Burning Man Festival seeks year-round presence

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RENO (AP) - Organizers of the Burning Man festival, a tradition in Nevada's Black Rock desert for 25 years, are looking at buying a private ranch for conferences and events throughout the year.

Event founder Larry Harvey, 60, made the plans known in blog postings.

Harvey's communications manager, Andie Grace, says the talk about buying Fly Ranch is more wish than plan, and she's disappointed her boss decided to let the secret out.

Harvey and five other founders toured the Jaksick family's Fly Ranch earlier this month.

The festival's designated photographer, John Curley, wrote in his own blog posting that the family is willing to sell.

The land is not far from federal land in the Black Rock Desert where the weeklong festival is held.