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What are Nevadas LAST CHANCE Scenic Places Former president, University of Nevada Former U.S. Senator and Nevada Governor The region lies in a remote and unpopulated area of northwestern Nevada, about 100 miles from Reno Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge on the Nevada and Oregon border provides visitors with an unforgettable wilderness experience Virginia City cemeteries dating back to the Comstock Near Mesquite Nevada, Flat Top Mesa is about 12 miles southwest of the Nevada-Utah-Arizona boundary Established in 1876, this privately owned cemetery is located in an older Reno neighborhood near the University of Nevada, Reno. Monte Cristos Castle is a stunning geologic region of colored rock formations located in northern Esmeralda County Mount Charleston is a high mountain recreation area near Las Vegas providing an alpine escape for millions of visitors West of Las Vegas and rising about 3 thousand feet from the valley floor the massive sandstone cliffs of Red Rock Canyon continues to beckon visitors with the promise of peace and relaxation Rosewood Wash and Canyon is a wildlife corridor with natural terrain and trails located less than two miles from downtown Reno Located in the Las Vegas Valley the wash is an archaeological treasure-trove with untouched landscape and critical wildlife habitat Located in downtown Reno the historic Virginia Street Bridge provides more than just passage across the beloved Truckee River for locals and visitors Walker Lake is a remnant of prehistoric Lake Lahonton and is vital for thousands of migratory birds Washoe Valley has become the only rural valley left along the entire Carson Range of the Sierras Scenic Nevada is a nonprofit conservation organization that works to preserve and enhance the scenic character of Nevada

About Scenic Nevada

Scenic Nevada is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, nonpartisan, conservation organization that works to preserve, protect and enhance the scenic character of Nevada.

Our principal activities are to educate the general public of the economic, social, and cultural beneifis of scenic preservation. This includes billboardWalker Lake and sign control, protecting and supporting Scenic Byways, promoting sound-wall alternatives, supporting open space and greenways plans, minimizing the impact of cell towers, preserving hillsides and drainageways and supporting groups such as the Truckee Meadows Growth Task Force.

Our organization uses the talents and passions of a dedicated, diverse base of members who believe it is important to protect the natural beauty of Nevada.

We are a relatively new and vigorous group that has begun to awaken a regional consciousness about the encroaching dangers to our communities and wilderness.

We support strong sign control, progressive transportation policy, responsible land-use planning, and other measures to preserve natural beauty and distinctive community character.

For more information contact:
Scenic Nevada
P.O. Box 32
Reno, NV 89504
Fax (775) 329-3117
Lori Wray, President
loriwray@nvbell.net
scenicnevada.org
Scenic Nevada Board of Directors


About Scenic America

Scenic Nevada is an affiliate member of Scenic America, which is a national, nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., whose mission is to preserve and enhance the scenic character of America's communities and countryside.

Douglas G. Smith, Chairman, Scenic Nevada, and Peter Chase Neumann, Board Member, Scenic Nevada, are Board Members of Scenic America.

The activities and affairs of Scenic America are controlled, directed and supervised by its board of directors. Since 1978, Scenic America has helped citizens and public officials in thousands of communities nationwide to protect their scenic heritage.

Scenic America advocates for federal, state, and local laws and policies that support scenic conservation and community livability. Scenic America is dedicated to the principle that “change is inevitable; ugliness is not.” For more information on Scenic America, including memberships and other publications, visit scenic.org

For further information, contact:
Scenic America
1634 I Street NW, Suite 510
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 638-0550
Fax (202) 638-3171
scenic@scenic.org


  2006/2007 SCENIC AMERICA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
  As of November 10, 2006


Judy Boggess
Legislative Issues, Chair
Lake Forest, IL

William D. Brinton
Billboard Committee, Chair
Rogers, Towers, P.A.
Jacksonville, FL

Martha Fuller Clark
Past Chair
Portsmouth, NH

Marleen Kay Davis
College of Architecture
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN

Eric Elliff
Legal Affairs, Chair
Morrison and Foerster
Denver, CO

Ronald Lee Fleming
The Townscape Institute
Cambridge, MA
Cece Fowler - Chair
Houston, TX

Kevin Fry - President
Scenic America
Washington, DC

Jane Henley Board Recruitment/Nominations,
Chair
Keswick, VA

William C. Jonson
Clearwater, FL

Dale McKeel
Durham, NC

Tom Nelson
Scenic Conservation, Chair
Berkebile Neison Immenschu
McDowell Architects
Kansas City, MO

Peter Chase Neumann
Reno, NV


Lyman Orton
Development, Chair
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477

Doug Smith
Reno, NV


Mary Tracy - Secretary
SCRUB Foundation
Philadelphia, PA

Jane Wingfield
Santa Monica, CA

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Scenic Nevada
P.O Box 32
Reno, NV 89504
(775) 329-3117 (phn/fax)

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