to pay off.