Super Blue Moon eclipse on January 31

The Blue Moon – second of two full moons in one calendar month – will pass through the Earth’s shadow on January 31, 2018, to give us a total lunar eclipse. Totality, when the moon will be entirely inside the Earth’s dark umbral shadow, will last a bit more than one-and-a-quarter hours. The January 31 full moon is also the third in a series of three straight full moon supermoons – that is, super-close full moons. It’s the first of two Blue Moons in 2018. So it’s not just a lunar eclipse, or a Blue Moon, or a supermoon. It’s all three … a super Blue Moon eclipse!

http://earthsky.org/tonight/super-blue-moon-eclipse-on-january-31?mc_cid=c041ebc87d&mc_eid=67383e1b28

Analysis reveals tiny dino with rainbow feathers

http://earthsky.org/earth/tiny-dino-with-rainbow-feathers?mc_cid=1cc801d2f1&mc_eid=8abb4c5e26

February 13 - All the Wild That Remains

All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner and the America West by David Gessner

This engaging book provides an intimate look at Edward Abbey (1927–89) and Wallace Stegner (1909–93), two of America's finest authors, both of whom chafed at being pigeonholed as regional writers. Certainly their fond, passionate focus was the American West, but there is much universality in their concerns. Gessner (Return of the Osprey) traveled to places they haunted, read all he could of their writings, and spoke with people who knew them well. His smooth, literate text is enhanced by photographs of Stegner and Abbey as well as chapter notes that read well. Stegner authored 46 works, including 13 novels, and won a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Abbey wrote 28 books, was a Fulbright Scholar at Edinburgh University, and may be best known for his book Desert Solitaire, which is often said to be as worthy as Henry David Thoreau's Walden. Stegner, clean cut, traditional, with a PhD, and Abbey, an uncompromising anarchist and atheist with a 1960s-ish appearance and lifestyle, provide rich grist for Gessner's mill, which he fully exploits for the benefit of any reader. Gessner himself has penned nine books. All three authors qualify as important environmentalists and writers. VERDICT Highly recommended for everyone interested in literature, environmentalism, and the American West.—Library Journal Henry T. Armistead

New Conservation Book Club

Conservation Book Club

Wednesday, Jan. 24th, 5pm, 1055 W. Moana Lane Suite 101, Reno
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold

Hope you had a great New Year and are looking forward to 2018! To kick off the year we are hosting our first ever Conservation Book Club on Wednesday, January 24th. We hope it will turn into a space where fellow conservationists can meet, discuss, and share ideas! The book for this month is the environmentalist classic A Sand County Alamanac by Aldo Leopold. It will be a monthly book club held on the third Wednesday of every month moving forward.

Here are the details for the book club meeting:

Where: Our office, 1055 West Moana Lane, Suite 101, Reno, NV 89509
When: Wednesday, January 24th at 5pm
RSVP by responding to this email!

Looking forward to seeing you!
- ALEC
Alec Bassett
Field Organizer
Nevada Conservation League & Education Fund


Nevada Conservation League
2275-A Renaissance Dr.
Las Vegas, NV 89119

www.NevadaConservationLeague.org  | www.ProtectNV.org

Wallace Stegner A Writer's Life

Wallace Stegner: A Writer's Life," narrated by Robert Redford, was produced during the last four years of this great writer's life. Pulitzer Prize winner, National Book Award winner, and long time historian and environmental activist, Stegner energetically spoke out for the advancement of literature in America, and for the wise use of natural resources. His influence was particularly felt during the Kennedy years, when he and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall traveled widely to formulate plans for the preservation of America's national parks and wilderness areas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGCC6hhrSKQ

Next Meeting - Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West by Wallace Stegner