After assembly, at first, when you looked into the tube thru the hole on the other end, the image was upside down and very unclear. When the hole was made smaller, the image became upright and more clear. Moral to the story: many people come the the desert to shoot their guns and off-road "off" the road, and they never pay attention to the real desert - the animals, the vegetation, and the fragile desert floor. I suppose the analogy is (I'm guessing) that these people who abuse the desert are like those who look thru the larger hole and see very little detail, but they should do the equivalent of looking thru the smaller hole to see the previously unseen details, and so be aware of the damage they have been causing - and then to, hopefully, not disrespect our desert.

Steve patrols the Fish Creek and Carrizo Impact Area. He tries to keep people away from the explosives that have been there for years. The explosives are called ordinance. many date back to WWII. Teams of explosives experts have been sent in to try to decide what to do with this ordinance. For now, visitors have to be kept out of these areas.

He also announced that July 4th will be the beginning of this year's sheep count. 60 people will be sent into the area encompassing the Santa Rosa Mountatins to the Yan Ysidros. Fish and Game will come in later this year with a helicopter and catch & collar the young sheep.

This will help keep track of their movement. Currently, the sheep count is around 960, which as increased considerably over the past 10 or more years.