Reno 16-19 July

20140718 063346 Apple fritters, no longer available at Starbucks, are still available in Reno. 20140717 072223 The casino area is irremedially weird. 20140716 201332 The UNR campus however recalls a more rational, progressive America 20140717 074808 We had our event in the Joe - the Joe Crowley Student Union
20140719 070918 The drought did not seem to affect the campus too much. 20140717 074800 It was unifomily green! 20140719 071021 I guess it all runs back to the Truckee 20140719 103205 The Fair part of the event.
20140717 075112 Russian participants from the Altai present Claudia with a gift for a disappearing technology DSCN1785 Field trip Friday: To Mt. Rose and Beyond! DSCN1786 The dry granitic soils of the Carson Range. DSCN1787 The trip leader with Jan Nachlinger, a USFS botanist
DSCN1788 Many of the participants were also botanists. DSCN1789 Century-old signs of human use DSCN1790 Mountain hemlock DSCN1791 Army of foreigners fascinated by squirrel
DSCN1794 Dry tree line environment DSCN1795 Entering the Wilderness DSCN1797 Statuesque snag DSCN1800 Lake Tahoe to the south
DSCN1802 Thirsty work getting to the top of the mountain. DSCN1803 Veg and lake art DSCN1805 Treeline DSCN1804 Treeline
DSCN1806 Hiking with botanists can be trying DSCN1807 Martin Price, my co-organizer of the Perth III Conference next year DSCN1808 Can't get enough of that lake! DSCN1809 Packs and Martha Apple after descending from the summit.
DSCN1810 Convective activity on the increase DSCN1812 Treeline on the drier Nevada side of the mountain DSCN1813 Subalpine DSCN1814 An odd, almost prehistoric feel to the subalpine
DSCN1815 Stump probably dating from the Comstock Era DSCN1817 Coarse woody debris DSCN1818 Cairn and pinyon DSCN1819 We continue down, down
DSCN1820 More evidence of the prevailing winds DSCN1821 Convection gets serious behind us. DSCN1822 Old-growth Cercocarpus - mountain mahogany