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» Great Nevada Picture Hunt 2012 Great Nevada Picture Hunt
September/October 2012
This year, we brought back some traditional categories (City Limits, Wide Open, People, and Events), kept one from 2011 (Then & Now), and added two you’ll love (Illustration and Nature). Find out why the Grand Prize winner isn’t so blue…
» City Limits Beer & Clothing in Reno
September/October 2012
The contrasting qualities of MidTown might create an identity crisis anywhere else; but here, in the tight-knit heart of Reno, they come together to create a neighborhood that warmly embraces diversity and enthusiastically celebrates uniqueness.
» Wide Open Down to the Barbed Wire
September/October 2012
On a weekend in mid-July, a group of volunteers troop to northwestern Nevada to work in the landscape they love, despite temperatures approaching 100 degrees. They are closing in on a years-long dream of dismantling the last of 175 miles of barbed-wire fence that once stretched across Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge.
» Cravings Tractors & Truffles
September/October 2012
Fallon’s annual Tractors & Truffles, September 22, is a celebration of local food and the rural town’s thriving agriculture community. Perhaps better described as tables-to-farm, Tractors & Truffles brings guests to their food during a day of culinary exploration with some of the region’s most revered chefs and restaurateurs.
» Nature Blue Grouse
September/October 2012
A genetic study suggests that Nevada has both subgroups of blue grouse (sooty in the west and dusky in the central and eastern portions of the state). The 2012-13 blue grouse hunting season will be the first time that Nevada has classified its blue grouse into “dusky” and “sooty” categories.
» History Nevada’s Lost City
September/October 2012
Nevada’s Lost City is both scientific and romantic. Buried beneath the sands of the Mojave Desert was information that archaeologists used to define the western-most settlement of the Ancestral Puebloans. The Lost City is archaeological proof that they lived and thrived in Southern Nevada.
» Events Spotlight Nevada Air Shows
September/October 2012
Nevada’s boundless skies practically beg to be filled with barrel-rolling planes, crisscrossing contrails, and the roar of jet engines. From fly-ins and air races to open houses and air shows, Nevada is home to some of the country’s most unique and popular aviation events.
» Shows Spotlight Blue Man Group
September/October 2012
Blue Man Group, the international entertainment phenomenon, unveils its newest production complete with electrifying music, sensational technology, a captivating nightly procession, and its signature interactive audience experiences.
» Know Your Nevada Photo Contest Musings
September/October 2012
Like the Nevada Quarter Contest, I saw many familiar and well-loved subjects in this year’s photo contest—Nevada’s wild mustangs, desert bighorn sheep, Hoover Dam, and the Silver State’s rich mining heritage, to name a few.
» People
Steven Jackson
It’s hard to imagine Steven Jackson looking small next to his football peers. But that was the case, he says, before he hit his growth spurt at age 16—and opposing defenses have struggled to tackle him ever since.
Listed at 6-foot-2, 240 pounds on his ESPN.com Player Profile, the can’t-miss power running back known for his long dreadlocks has amassed 60 touchdowns and more than 12,000 all-purpose yards in his stellar eight-year career with the St. Louis Rams. Jackson is 907 rushing yards shy of the 10,000-yard mark, a feat that only 26 players have accomplished. It’s no surprise, then, that in 2011 the 29-year-old Las Vegas native was inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame (sportshalloffame.net).
