The May-June 2020 Edition of the Aerial Magazine

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What’s Inside

3 Summer Pool

Season is here

4 Real ID

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Maintenance Report

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Informed Delivery

13 Volunteer Spotlight

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument THIS 22,650-ACRE NATIONAL MONUMENT, signed

people, who lived off the land. Its special beauty

cials and resulted in that December 19, 2014

into law on December 19, 2014, is administered

and power resonate with those of us who visit

designation. This collaboration also inspired

by the National Park Service (NPS). Behind this

it today.

the establishment of the Ice Age Fossils Park by Governor Sandoval in December 2017. With this declaration, the Governor set aside 315 acres for a visitor center and interpretive trails. Standing at one of the borders of this amazing place, you may find yourself looking towards the Sheep Mountains on one side. From another view, you can take in the Spring Mountain Range. From other views, you see

act of Congress is a story that resonates all the

The power of these landscapes inspired

more during this time of uncertainty and worry.

residents to form the Protectors of Tule Springs

In a time when so many of us feel isolated and

to ensure the legacy of this area. Their hope

Amidst the Monument are messages from

disconnected, the Monument reminds us of our

and passion helped these Protectors to bring

the past. There are paleontologic and human

history, of hope, of the power of cooperation

together environmental organizations, the busi-

artifacts (all of which should be left where found

and collaboration, and of the importance of

ness community, the United States Airforce, and

if you are lucky enough to see one of these

safeguarding the future.

our tribal governments. This collaboration and

while you are walking). There are rare plants

cooperation inspired and rallied elected offi-

such as the lovely and delicate bearpoppy and

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Mon-

the network of tunneling left behind from the Big Dig in 1967.

ument, or TUSK (the acronym used by the

the hardy creosote. The

NPA) sits to the north of the Las Vegas Valley,

relics and these lovely

bordering the Las Vegas Paiute Reservation,

plants remind us of how

the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, the City of

enduring our history can

Las Vegas, the City of North Las Vegas, and the

be on the one hand; while

newly created Ice Age Fossils State Park. The

on the other, one can see

touchpoints of these borders reflect the way

the impacts that humans

that this Monument connects us. It represents

have had in some areas -

the geologic past (with fossils that span geologic

from trash, to spent shell

history from 7,000 to 200,000 years in the past)

casings, or the remains of

and our human past, present, and future. It

relics that have been pur-

tells the stories of the first peoples, the native

continues on page 5 May-June

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