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04/26/2010 by Editor

Wildflowers of Railroad Pass, Nevada…..April 24, 2010

April 24th, 2010 Earth Day  Weekend –  The photo’s posted herein were taken on Saturday April 24th, 2010.  We were doing our “Trail Watch”  work along the trail from Railroad Pass Casino (MM 0.0 east to MM 32.5).  We started early at 6:30 a.m. to beat the heat and to get the best color contrast for photos.  […]

Filed Under: Desert Spring bloom, Photo images long RMLT, Wild Flowers Tagged With: barrel cactus, Beaver Tail cactus, Bootleg canyon, Boulder City, Desert wildflowers, Railroad Pass Hotel, Stonehedge at Bootleg canyon, wildflowers, Wildflowers of Railroad Pass

04/19/2010 by Editor

Wildflowers – “Take Photos, Leave only Footprints”

April 17th, 2010 – This quote applies to wildflowers, too.  Which means take pictures and do not pick!  This a.m. on an early morning trek on the River Mountains Loop Trail within Lake Mead National Recreation Area, we came across a nice collection of Giant Sunrays, Enceliopisis argophylla, when to our amazement we saw where someone had […]

Filed Under: Desert Spring bloom, Photo images long RMLT, Wild Flowers Tagged With: Dodder, Giant Sunray, Notch-leaf Phacelia, Pigmy cedar, Sundrops

03/19/2010 by Editor

Camera…….Action…..On the trail this spring

March 19, 2010 –  By tomorrow winter is over and spring is here.  Get your camera’s out and hit the trail.  With the wet winter, well over 3″ of rain, our desert trail will look like a trail through green fields.  Well at least for the next month or two. Wild flowers and wild life should […]

Filed Under: Desert Spring bloom, Desert tortoise, Wild Flowers, wildlife Tagged With: camera, Desert wildflowers, green trails, Lake Mead Wildflowers, Spring wildflowers

01/25/2010 by Editor

Discovery Trail – History, Wildlife, Forces of Nature, Educational Tool

  DISCOVERY TRAIL –  Yes, I believe the River Mountains Loop Trail is a discovery trail.  It is a great place for families to discover the desert world around them.  Young kids need a chance to explore and discover the world around them.  This is free for the taking sort of speaking.  At the various trail […]

Filed Under: History, Wild Flowers, wildlife Tagged With: Discovery trail, Educational trail, history trail, Nevada hiking, Nevada Trail, Take a hike, Wildlife Trail

05/04/2009 by Editor

Wild flowers of The River Mountains Loop Trail

  Blazing Star -Mentzella tricuspus 2009  Mentzelia tricuspus in the Blazing Star Family.The common names are blazing star, desert corsage or velcro plant. The last two names are derived from the stiff re-curved hairs on the leaves that makes the plant stick to clothing. Its common throughout the Mojave Desert in gravels at low elevations.  […]

Filed Under: Photo images long RMLT, Wild Flowers Tagged With: Bear Poppy, Blazing Star, Desert corsage, Velcro plant, Wild Flowers

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Construction For Red Rock Canyon Multi-Use Paved Trail Will Start In 2025 At The Earliest - LVSportsBiz

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ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Shovels will start moving dirt in 2025 for Phase 1 of the much-needed
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We consider the HRT the mother of the River Mountains Loop Trail. Full development of the HRT to Boulder City was a precursor to RMLT planning and development. This included opening of tunnel #5 which had been closed for years. ... See MoreSee Less

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i ride my bike that would be so much fun.

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Anyone know what all the helicopter activity is off McCullough Hill Trail on back side of Black Mountain??? ... See MoreSee Less

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They're doing water main construction. I live near there and was notified about the project.

Probably dropping construction materials to one of those mega mansions in the hill

Looks like a recovery or a rescue. Its been happening for a couple of hours.

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