The Trout Creek Mountains are a Great Basin range in Oregon and Nevada in the United States. Oriented generally north–south, the mountains consist mostly of fault blocks of basalt, while the southern end has granitic outcrops. Overall, the faulted terrain is dominated by rolling hills cut by canyons. Most of the range is federal land, and there is little human development, apart from cattle ranching. The public land, dominated by big sagebrush and desert grasses, is open to recreation but is rarely visited. Sage grouse and mountain chickadee are two native bird species, and pronghorn and jackrabbit are common mammals. Despite a dry climate, rare Lahontan cutthroat trout persist in a few streams after declining for much of the 20th century. In the 1980s, the effects of grazing on riparian zones and fish led to land-use conflict. The Trout Creek Mountain Working Group was formed in 1988 to resolve disagreements among ranchers, environmentalists, government agencies, and other parties. Stakeholders agreed on changes to land-use practices, and since the early 1990s, riparian zones have begun to recover.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1386:

Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur captured and sacked the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, forcing King Bagrat V to convert to Islam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timur%27s_invasions_of_Georgia

1894:

First Sino-Japanese War: After capturing the city of Lüshunkou, the Japanese Second Army killed more than 1,000 Chinese servicemen and civilians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_(China)

1920:

Irish War of Independence: On Bloody Sunday in Dublin, the Irish Republican Army killed more than a dozen members of the "Cairo Gang", and the Royal Irish Constabulary opened fire during a Gaelic football match in Croke Park. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1920)

1977:

"God Defend New Zealand" (audio featured) became New Zealand's second national anthem, on equal standing with "God Save the Queen", which had been the traditional one since 1840. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Defend_New_Zealand

2009:

An explosion in a coal mine in Heilongjiang, China, killed 108 miners. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Heilongjiang_mine_explosion

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

three-fisted: 1. Having three components or parts. 2. Aggressive, energetic, enthusiastic, exuberant; two-fisted. 3. In three-fisted drinker: able to consume large quantities of liquor without ill effects; heavy (drinker); compare two-fisted drinker. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/three-fisted

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Morality is everywhere the same for all men, therefore it comes from God; sects differ, therefore they are the work of men.   --Voltaire https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Voltaire