preserve open space Pacific Crest Trails Association and Anza-Borrego Foundation are pleased to announce the purchase of 40 acres within Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The once privately-held parcel located next to the Pacific Crest Trail will be preserved as open space and set aside for public use. PCTA helped pay a portion of the purchase […]
We are sending this out to all segments of the gemstone industry world wide. The World Gem Society office has been informed that the good folks from the Sunstone Butte Mine of Plush, Oregon had their entire inventory stolen from a trailer at the Tucson Gem Shows earlier this week. This theft has taken away
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“More than 500 volcanic vents have been identified in the State of California. At least 76 of these vents have erupted, some repeatedly, during the last 10,000 years. … Sooner or later, volcanoes in California will erupt again, and they could have serious impacts on the health and safety of the State’s citizens as well
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“You can pull them up and lay them down. You don’t even have to notify anyone,” said Chris Ross, Nevada’s abandoned mines program leader for the BLM. The Reno Gazette & Journal reported that “The American Bird Conservancy recently wrote Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell asking
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Denver, Colo. – Grand Canyon National Park will eliminate the in-park sale of water packaged in individual disposable containers within 30 days under a plan approved today by National Park Service (NPS) Intermountain Regional (IMR) Director John Wessels. Free water stations are available throughout the park to allow visitors to fill reusable water bottles. The
Arizona became a U.S. state on February 14, 1912. Arizona was the 48th state admitted to the U.S. and the last of the contiguous states to be admitted. Several Arizona State Parks will be honoring the past century of Arizona’s Statehood with historical, environmental, and educational events throughout 2012. Happy Birthday Arizona! Feb. 14: Centennial Celebration at the
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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument invites the public to return to the Gila Visitor Center and Western National Parks Association Store. Repairs to the Gila Visitor Center’s roof and ceilings have been completed, and the visitor center reopened to the public on Tuesday, January 16, 2012. The Gila Visitor Center is open to the public
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STERLING, CO. – North Sterling State Park is the place to be on Saturday, Feb. 4 for the next session of the Winter Raptor Workshop. The two hour workshop begins indoors at 1 p.m. at the North Sterling State Park Visitor Center with an educational presentation, complete with coffee, tea, hot chocolate and cookies. Attendees
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The Reno Gazette Journal is reporting, “Crews return this morning to battle the Washoe Drive Fire that destroyed 20 plus homes and reached 3,700 acres. The fire is 50 percent contained. There are no new details on the cause of the fire or the death attributed to it. U.S. 395 remains closed from the Mount
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Oracle State Park will open again on Feb. 4 after two years of closure. The Friends of Oracle State Park have played a major role in the opening with an intensive fund-raising effort and membership drive. The park will be open on Saturdays to the general public from 8:00 am -5:00 pm, and to school
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