| DPS PHOTO
CONTEST--WINNER ANNOUNCED, PHOTOS DISPLAYED, AT BANQUET |
Get your entries in for
the annual photo contest. Photos must be taken on a desert trip and should
display ore or more of the pleasures of hiking desert peaks. Winners will be
announced in several categories and the big winner will be the photographer
whose shot best captures the spirit of the DPS. Send photos to Karen Leonard at
10454 Cheviot Drive, Los Angeles, Ca., 90064; a panel of outside experts will
make the decisions. Photos will be displayed at the banquet May 6. |
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ADVANCED
SUMMER-FALL SCHEDULE |
| SEP
12-13 |
SAT-SUN |
DESERT
PEAKS |
I:
DuBois Pk (13,559'), Montgomery PK (13,441'), Boundary Pk (13,140'): North edge
of White Mountains. Emblem Peak in CA and highest point in NV. Short distance
on poor dirt road. Sat backpack 2000" in 3 miles, camp on state line, then
about 3000' and 6-8 miles each day. Hot spring if time. Send SASE, carpool info
to Leader: GEORGE TUCKER. Asst: FRANK Dobos
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| SEP
19-20 |
SAT-SUN |
DESERT
PEAKS |
I:
White Mtn (14,246') and Bristlecone Pines: Join us for the highest DPS peak and
oldest living trees en earth. Sat 15 miles dirt road drive. Hiking 16 mile R.T.
2000' gain, on trail. Not an easy trip because of high altitude, but moderate
pace will help beginners feel welcomed. Sun visit Bristlecone Pine exhibit.
Send sase with experience, H & W phones, carpool info to Leader: SHERRY
HARSH. Asst DELORES HOLLADAY.
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| SEP
26-27 |
SAT-SUN |
100
PEAKS-DESERT PEAKS |
I:
Pacific Crest Trail, San Diego County: Join us on the third leg of the Pac
Crest Trail. From Pioneer Mail stop in the Laguna Mountains to historic Banner
mining district. Moderate hiking with car shuttle each day. Send sase to Joe be
Sep 14. Leaders: JOE McCOSKER, DUANE McRUER.
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| SEP 26-OCT
4 |
FRI-SUN |
DESERT
PEAKS |
M:
Paria Cyn and So Utah Exploratory: Take a weeks vacation and .join us on 5 day
backpack of rugged Buckskin Gulch, down Paria Cyn to Lee's Ferry. This is not a
trip for beginners and we will do some travel on steep rock. We will explore
surrounding Utah as time allows. Send recent cross country travel and
backpacking experience, your carpool info and 2 SASE to Leader: RON
JONES
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| OCT
10-11 |
SAT-SUN |
DESERT
PEAKS |
I: MT
INYO (11,107'), Keynot Pk (11,101'): Emblem peak plus one nearby peak six feet
shorter. Some poor dirt road, 2-wheel drive Ok. Sat backpack (with water) 4000'
to dry bed spring" camp. No hiking mileage given, all straight up. Strenuous.
SASE & carpool info to leader: STEVE ZOSCHKE. Assts: FRANK DOBOS, MARIS
VALKASS.
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| OCT 24-25
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SAT-SUN |
DESERT
PEAKS |
I:
Waucoba Mtn (11,123'), Saline Pk: Sat drive good dirt road, dayhike 5 miles r.
t. 4000' gain. Sat night soak in hot springs. Sun drive poor dirt road from
springs to start of official exploratory 3000' climb of colorful Saline Pk.
Learn first hand why this peak should be voted onto the list". Sent SASE to
Leader: STEVE ZOSCHKE. Asst: RANDY BERNARD.
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| OCT 31-NOV
1 |
SAT-SUN |
DESERT
PEAKS |
| I:
Mummy (11,530'), Charleston (ll,918): Ghoulish backpack celebration with a
middle-eastern flair. Bring along a favorite vintage beverage. All roads paved.
Send SASE and car pool info to macabre leader: WYNNE BENTI Assts: DOUG MANTLE,
RANDY DANTA |
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THE DESERT DESERVES OUR
PROTECTION TOO |
The California Desert is a
phenomenon every bit as grand and glorious as our coast. Covering 25 million
acres, the desert spreads south from the Death Valley National Monument to the
Mexican border and east from the Sam Jacinto and San Bernardino Mountains to
the Colorado River. Altogether, the California Desert accounts for about
one-quarter of our state's land surface.
I believe that the California
Desert deserves protection every bit as much as our coastline. That's why I
authored and recently introduced in the Senate the California Desert Protection
Act.
The bill includes provisions -
- Designating 4.5 million acres of desert lands as
wilderness, to be administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
- Redesignating two national monuments - Death Valley and
Joshua Tree - as national parks.
- Creating a new Mojave National Park
- Completing a long-pending proposal for the expansion of
the Red Rock Canyon State Park.
- Creating a botanical area - the Desert Lily Sanctuary -
and an historical area - the Indian Canyons.
While many people think of the desert as arid and
lifeless, quite the reverse is true. Within one of the areas to be protected,
the Bighorn Mountains wilderness, are several ecosystems -- including yellow
pine forest, pinyon juniper forest, joshua tree forest and the creosote scrub
community. The |
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| Beauty blooms in the
desert too. My bill creates a 2,000 acre Desert Lily Sanctuary in Riverside
County to protect this delicate flower. |
Chemehuevi Mountain area encompasses numerous
Indian archeological sites as well as such wildlife as bighorn sheep and the
desert tortoise. Within the South Algodones wilderness is one of the largest
sand dune systems in America.
The Mojave Desert alone has more natural
wonders than many states. The area contains 16 mountain ranges, four dry lakes,
a perennial stream, numerous washes, mesas, buttes, badlands, cinder cones,
lava beds, caves, alluvial fans and the state's most complex sand dune
system.
All the land covered in this legislation is already under federal
ownership. That means there will be virtually no additional cost involved. The
bill also leaves 4.6 million acres available for multiple uses - including
hunting, mining, grazing and motorized recreation.
The California Desert is
one of nature's most dazzling creations. I believe we owe it to ourselves and
our children to preserve and protect this unique treasure. |
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