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Crest, Cliff & Canyon 2027 Calendar: Wild Esmeralda – 11×14″, 8.5×11″ or 12×16″ For my 2027 calendar, I went with a theme dear to my heart and unfortunately under real threat: the wild landscapes of Esmeralda County in western Nevada. All the scenes in this calendar are on the path right now to major development in the form of massive solar arrays, transmission lines and lithium mining. Please take a look at this excellent storymap from Friends of Nevada Wilderness for a detailed account of the threats and what’s at stake: Wild Esmeralda: A Landscape at Risk (Storymap) Additional information on the proposed Esmeralda/Fish Lake Area of Critical Environmental Concern The outlook for this region and its National Park-quality landscapes is not good, and there are better alternatives. We should know better by now, but desert landscapes and ecology are still undervalued even by many conservation minded Americans. But Friends of Nevada Wilderness is continuing to to push back and I will be…

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