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image-i-nation

Manik — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 02:46:10 GMT

these photos r availible through the efforts of
Heather (CameraGirl) Gallagher...

plz check out her website below:

http://www.bohemianmasquerade.com

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links to area history

Manik — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 03:47:48 GMT

http://www.highrocktrekkers.com/Area%20History.htm

http://lake-lahontan.biography.ms/

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Ancient Lake Lahontan

Manik — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 03:38:13 GMT

At Grimes Point, where prehistoric natives carved petroglyphs on the surfaces of boulders along what at the time was the shore of ancient Lake Lahontan. The lake reached its highest levels at least four times between 75,000 and 10,000 years ago. We will see abundant evidence for this lake, such as shorelines carved by wave action and sediments deposited in the lake. We will see pebbles that are highly polished by natural tumbling along the shores of the lake. Today, remnants of Pleistocene Lake Lahontan include Pyramid Lake and Walker Lake.

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what's in a name....

Manik — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 03:09:14 GMT

Running northeast from Gerlach, the Black Rock Desert is over 100 miles long. One of the flattest places on earth, its elevation (3,848') changes only 5' in a 25-mile stretch.
60-70,000 years ago, the desert was the bottom of Lake Lahontan which covered over 8,000 square miles, in some places 500 or more feet deep. The lake receded leaving behind Pyramid and Walker Lakes. Geologists call the dry lake bed a playa.

Bones of the mammoths that roamed the area around 20,000 BC have been recovered. The first men probably arrived around 11,000 BC, and the Paiutes settled the area around 1300 BC.

In 1843, John Fremont and his party were the first white men to cross the desert, and his trail was used by over half the 22,000 gold seekers headed to California after 1849. In 1867, Hardin City, a short-lived silver mill town was established (now a ghost town).

The desert was named for a large black rock used by travelers as a reference. This marine limestone formation is thought to be over 300 million years old. The dried mud of the playa is over a mile deep in places.

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coal-fired power plant 10 miles Northwest of Gerlach

Manik — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 04:28:07 GMT

Sempra Energy, a San Diego, California based energy business, is proposing to construct a 1,450 megawatt coal-fired power plant 10 miles Northwest of Gerlach (100 miles North of Reno) will release dangerous pollutants into our pristine Northern Nevada air, deplete our water supply, and prevent the development of clean, renewable energy resources in order to generate electricity for Southern California. If you care about the environment in Northern Nevada and believe that renewable energy development is a better alternative to the construction of polluting coal plants in our community... make your views known.

You may write comments. Written comments are due June 21 in the Winnemucca BLM Field Office, 5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca NV 89445. Attn:Fred Holzel

For further information, and TO SIGN the Petition go here:

www.nevadacleanenergy.org.

· Insist that the BLM study all the cumulative impacts of
the proposed plant on air, land, noise, vegetation,
wildlife, and water quality and insist that the BLM
address the true availability of water for the water
consuming plant.

· Insist that the EIS respond to health issues that may
result from this dirty plant.

· Insist BLM explain in simple terms how much pollution
and hazardous waste may be produced annually and daily
from the plant.

· Insist the BLM provide comparative studies on
environmental and economic impacts between coal-fired
energy and renewable energy.

· Ask the BLM to evaluate how the proposed coal plant
will impact future compliance with federal Clean Air
Act ambient air quality standards.

· Ask the BLM to study whether mercury emissions from the
proposed coal plant will impact fisheries in Nevada.

· Request that they do a land use compatibility study to
show that this plant will not impact surrounding land
users or the National Conservation Area.

· Insist that the EIS study and determine that San Diego
and Los Angeles really need energy from dirty coal
rather than renewable energy.

· Remember! Be polite, be factual and speak from the
heart and head. Be sure to add some questions and
comments of your own.

www.nevadacleanenergy.org.

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