Get Outdoors Nevada

Highlights
Read through our current newsletter for highlights of the past month. Event Accomplishments 09/10/11- Seed Collection- USFWS 14 volunteers collected 281.2 oz of seeds 07/30/11-Sweep the Peak-USFS 48 volunteers removed about 550 lbs of waste from the Mt. Charleston Ski Resort. 07/23/11- Desert Pass Road Restoration Plus 16 volunteers donated 120 hours to channel the Mormon Well road recreation travel to designated sites by removing two disbursed campsites and reclaiming 320 meters along the course of three illegal roads 07/19/11- Outdoor Leadership Program- USFS 43 Students from Stupak, Veterans Memorial, and Doolittle Recreation centers removed 400 lbs of trash from Lee Meadows, Mt. Charleston 07/02/11- Sweep the Peak-USFS 7 volunteers removed 250 lbs of trash 06/04/11- National Trails Day- Spring Mountain- USFS 25 volunteers, 2 Friends of Nevada Wilderness Staff, 2 Forest Service Staff and 4 SCA Interns We cleared and maintained the first mile of the Bonanza Trail which included: Clearing 13 down trees, pruning numerous branches that blocked the trail, rehabilitated 4 switch back cuts, dug out 4 water bars, cleared 6 drainage ditches, and reinforced 1 switchback corner 05/25/11- West CTA Cove Clean-up – Lake Mead - NPS 18 volunteers, including 15 9th and 10th grade students from West CTA school removed 2 cubic yards of trash from Boulder Island. 05/20/11- West CTA Cove Clean-up – Lake Mead - NPS 22 volunteers, including 19 9th and 10th grade students from West CTA school removed 2 cubic yards of trash from Boulder Island. 05/19/11- West CTA Cove Clean-up – Lake Mead - NPS 19 volunteers, including 16 9th and 10th grade students from West CTA school removed 2 cubic yards of trash from Boulder Island. 5/17/11- Whispering Plant Salvage/Trail Construction - Desert NWR- FWS 2 Volunteers donated time to the completion of the newly constructed 126 meter Whispering Ben trail spur. Afterwards, volunteers cleared brush and obstructions from other trails at Corn Creek Station. 5/16/11-Whispering Plant Salvage/Trail Construction- Desert NWR - FWS 4 volunteers donated 28 hours to preserve genetic stability at Corn Creek Station by salvaging 30 desert plants. Afterwards, the crew began construction of the 126 meter Whispering Ben trail spur. 05/14/11- Bird Count- Pahranagat NWR - FWS 7 volunteers assisted the refuge biologist in a statistical assessment of bird nesting activities. Volunteers and staff obtained the number and type of bird nests throughout ½ acre of habitat. 05/11/11- West CTA Cove Clean-up – Lake Mead - NPS 24 volunteers, including 20 9th and 10th grade students from West CTA school removed 2 cubic yards of trash from a cove on Boulder Island. 05/07/11- Spring Cleaning – Mt. Charleston, Spring Mountains - FS 304 volunteers removed 3940 lbs. of litter throughout Kyle Canyon, Lee Canyon, and Deer Creek Highway. Volunteers were treated to a barbeque sponsored by the Mt. Charleston Resort. 04/30/11-Stewardship Saturday at Pahranagat -FWS 3 volunteers contributed 31 hours assisting FWS staff in planting 241 plants and 180 willow tree cuttings 04/30/11- Seed Collection- Lake Mead NRA- NPS 17 volunteers collected 95 gallons of Cheese bush seeds. They donated 51 hours to the program. 04/30/11- Planting- Moapa Valley NWR- FWS 20 volunteers planted 120 plants in the Apcar section. 04/23/11- Planting- Ash Meadows - FWS 12 volunteers planted 181, 1-gallon pots of native grasses and ash trees at Point of Rocks. 04/23/11-Red Rock Days - BLM 86 volunteers (including FORRC members) donated 642 hours in prep work and on the event day helping to protect and preserve Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. These volunteer hours have a calculated monetary value of $13,713. Click here for a detailed report 04/23/11- Earth Day Restoration and Graffiti Removal – FS 20 volunteers contributed 56 hours restoring 355 feet of user-created trail, removing 554 square feet of graffiti, and removing 2 cubic yards of litter. 04/05/11- Bailey Middle School Clean-up- BLM & NPS 70 students removed 2 cubic yards of trash 04/02/11- Ash Tree Planting- Desert NWR- USFWS 20 volunteers from Four Seasons Hotel planted 20 Ash Trees along the stream banks at Corn Creek 04/02/11- Great American Clean-Up- Lake Mead NRA- NPS 175 Volunteers filled a twenty-cubic yard dumpster with trash collected from the 33 Hole overlook and along the lakeshore. Volunteers also picked up an estimated 2400 pounds of broken glass, five tires, and one Smith’s grocery cart. 03/26/11- Boy Scout Project- Greenway RD- BLM 48 volunteers removed 63 cubic yards of trash 03/26/11- Nelson Rd. Clean-Up- BLM 23 volunteers removed 35 cu yards of litter from the Nelson road shooting area 03/19/11- Willow Tree Planting- Pahranagat NWR- USFWS To increase bird habitat, 9 volunteers planted 243 1-gallons pots of vegetation including trees, shrubs, forbs and graminoinds into an area covering 1.2 acres at the northwest corner of the refuge above Upper Marsh 03/19/11- Boy Scout Eagle Project- Vegas Valley Drive- BLM 59 volunteers removed 40 cubic yards of trash 03/19/11- Native Planting at Tubb’s Spring- Ash Meadows NWR- USFWS 12 volunteers planted 275 1-gallon pots of native grasses and ash trees around Tubb’s Spring 03/19/11-Placer Cove Clean-Up- Lake Mead NRA- NPS 37 divers and 55 volunteers removed 12 cubic yards of trash and 2400 lbs. of trash 03/17/11-Tropical and Ann Clean-Up- BLM 12 volunteers removed 32 cu yds of trash. 03/05/2011- Sahara Mustard Pull- Lake Mead- NPS 12 volunteers contributed 60 hours to pull invasive Sahara Mustard weed on 1/3 of an acre of beach at Sandy Cove or approximately 120 pounds of plant material. 03/15/11-Corn Creek Road Decommissioning - Desert NWR- USFWS 11 volunteers contributed 55 hours of service to turn 300 meters of two track road to one track and also removed 6 cubic yards of trash. 02/26/11- Alpha Epsilon Delta Clean-Up- Iron Mountain and Decatur- BLM 49 volunteers removed 55 cubic yards of trash. 02/26/11- Cattail Cutting- Ash Meadows- USFWS 5 volunteers from Las Vegas and Armargosa removed cattails along 40 linear meters of Kings Pool outflow. 02/19/11- Weed Pull- Corn Creek- USFWS Due to inclement weather and lower than expected turn-out, the focus of our event was changed to salvage plants. 7 volunteers salvaged salt grass from an area which is to become a staging area for the upcoming pond dredging. Volunteers helped save a lot of salt grass from being trampled under digging equipment tires. The salt grass is now at CSN nursery for propagation to use at the new visitor center. A total of 142 1-gallon pots and 37 - 2’ x 4’ flats of salt grass were salvaged. 02/15/11- Bailey Middle School Field Trip- The Great Unconformity- BLM 70 students removed 2 cubic yards of trash 02/05/11- Pick Up Your Shoot- Sloan Canyon- BLM 109 volunteers removed 40 cu yards of recyclables and 60 cu yards of other garbage and debris. 1/29/11- South Hollywood Clean-Up- BLM 80 volunteers removed 140 yards of trash. 1/24/11 Pahrump residents encouraged to volunteer to clean up public lands 1/22/11- Mesquite Groves Clean-Up- Pahrump- BLM With the efforts of the Nevada Conservation Corps and the community volunteers a total of 280 cubic yards of trash were removed. 1/22/11- Cattail Cutting- Ash Meadows NWR- USFWS 10 volunteers removed one dump-truck load of cattails along approximately 200 yards of Crystal Spring outflow 1/22/11- Cattail Cutting- Ash Meadows NWR- USFWS 10 volunteers removed one dump-truck load of cattails along approximately 200 yards of Crystal Spring outflow 1/17/11- Martin Luther King Jr. Day Project- Lovell Canyon- USFS 24 volunteers restored 249 ft. of a 15 ft wide user created route and 1 bag of trash. 1/15/11-Route Restoration Project- Lovell Canyon- USFS 17 volunteers restored 239 ft of a 15 ft wide user created route and 1 bag of trash. 12/04/10- Stewardship Saturday – Ash Meadows- USFWS Fourteen volunteers cleared about 200 feet of overgrown vegetation along the Crystal stream channel. 12/11/2010 Clean-Up- Lovell Canyon - USFS Schylar Brown and members from troop # 624, along with two volunteers from Get Outdoors Nevada removed 35 cubic yards of debris from a shooting area off of Lovell Canyon road 12/14/10- Bailey Middle School Field Trip- Great Unconformity – BLM A total of 28 Bailey Middle School students cleaned up 10 cubic yards of trash as part of a service-learning based field trip to the Great Unconformity 01/08/2010- Clean-Up – Lovell Canyon - USFS 16 Volunteers removed 32 bags of trash (512lbs), 150' of barbed wire, 7 one gallon buckets of glass, 1 pickup truck load of wood, signs, miscellaneous trash and 1 large campfire ring removed 10/02/10 – Moapa Valley Tidy-up – USFWS 14 volunteers cleared 3 acres of construction debris, dead plant matter, and weeds 10/09/10 – Upper Lake Seed Sowing – Pahranagat-USFWS 2 volunteers hand-tilled and planted native seeds about ½ acre of Upper Lake bank 10/09/10 - Cottonwood Cove Beach Clean-Up and Eco-Drive- NPS 223 volunteers participated. 10/14&16/10 - Bridging America – Celebration Event-NPS Over 600 volunteers donated approximately 4000 hours. 10/23/10 - Birdsong Trail Construction-Corn Creek- USFWS 34 volunteers completed the construction of 1300 feet of trail 10/23/10- Fairbanks Native Planting- Ash Meadows- USFWS A total of 11 volunteers planted 212 - 1 gallon plants along 500 feet of the Fairbanks outwash channel. 10/23/10- Step Ladder- Middle Kyle- USFS 3 volunteers finished the project of establishing 75 ft. of out-slope of tread and contouring back slope 10/25/10-Sunrise Mountain Clean Up- BLM 17 volunteers removed 250 cubic yards of trash 10/30/10-Las Vegas Boat Harbor Clean-up & Eco-Dive-NPS 30 volunteers donated 120 hours 10/30/10- Birdsong Trail Construction- Corn Creek- USFWS A total of 14 volunteers completed the construction of 1000 feet of trail 11/05/10- Sloan Canyon – Clean Up- BLM A total of 6 Volunteers worked with NDOT and Southwest tactical to remove 140 cubic yards of trash from the shooting area of Sloan Canyon 11/06/10- Sloan Canyon- Clean Up- BLM A total of 9 Volunteers removed 100 cubic yards of trash from the shooting area of Sloan Canyon 11/06/10- Birdsong Trail Construction- Cork Creek- BLM A total of 34 volunteers completed the construction of 1200 feet of trail 11/13/10- America Recycles Day- Lake Mead NRA- NPS 40 volunteers donated 160 hours 11/20/10- Weed Removal and Plant- Moapa Valley NWR- USFWS A total of 35 volunteers removed thousands of palm tree sprouts and cleared 1/3 of an acre of overgrown weeds. Two large empty planters were filled with soil and planted with native species 7/17/10 – Pahranagat Valley Carp Rodeo – FWS 108 youth and 184 adults participated in the 1st annual Pahranagat Carp Rodeo, initial planning for the 2nd annual carp rodeo is underway 9/25/10 - National Public Lands Day – Lucky Strike Canyon - BLM 78 volunteers assisted the BLM in successfully removed 35 cu. yards of debris and installed 25 feet of post and cable 9/25/10 - National Public Lands Day – Lucky Strike Canyon - BLM 15 volunteers contributed 60 hours of service assisting the BLM in removing trash and debris from the Great Unconformity 9/25/10 - National Public Lands Day – Moapa Valley – USFWS 10 volunteers contributed 28 hours of service assisting the USFWS in planting 290, 1-gallon pots of native grasses, aquatic plants, and ash trees adjacent to the newly reconstructed Fairbanks spring outwash channel. 9/25/10 - National Public Lands Day – Lake Mead – NPS 113 volunteers contributed 452 hours assisting the NPS in successfully removing 9 cubic yards of garbage and 1200 lbs of glass. This really helped prepare the Boulder Harbor area for the Bridging America Event parking. 9/25/10 - Stewardship Saturday – Fairbanks Native Planting - USFWS 43 volunteers salvaged 117 plants in 1 gallon pots from the proposed Birdsong Loop trail and also cleared overgrown brush and other obstacles around 3000 feet of existing trail. 9/30/10 - Desert Oasis HS Clean-up – BLM 40 volunteers from Desert Oasis HS removed 20 cubic yards of debris from the vacant BLM parcel adjacent to their school 07/17/10 – Pahranagat Valley Carp Rodeo – FWS 108 youth and 184 adults participated in the 1st annual Pahranagat Carp Rodeo, initial planning for the 2nd annual carp rodeo is underway 08/21/10 – Conservation Transfer Area Clean-up – BLM 67 volunteers, including Shadow Ridge HS students and staff, contributed 335 hours of service assisting the BLM in removing trash and debris from the Conservation Transfer Area 05/22/10 – Las Vegas BLVD/Agate Road Clean-up – BLM 35 volunteers contributed 231 hours of service and removed approximately 70 cubic yards of debris and trash and 20 cubic yards of concrete rubble from a vacant parcel of land near Las Vegas BLVD and Agate Road. 05/22/10 – International Migratory Bird Day – FWS 35 volunteers contributed 30 hours of service installing 9 nesting boxes at various locations around Upper Pahranagat Lake. 06/05/10 – National Trails Day – FS 30 volunteers contributed 120 hours of service assisting the US Forest Service with trail maintenance at Sawmill Trailhead in the Spring Mountains. Volunteers also removed approximately 2 cubic yards of trash. 05/15/10 – Spring Cleaning, Mt Charleston 310 volunteers, including Eagle Scout candidate Damyn Chipman, removed 3200 pounds of trash and debris from the Spring Mountains Area at Mt Charleston 05/15/10 – 215 and Ann Road Clean-up – BLM 33 volunteers, including Eagle Scout candidate Zach Wells and troop 143, contributed 165 hours of service and removed approximately 35 cubic yards of debris and trash from an area of Red Rock Canyon national Conservation Area near Ann Road and 215. 05/15/10 – WASP Seed Collection – NPS 10 volunteers contributed 30 hours collecting native brittlebush seeds at Lake Mead NRA. The 10 volunteers collected 60 gallons of seed around the native plant nursery. 05/1/10 – Red Rock Days– BLM 50 volunteers contributed 250 hours of service and removed approximately 50 cubic yards of debris and trash from an area of Red Rock Canyon national Conservation Area near Ann Road and 215. 04/22, 23, 24/10 – Earth Day Hollywood and Alto Clean-up– BLM 131 volunteers contributed 524 hours over 3 days and removed 315 yards of household trash, landscape waste, and construction debris. Participating groups included; members from the 820th RED HORSE Squadron, staff from the 99th Civil Engineering Squadron Environmental Office, and community members. 04/17/10 – Make a difference, replenish the Earth Planting– USFWS 15 volunteers contributed 92 hours planting 268 shrubs and plants 04/17/10 – Earth Day Beach Clean-up and Eco Dive – NPS 63 volunteers participated in an Earth Day Cleanup at Callville Bay, Lake Mead NRA. The cleanup was co-sponsored by the National Park Service and concessionaire Forever Resorts, who provided lunch to the volunteers. The group contributed 315 hours and collected 1200 pounds of trash and debris. 04/10/10 – Sloan Canyon Clean-up – BLM 34 volunteers contributed 102 hours and removed 55 cubic yards of debris, including household trash, landscaping debris and construction waste 04/10/10 - Ash Meadows NWR Native Species Planting - FWS 12 volunteers contributed 83 hours planting 300 1-gallon pots of native grasses, ash trees, and aquatic plants were planted adjacent to the newly restored Fairbanks spring outwash channel 03/27/10 – Protectors of Tule Springs Great American Cleanup at the CTA – BLM 69 volunteers, including members of the Sierra Club, Protectors of Tule Springs, and community members contributed 276 hours and removed 90 cubic yards of trash and debris from the CTA. 03/27/10 - 6 Mile Cove Clean Up NPS 38 volunteers contributed 152 hours and removed 22 cubic yards of trash from 6 mile cove. The efforts put forth by the volunteers allowed this significant Recreational area to be restored back to its well-kept state. Participating groups included Wells Fargo, Beta Alpha Psi, Chapparal High School (Las Vegas), Clark County Dept of Juvenile Justice. 03/24/10, 03/27/10, 03/28/10 - Fairbanks Native Fish Translocation – USFWS 44 volunteers, over a 3 day habitat restoration event at the Ash Meadows Wildlife Refuge Area, contributed 289 hours to assist staff in the transfer of 3150 native Amargosa Pupfish, and 12,000 endemic snails from an old to newly dug channel for Fairbanks Spring. In the process they also removed 2710 invasive crayfish. The efforts put forth by the volunteers improved the pupfish habitat and helped to secure the ecological health of the outflow of the Kings Pool. 03/20/10 – Youth Conference Clean-up – BLM 133 youth volunteers and 48 adults removed 100 cubic yards of debris from BLM parcels on Moccasin and Durango roads 03/16/10 – Lasell College, Sunrise Mountain – BLM 12 volunteers from Lasell College removed 8 cubic yards of illegally dumped trash from BLM land as part of their alternative spring break. 03/13/10 – Las Vegas Boat Harbor Eco-dive and Beach Clean-up - NPS 85 volunteers (15 divers, 70 beachcombers) including; Boy Scout Troop 343, Bank of America, and Liberty High School National Honor Society members collectively donated 340 hours of service and removed about 1500 pounds of garbage and 500 pounds of glass and metal from the Las Vegas Boat Harbor area of Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The participants were served breakfast and lunch by Las Vegas Boat Harbor. 03/13/10 – Save the Desert Eco-walk Cottonwood Cove - NPS 113 volunteers donated 452 hours of service as they picked up trash along 7 miles of Cottonwood Cove Road. Volunteers also picked up trash along 2 miles of beaches. The volunteers removed approximately 40 cubic yards of trash/garbage. 03/13/10 – Greenway Clean-up – BLM 67 volunteers, including the UNLV Pre-Health Professional Club, UNLV AED Club and community members removed 56 yards of illegally dumped trash from BLM land located at the end of Greenway Rd., Henderson 03/06/10 – Sloan Canyon Clean-up - BLM 6 volunteers assisted the BLM desert clean-up team with removing 9 cu. yards of trash and debris from the Sloan Canyon Area 03/06/10 – Great American Clean-up - NPS 117 volunteers including; Growing up Green, UNLV Beta Alpha Psi, Scout Troop 343, Green Valley Christian Center, and Meet-up Las Vegas-Kind Acts of Service collectively donated 468 hours of service and removed 1200 pounds of glass and 5250 pounds of garbage from the Boulder Beach area of Lake Mead. The park Superintendent and a representative from Senator Harry Reid’s office were present to welcome and thank the volunteers. 02/27/10 – Cattail Cutting - USFWS 21 volunteers including; ΩΔΦ Fraternity, Friends of Desert NWR Complex and others cut and removed 300 yards of Kings Pool channel cattails cut 02/27/10 – Stewart’s Point Clean-up - NPS 53 volunteers and a small group of NPS employees donated 162 hours of service as they cleaned up about ½ mile of beachfront at Stewart’s Point, LMNRA. Approximately 1 sq. mile of beachfront was cleaned. Volunteers collected roughly 13 cu. yards. of trash/garbage, including a huge piece of carpet that a group of 10 UNLV students removed from one of the camping areas. 02/22/10 – Mountain’s Edge Community Cleanup - BLM 10 community members and more than 50 Nationwide insurance employees from across the USA contributed more than 250 hours of volunteer service removing debris from 5 vacant parcels in the Mountains Edge Community. Volunteers removed 140 cubic yards of trash and debris. 02/20/10 – Lake Mead National Recreation Area Clean-Up and Restoration – NPS 10 volunteers and a small contingency of NPS staff cleaned up an area of Lake Mead near Laughlin. Volunteers were able to clean many sites, removing 40 cu. yards of trash and garbage. 02/20/10 – Lovell Canyon Route Restoration # 2– USFS 6 volunteers restored 237 linear ft. of Rainbow Mt Wilderness routes for a total of 1425 sq ft. and 128 lin. ft. of La Madre Wilderness routes for a total of 627 sq ft 02/13/10 – Placer Cove Clean-up and Eco Dive - NPS 32 volunteers (12 of which were divers) donated 128 hours of labor collecting 2500 pounds of trash and debris (52 bags of trash and 40 buckets of glass) from Placer Cove. Two Law Enforcement Rangers and one maintenance staff and two maintenance volunteers also helped make the event a success. 02/06/10 - Fence Restoration - NPS 9 volunteers from the UNLV pre-health professionals’ club donated 36 hours of labor to erect two hundred feet of fence to keep Off Highway Vehicles from a sensitive cultural area. In addition and despite the continuing rain, the volunteers also did a cursory check of the area for trash and removed 75 pounds of debris. 2/4/10 - Bailey Middle School Great Unconformity Field Trip 42 Bailey MS students and teachers removed 10 cubic yards of trash during an educational field trip to the Great Unconformity. 1/30/10 - Lovell Canyon Route Restoration #1 10 volunteers contributed 60 hours restoring routes within the Rainbow Mt. Wilderness. Volunteers restored over 4000 sqare feet of wilderness. A special thanks goes out to the Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Mt Charleston License Plate Program, The Nevada Community Foundation, REI, and Friends of the Forest 1/16/10 - Lovell Canyon Clean-Up #2 33 volunteers contributed 259 hours restoring part of Rainbow Mt. Wilderness. Volunteers removed: 12 buckets of glass, 1 broken chair, 43 bags of trash, 2 TV sets, and 3 sheets of OSB panels and other construction materials. A special thanks goes out to the Friends of Nevada Wilderness and the Mt Charleston License Plate Program 1/6/10 - Lovell Canyon Clean-Up #1 16 volunteers contributed 127 hours restoring part of Lovell Canyon Rainbow Mt. Wilderness. Volunteers restored 2 campsites and removed: 17 buckets of glass, 1 couch, and 2 water coolers. A special thanks goes out to the Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Mt Charleston License Plate Program, Friends of the Forest, Nevada Community Foundation, REI for their support 12/19/09 - Bird Count - Red Rock NCA 13 volunteers covered eleven sites within the NCA and accounted for forty-five species with a total of 308 individual birds sighted and identified 12/18/09 - Bird Count – Ash Meadows 17 volunteers accounted for 75 species, with a total of approximately 4320 birds sighted and identified The highlight was an apparent male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER outside the refuge boundary, but within the count circle, in adjacent Amargosa Valley. 12/3/09 - Bailey Middle School Great Unconformity Field Trip 60 Bailey MS students and 3 SNAP Education Specialists removed 2 cubic yards of trash during an educational field trip to the Great Unconformity 12/8/09 - Mocassin Rd Clean-Up 15 volunteers, including Cadwallder MS National Junior Honor Society members, Bechers MS Go Green club members removed 140 cu. yards of debris. Items included couches, landscape debris, televisions, and other household furniture. 11/21 BLM – Duck Creek Detention Basin Clean-Up 26 volunteers, including Southern Highlands community members, Desert Oasis Band members and their teacher, and other valley residents removed approximately 120 cubic yards of debris from the Duck Creek Detention Basin area. GON would like to extend a special thank you to Par 3 landscaping for their donation of heavy equipment and operators. 11/21 NPS - St. Thomas Litter Clean-Up 30 volunteers removed 900 pounds of garbage from the St. Thomas 11/14 NPS - Callville Bay Clean-up and Eco Dive 137 volunteers removed 40 cubic yards of trash and garbage from the Callville Bay area of Lake Mead 11/14 BLM - Kiwanis Club, Red Rock NCA Clean-Up 21 volunteers, including Kiwanis club members and other valley residents removed 28 yards of debris from vacant BLM land located adjacent to the La Madre Equestrian Park trails. 10/24 BLM Make a Difference Day – Red Rock More than 430 volunteers completed 22 designated projects on Make –A-Difference day including; tree plantings, graffiti removal, painting (curbs, sidewalks, and bathrooms), seed ball making, invasive species removal, vegetation trimming, fence repair/removal, rebuilt steps and retaining walls, sanded and sealed boardwalks, trail rehabilitation and delineation, and repairs to Oliver Ranch (removed concrete waste, raked and cleaned meadow, trimmed tree overgrowth, removed non-functional electrical wiring, and removed hazardous fencing). 10/17 Summerlin Hughes Clean Up More than 200 valley residents, including the Hughes Corporation and private contractors, volunteered their time and equipment to one of the largest clean-up efforts organized by a private entity. More than 325 tons of abandoned furniture, landscape waste, construction spoils and trash were removed from more than 200 acres of public and private land during the Summerlin Desert Clean-up event. GON would like to extend a very special thank you to the following contractors who graciously donated their heavy equipment/manpower to the Summerlin Desert Clean-up event. Todd Bell -- TBL Landscape & Masonry Evon M. Kanagin-Bell -- Panacea Services LLC Mark Heil -- TruGreen LandCare BJ Kerzetski -- Nevada Ready Mix Mark Hill -- ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance Nathan Bingham -- The Groundskeeper Craig Edwards -- Southern Nevada Paving Kim Beechum -- KBeech Enterprise Kurtis Hyde -- Par 3 Landscape & Maintenance, Inc. Sloan Canyon Clean Up - 10/26/09- Junior Master Gardeners, Community Members, & SNAP Education team members removed 28 cubic yards of debris from Sloan Canyon in Henderson N. Hollywood and Alto Clean Up- 10/3/09 4 volunteers removed 35 cubic yards of debris from the north east area of town. Items included a boat, 5 couches, landscape debris, televisions, and other household furniture. Bailey Middle School Great Unconformity Field Trip- 10/8/09 24 students, 3 SNAP Education Specialists removed 2 cubic yards of trash during an educational field trip to the Great Unconformity 2nd N. Hollywood and Alto Clean Up- 10/16/09 41 volunteers, including staff from Windemere Realty, continued clean up efforts from earlier this month by removing 35 cubic yards of debris from the “hard hit” area of N. Hollywood and Alto Sandy Valley Clean Up - 10/17/09 30 volunteers, (15 of those volunteers were members of Pahrump Valley 4 Wheelers who traveled from Pahrump to participate in this event) removed 238 cubic yards of trash and debris NPS Make a Difference Day - 6 Mile Cove - 10/24/09- 15 adults and 3 children, including the UNLV Burmese Students Association removed 48 bags of trash and 4 buckets of glass from the beach area NPLD Wetland Restoration Project ABV- 09/26/09- 6 volunteers completed the NPLD wetlands restoration project at the Alan Bible Visitor Center. NPLD Jean Dry Lake Bed Clean-Up- 9/26/09- Boy Scout troop 949, Jackrabbits OHV club, Nevada Rangers, and other community members cleaned 3 shoot sites around the Jean Dry Lake Bed Area, efforts removed approx. 47 cubic yards of debris (hot tubs, televisions, computer components, mattresses, etc.). NPLD Friends of Red Rock- 9/26/09- 46 adults, 21 children, and 4 BLM staff – eliminated 10 unauthorized OHV routes. Eradication efforts covered approximately 1.5 miles. Two youth groups and several adult groups collected trash from multiple areas, filling a large Republic Services dumpster with building refuse, parts of a boat, bedsprings, computer components and a great deal of trash. NPLD NPS Boulder Harbor Clean-Up- 9/26/09- 94 volunteers, the NPS Park Superintendent, Volunteer Program Staff, and Park Service Maintenance personnel picked up 18 cubic yards of trash and debris from the area, plus 1200 lbs of glass. NPLD USFWS Ash Meadows Planting- 9/26/09- 24 volunteers planted approximately 500 Alkali sacaton plants. NPLD Friends of Gold Butte- 9/26/09- 40 volunteers planted 50 Creosote and Mormon Tea seedlings; transplanted 30 Barrel Cacti and Beavertail Cacti; built a 300 foot hiking trail; and installed 300 feet of split rail fence around a new parking area at the trail head. Upon completion 3 members of the Moapa Band of Paiutes were in attendance to bless the project. Desert Oasis HS Clean-Up 09/25/09- Approximately 137 high school students joined forces with the BLM and removed 75 cubic yards of debris from the desert areas surrounding their high school. CTA Clean-Up- 9/19/09- 23 volunteers (UNLV pre health science club and community members) removed 85 cubic yards of debris, including construction debris, household furniture, landscape debris, etc. NPLD Lee Meadows Seed Collection- 9/12/09- 28 volunteers (Junior Master Gardeners, UNLV service group, and others) collected 6 lbs. of wax currant (Ribes cereum)and 1.5 lbs. of nodding brome (Bromus anomalus). Spring Mountain Clean –Up- 9/12/09- 19 volunteers assisted in removing 800 lbs of trash. Ant Safari-08/15/09- 26 citizen scientists crawled all over Mount Charleston continuing earlier efforts to locate the Charleston Ant. Scientists left with many specimens to take back to the lab for further analysis. Spring Mountain Clean-Up- 8/8/09- 29 volunteers assisted in removing 150 lbs of trash. 2009 National Award Winners- 07/17/09- Congratulations to the Great Unconformity Community Sponsorship initiated by Dr. William H. “Bob” Bailey Middle School and Liliam Hickey Elementary School! They have been selected as a national Take Pride in America award winner. The award nomination form highlighted the amazing accomplishments of this program: Three hundred and eighty-two students from Dr. William H. “Bob” Bailey Middle School and Liliam L. Hickey Elementary School joined Don’t Trash Nevada volunteers, parents, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers, UNLV, Citizens for Active Management (CAM), The Bureau of Land Management, and Touro University Occupational Therapy students in removing trash, repairing trails, and cleaning graffiti from rocks. This year marked the first year that all agencies came together to sponsor the site and hold clean-up events on 7 different dates from September, 2008 through April, 2009. This year, the project was fully funded by Bailey Middle School student-generated funds and cooperating community agencies. Students raised money for the program by sponsoring a dance, selling shaved ice, and participating in the school-wide Cherrydale fundraiser. Spring Mountain Clean-Up- 7/11/09- 33 volunteers assisted in removing 63 bags of trash. N. Red Rock Canyon Clean-Up- 06/20/09- 11 volunteers and a group of professional surveyors removed 28 cubic yards of debris from the Lucky Strike area of Red Rock Canyon. Lovell Canyon Clean Up- 06/20/09- 12 volunteers including 1 local community member, 1 target shooter, 5 UNLV Circle K Club Members, and 5 UNLV sorority members (KΔX) were joined by 10 interagency Law Enforcement personnel at Lovell Canyon in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. They removed 20 cubic yards of shot up debris including TV’s, stuffed animals, signs, etc. 1 volunteer collected 6 – 33 gallon trash bags of recyclable plastic. Northwest Desert Clean-Up -06/13/09- 23 volunteers removed 76 cubic yards from a 12 block radius at the first ever Northwest Neighborhood Cleanup, Restoration & Preservation Day. The collaborative effort between the nonprofit group Citizens of the Northwest, Clark County, BLM, Public Lands Institute and Republic Services was a big success. Jan Valentino, the event organizer, gratefully acknowledged the efforts of these dedicated partners: “A very special thank you to Clark County Commissioner Larry Brown for his support and his many hours of "hands on" help today as well as to Kim Bush and Carrie Delatorre of Clark County who tenaciously brought this to fruition as well as for their enthusiastic participation today. Deepest thanks also to the hardworking employees of BLM, Republic Services, Don't Trash Nevada and the Public Lands Institute along with the wonderful volunteers who signed up via Get Outdoors Nevada! Conservation Transfer Area Clean-Up- 05/30/09- 5 local community members saw the hard work of 11 volunteers, including 3 Boy Scouts, and spontaneously joined in to clean up the Conservation Transfer Area. 56 yards of debris ranging from construction and landscape materials to couches and tires were removed. Desert Clean-Up Sloan Canyon- 05/23/09- 9 volunteers continued clean-up efforts at Sloan Canyon and removed 36 yards of debris (construction, landscape, general trash, etc.). Also, BLM law enforcement was onsite and issued 2 citations to individuals driving in a restricted area. Spring Cleaning- 05/09/09- 267 volunteers cleaned up 16 recreation sites during the Spring Mountains Spring Cleaning event. They cleaned up a total of 4310 pounds of litter. In addition to the sense of satisfaction they received from their stewardship efforts, they enjoyed a barbeque with music, art and educational activities. Red Rock- Seed Ball- 05/9/2009- 14 adults and 9 children made approximately 2,500 seed balls at the Red Rock Canyon overlook. Some have already been dispersed on disturbances in the Gold Butte area, and the others will be distributed over the next couple of months on tortoise habitat in Piute Valley and other Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs). Restoration scientists will be monitoring the disturbances to see how successful the seed balls are and invite any volunteers interested in joining the monitoring efforts to contact the Get Outdoors Nevada team. Clean the Rock- 05/02/09- 7 volunteers removed 20 yards of trash from The Rock, an off road site at Desert National Wildlife Refuge complex. NPLD- The Great Unconformity Area- 04/27/09- 15 volunteers from the public joined 45 Bailey Middle School volunteers and Mojave Max to celebrate National Public Lands Day a little early. They removed 28 cubic yards of trash from the Great Unconformity area. Earth Day Liter Clean-Up- 04/25/09-13 members of the UNLV Office of Information Technology and 2 Bureau of Land Management law enforcement rangers removed 28 cubic yards of trash, construction debris, and household waste from 3 separate washes in Sloan Canyon. These washes are now fenced off, thus limiting future illegal dumping. Earth Day Green Road Clean-Up- 04/22/09- 14 volunteers from the public and 79 students from Mannion Middle School removed 56 cubic yards of construction debris, household furniture, and a hot tub from the Sloan Canyon area. Mojave Max was there to teach the children about the importance of a clean ecosystem. Earth Day Invasive Weed Removal- 04/17/09- 6 volunteers cleared an area approximately 20’x40’ of the invasive weed Bur Buttercup at the Spring Mountains to celebrate Earth day. Great American Clean Up- Lake Mead- 04/04/09- 122 volunteers cleaned one square mile of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, removing 43 cubic yards of trash. Red Rock Day- 03/28/09- 43 volunteers removed 10 cubic yards of trash, repaired a gate, mended a fence and removed dangerous rope swings from Wheeler Camp Springs at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. National Park America Tour- 03/28/09- In four hours, 326 National Parks America Tour volunteers improved 50 tree wells, removed 6 cubic yards of rocks from the picnic areas, raked and removed 65 cubic yards of leaves, oleander limbs, palm fronds, and litter from the surrounding area. In total, volunteers donate over 1,304 hours to the National Park Service which is valued at $25,441.00. The hard work and esprit de corps displayed by all volunteers made the event a huge success. Placer Cove Clean-Up- 02/21/09- A group from UNLV's AED fraternity along with other members of the public (a total of 23 people) contributed 69 hours of volunteer time and cleaned up 7 cubic yards of waste in Placer Cove at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Bunkerville Clean-Up- 02/21/09- More than 15 people contributed 75 hours of volunteer time to help clean up a Bureau of Land Management site in Bunkerville, Nevada. Ash Meadows- 01/24/09- 35 people volunteered and improved a 670 foot stretch of the outflow of Kings Pool in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. In the end, one and a half dump-truck loads, roughly 15 cubic yards, of cattail leaves were cut and hauled away in a little over two hours. Bailey Middle School- 01/22/09- 47 middle school students and seventeen elementary students from Bailey Middle School picked up 15 cubic yards of trash at the Great Unconformity on Frenchman’s Mountain, Bureau of Land Management area. Bailey Middle School continued their fabulous work at the Great Unconformity, picking up trash while learning about the fascinating geology of the area. Training Highlights Desert Tortoise Training- 09/16/09- 4 volunteers attended the training held in REI in Henderson. GPS 101- 09/8/09- 3 volunteers attended the GPS 101 training offered in REI in Boca Park. Bus Tour 2009- 05/22/09- 24 volunteers attended the bus tour and all enjoyed learning about the natural and cultural history of the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area and the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. First Aid & CPR Training- 05/09/09- 13 volunteers updated their first aid and CPR skills at the Lake Mead Water Safety Center thanks to the energetic instructor from Medic 1. Bird Training- 04/16/09- 2 volunteers took advantage of a marvelous opportunity to learn about birds from Ranger Cribbs. Reports were that they saw wonderful waterfowl and a few rare species at the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. Graffiti Removal- 03/21/09-13 volunteers are all set to assist Ranger Cribbs in graffiti removal after attending his training session at Red Rock Canyon. Volunteer Orientation- 03/19/09- 4 volunteers know all about the Interagency Volunteer Program after they successfully found the location of the Volunteer Orientation Training. Native Plant Training & Wildflower Hike- 3/14/09- 14 volunteers participated in the training to learn about Native Plants and participate in a Wildflower hike. How to Succeed with Volunteers 03/04-05/09-14 rangers from all four of the agencies in the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership improved their knowledge, skills and abilities in working with volunteers by attending the “How to Succeed with Volunteers” training that the Interagency Volunteer Program. First Aid & CPR Training- 02/14/09-15 volunteers can respond to emergencies a little bit better after receiving first aid and CPR training at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Wildflower Training- 02/14/09-14 volunteers enjoyed Valentine’s Day by attending a wildflower hike with Joey Betzler, president of the local Native Plant Society.

Highlights

Read through our current newsletter for highlights of the past month.

Event Accomplishments

09/10/11- Seed Collection- USFWS
14 volunteers collected 281.2 oz of seeds
07/30/11-Sweep the Peak-USFS
48 volunteers removed about 550 lbs of waste from the Mt. Charleston Ski Resort.
07/23/11- Desert Pass Road Restoration Plus
16 volunteers donated 120 hours to channel the Mormon Well road recreation travel to designated sites by removing two disbursed campsites and reclaiming 320 meters along the course of three illegal roads
07/19/11- Outdoor Leadership Program- USFS
43 Students from Stupak, Veterans Memorial, and Doolittle Recreation centers removed 400 lbs of trash from Lee Meadows, Mt. Charleston
07/02/11- Sweep the Peak-USFS
7 volunteers removed 250 lbs of trash
06/04/11- National Trails Day- Spring Mountain- USFS
25 volunteers, 2 Friends of Nevada Wilderness Staff, 2 Forest Service Staff and 4 SCA Interns We cleared and maintained the first mile of the Bonanza Trail which included: Clearing 13 down trees, pruning numerous branches that blocked the trail, rehabilitated 4 switch back cuts, dug out 4 water bars, cleared 6 drainage ditches, and reinforced 1 switchback corner
05/25/11- West CTA Cove Clean-up – Lake Mead - NPS
18 volunteers, including 15 9th and 10th grade students from West CTA school removed 2 cubic yards of trash from Boulder Island.
05/20/11- West CTA Cove Clean-up – Lake Mead - NPS
22 volunteers, including 19 9th and 10th grade students from West CTA school removed 2 cubic yards of trash from Boulder Island.
05/19/11- West CTA Cove Clean-up – Lake Mead - NPS
19 volunteers, including 16 9th and 10th grade students from West CTA school removed 2 cubic yards of trash from Boulder Island.
5/17/11- Whispering Plant Salvage/Trail Construction - Desert NWR- FWS
2 Volunteers donated time to the completion of the newly constructed 126 meter Whispering Ben trail spur. Afterwards, volunteers cleared brush and obstructions from other trails at Corn Creek Station.
5/16/11-Whispering Plant Salvage/Trail Construction- Desert NWR - FWS
4 volunteers donated 28 hours to preserve genetic stability at Corn Creek Station by salvaging 30 desert plants. Afterwards, the crew began construction of the 126 meter Whispering Ben trail spur.
05/14/11- Bird Count- Pahranagat NWR - FWS
7 volunteers assisted the refuge biologist in a statistical assessment of bird nesting activities. Volunteers and staff obtained the number and type of bird nests throughout ½ acre of habitat.
05/11/11- West CTA Cove Clean-up – Lake Mead - NPS
24 volunteers, including 20 9th and 10th grade students from West CTA school removed 2 cubic yards of trash from a cove on Boulder Island.
05/07/11- Spring Cleaning – Mt. Charleston, Spring Mountains - FS
304 volunteers removed 3940 lbs. of litter throughout Kyle Canyon, Lee Canyon, and Deer Creek Highway. Volunteers were treated to a barbeque sponsored by the Mt. Charleston Resort.
04/30/11-Stewardship Saturday at Pahranagat -FWS
3 volunteers contributed 31 hours assisting FWS staff in planting 241 plants and 180 willow tree cuttings
04/30/11- Seed Collection- Lake Mead NRA- NPS
17 volunteers collected 95 gallons of Cheese bush seeds. They donated 51 hours to the program.
04/30/11- Planting- Moapa Valley NWR- FWS
20 volunteers planted 120 plants in the Apcar section.
04/23/11- Planting- Ash Meadows - FWS
12 volunteers planted 181, 1-gallon pots of native grasses and ash trees at Point of Rocks.
04/23/11-Red Rock Days - BLM
86 volunteers (including FORRC members) donated 642 hours in prep work and on the event day helping to protect and preserve Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. These volunteer hours have a calculated monetary value of $13,713. Click here for a detailed report
04/23/11- Earth Day Restoration and Graffiti Removal – FS
20 volunteers contributed 56 hours restoring 355 feet of user-created trail, removing 554 square feet of graffiti, and removing 2 cubic yards of litter.
04/05/11- Bailey Middle School Clean-up- BLM & NPS
70 students removed 2 cubic yards of trash
04/02/11- Ash Tree Planting- Desert NWR- USFWS
20 volunteers from Four Seasons Hotel planted 20 Ash Trees along the stream banks at Corn Creek
04/02/11- Great American Clean-Up- Lake Mead NRA- NPS
175 Volunteers filled a twenty-cubic yard dumpster with trash collected from the 33 Hole overlook and along the lakeshore. Volunteers also picked up an estimated 2400 pounds of broken glass, five tires, and one Smith’s grocery cart.
03/26/11- Boy Scout Project- Greenway RD- BLM
48 volunteers removed 63 cubic yards of trash
03/26/11- Nelson Rd. Clean-Up- BLM
23 volunteers removed 35 cu yards of litter from the Nelson road shooting area
03/19/11- Willow Tree Planting- Pahranagat NWR- USFWS
To increase bird habitat, 9 volunteers planted 243 1-gallons pots of vegetation including trees, shrubs, forbs and graminoinds into an area covering 1.2 acres at the northwest corner of the refuge above Upper Marsh
03/19/11- Boy Scout Eagle Project- Vegas Valley Drive- BLM
59 volunteers removed 40 cubic yards of trash
03/19/11- Native Planting at Tubb’s Spring- Ash Meadows NWR- USFWS
12 volunteers planted 275 1-gallon pots of native grasses and ash trees around Tubb’s Spring
03/19/11-Placer Cove Clean-Up- Lake Mead NRA- NPS
37 divers and 55 volunteers removed 12 cubic yards of trash and 2400 lbs. of trash
03/17/11-Tropical and Ann Clean-Up- BLM
12 volunteers removed 32 cu yds of trash.
03/05/2011- Sahara Mustard Pull- Lake Mead- NPS
12 volunteers contributed 60 hours to pull invasive Sahara Mustard weed on 1/3 of an acre of beach at Sandy Cove or approximately 120 pounds of plant material.
03/15/11-Corn Creek Road Decommissioning - Desert NWR- USFWS
11 volunteers contributed 55 hours of service to turn 300 meters of two track road to one track and also removed 6 cubic yards of trash.
02/26/11- Alpha Epsilon Delta Clean-Up- Iron Mountain and Decatur- BLM
49 volunteers removed 55 cubic yards of trash.
02/26/11- Cattail Cutting- Ash Meadows- USFWS
5 volunteers from Las Vegas and Armargosa removed cattails along 40 linear meters of Kings Pool outflow.
02/19/11- Weed Pull- Corn Creek- USFWS
Due to inclement weather and lower than expected turn-out, the focus of our event was changed to salvage plants. 7 volunteers salvaged salt grass from an area which is to become a staging area for the upcoming pond dredging. Volunteers helped save a lot of salt grass from being trampled under digging equipment tires. The salt grass is now at CSN nursery for propagation to use at the new visitor center. A total of 142 1-gallon pots and 37 - 2’ x 4’ flats of salt grass were salvaged.
02/15/11- Bailey Middle School Field Trip- The Great Unconformity- BLM
70 students removed 2 cubic yards of trash
02/05/11- Pick Up Your Shoot- Sloan Canyon- BLM
109 volunteers removed 40 cu yards of recyclables and 60 cu yards of other garbage and debris.
1/29/11- South Hollywood Clean-Up- BLM
80 volunteers removed 140 yards of trash.
1/24/11 Pahrump residents encouraged to volunteer to clean up public lands
1/22/11- Mesquite Groves Clean-Up- Pahrump- BLM
With the efforts of the Nevada Conservation Corps and the community volunteers a total of 280 cubic yards of trash were removed.
1/22/11- Cattail Cutting- Ash Meadows NWR- USFWS
10 volunteers removed one dump-truck load of cattails along approximately 200 yards of Crystal Spring outflow
1/22/11- Cattail Cutting- Ash Meadows NWR- USFWS
10 volunteers removed one dump-truck load of cattails along approximately 200 yards of Crystal Spring outflow
1/17/11- Martin Luther King Jr. Day Project- Lovell Canyon- USFS
24 volunteers restored 249 ft. of a 15 ft wide user created route and 1 bag of trash.
1/15/11-Route Restoration Project- Lovell Canyon- USFS
17 volunteers restored 239 ft of a 15 ft wide user created route and 1 bag of trash.
12/04/10- Stewardship Saturday – Ash Meadows- USFWS
Fourteen volunteers cleared about 200 feet of overgrown vegetation along the Crystal stream channel.
12/11/2010 Clean-Up- Lovell Canyon - USFS
Schylar Brown and members from troop # 624, along with two volunteers from Get Outdoors Nevada removed 35 cubic yards of debris from a shooting area off of Lovell Canyon road
12/14/10- Bailey Middle School Field Trip- Great Unconformity – BLM
A total of 28 Bailey Middle School students cleaned up 10 cubic yards of trash as part of a service-learning based field trip to the Great Unconformity
01/08/2010- Clean-Up – Lovell Canyon - USFS
16 Volunteers removed 32 bags of trash (512lbs), 150' of barbed wire, 7 one gallon buckets of glass, 1 pickup truck load of wood, signs, miscellaneous trash and 1 large campfire ring removed
10/02/10 – Moapa Valley Tidy-up – USFWS
14 volunteers cleared 3 acres of construction debris, dead plant matter, and weeds
10/09/10 – Upper Lake Seed Sowing – Pahranagat-USFWS
2 volunteers hand-tilled and planted native seeds about ½ acre of Upper Lake bank
10/09/10 - Cottonwood Cove Beach Clean-Up and Eco-Drive- NPS
223 volunteers participated.
10/14&16/10 - Bridging America – Celebration Event-NPS
Over 600 volunteers donated approximately 4000 hours.
10/23/10 - Birdsong Trail Construction-Corn Creek- USFWS
34 volunteers completed the construction of 1300 feet of trail
10/23/10- Fairbanks Native Planting- Ash Meadows- USFWS
A total of 11 volunteers planted 212 - 1 gallon plants along 500 feet of the Fairbanks outwash channel.
10/23/10- Step Ladder- Middle Kyle- USFS
3 volunteers finished the project of establishing 75 ft. of out-slope of tread and contouring back slope
10/25/10-Sunrise Mountain Clean Up- BLM
17 volunteers removed 250 cubic yards of trash
10/30/10-Las Vegas Boat Harbor Clean-up & Eco-Dive-NPS
30 volunteers donated 120 hours
10/30/10- Birdsong Trail Construction- Corn Creek- USFWS
A total of 14 volunteers completed the construction of 1000 feet of trail
11/05/10- Sloan Canyon – Clean Up- BLM
A total of 6 Volunteers worked with NDOT and Southwest tactical to remove 140 cubic yards of trash from the shooting area of Sloan Canyon
11/06/10- Sloan Canyon- Clean Up- BLM
A total of 9 Volunteers removed 100 cubic yards of trash from the shooting area of Sloan Canyon
11/06/10- Birdsong Trail Construction- Cork Creek- BLM
A total of 34 volunteers completed the construction of 1200 feet of trail
11/13/10- America Recycles Day- Lake Mead NRA- NPS
40 volunteers donated 160 hours
11/20/10- Weed Removal and Plant- Moapa Valley NWR- USFWS
A total of 35 volunteers removed thousands of palm tree sprouts and cleared 1/3 of an acre of overgrown weeds. Two large empty planters were filled with soil and planted with native species
7/17/10 – Pahranagat Valley Carp Rodeo – FWS
108 youth and 184 adults participated in the 1st annual Pahranagat Carp Rodeo, initial planning for the 2nd annual carp rodeo is underway
9/25/10 - National Public Lands Day – Lucky Strike Canyon - BLM
78 volunteers assisted the BLM in successfully removed 35 cu. yards of debris and installed 25 feet of post and cable
9/25/10 - National Public Lands Day – Lucky Strike Canyon - BLM
15 volunteers contributed 60 hours of service assisting the BLM in removing trash and debris from the Great Unconformity
9/25/10 - National Public Lands Day – Moapa Valley – USFWS
10 volunteers contributed 28 hours of service assisting the USFWS in planting 290, 1-gallon pots of native grasses, aquatic plants, and ash trees adjacent to the newly reconstructed Fairbanks spring outwash channel.
9/25/10 - National Public Lands Day – Lake Mead – NPS
113 volunteers contributed 452 hours assisting the NPS in successfully removing 9 cubic yards of garbage and 1200 lbs of glass. This really helped prepare the Boulder Harbor area for the Bridging America Event parking.
9/25/10 - Stewardship Saturday – Fairbanks Native Planting - USFWS
43 volunteers salvaged 117 plants in 1 gallon pots from the proposed Birdsong Loop trail and also cleared overgrown brush and other obstacles around 3000 feet of existing trail.
9/30/10 - Desert Oasis HS Clean-up – BLM
40 volunteers from Desert Oasis HS removed 20 cubic yards of debris from the vacant BLM parcel adjacent to their school
07/17/10 – Pahranagat Valley Carp Rodeo – FWS
108 youth and 184 adults participated in the 1st annual Pahranagat Carp Rodeo, initial planning for the 2nd annual carp rodeo is underway
08/21/10 – Conservation Transfer Area Clean-up – BLM
67 volunteers, including Shadow Ridge HS students and staff, contributed 335 hours of service assisting the BLM in removing trash and debris from the Conservation Transfer Area
05/22/10 – Las Vegas BLVD/Agate Road Clean-up – BLM
35 volunteers contributed 231 hours of service and removed approximately 70 cubic yards of debris and trash and 20 cubic yards of concrete rubble from a vacant parcel of land near Las Vegas BLVD and Agate Road.
05/22/10 – International Migratory Bird Day – FWS
35 volunteers contributed 30 hours of service installing 9 nesting boxes at various locations around Upper Pahranagat Lake.
06/05/10 – National Trails Day – FS
30 volunteers contributed 120 hours of service assisting the US Forest Service with trail maintenance at Sawmill Trailhead in the Spring Mountains. Volunteers also removed approximately 2 cubic yards of trash.
05/15/10 – Spring Cleaning, Mt Charleston
310 volunteers, including Eagle Scout candidate Damyn Chipman, removed 3200 pounds of trash and debris from the Spring Mountains Area at Mt Charleston
05/15/10 – 215 and Ann Road Clean-up – BLM
33 volunteers, including Eagle Scout candidate Zach Wells and troop 143, contributed 165 hours of service and removed approximately 35 cubic yards of debris and trash from an area of Red Rock Canyon national Conservation Area near Ann Road and 215.
05/15/10 – WASP Seed Collection – NPS
10 volunteers contributed 30 hours collecting native brittlebush seeds at Lake Mead NRA. The 10 volunteers collected 60 gallons of seed around the native plant nursery.
05/1/10 – Red Rock Days– BLM
50 volunteers contributed 250 hours of service and removed approximately 50 cubic yards of debris and trash from an area of Red Rock Canyon national Conservation Area near Ann Road and 215.
04/22, 23, 24/10 – Earth Day Hollywood and Alto Clean-up– BLM
131 volunteers contributed 524 hours over 3 days and removed 315 yards of household trash, landscape waste, and construction debris. Participating groups included; members from the 820th RED HORSE Squadron, staff from the 99th Civil Engineering Squadron Environmental Office, and community members.
04/17/10 – Make a difference, replenish the Earth Planting– USFWS
15 volunteers contributed 92 hours planting 268 shrubs and plants
04/17/10 – Earth Day Beach Clean-up and Eco Dive – NPS
63 volunteers participated in an Earth Day Cleanup at Callville Bay, Lake Mead NRA. The cleanup was co-sponsored by the National Park Service and concessionaire Forever Resorts, who provided lunch to the volunteers. The group contributed 315 hours and collected 1200 pounds of trash and debris.
04/10/10 – Sloan Canyon Clean-up – BLM
34 volunteers contributed 102 hours and removed 55 cubic yards of debris, including household trash, landscaping debris and construction waste
04/10/10 - Ash Meadows NWR Native Species Planting - FWS
12 volunteers contributed 83 hours planting 300 1-gallon pots of native grasses, ash trees, and aquatic plants were planted adjacent to the newly restored Fairbanks spring outwash channel
03/27/10 – Protectors of Tule Springs Great American Cleanup at the CTA – BLM
69 volunteers, including members of the Sierra Club, Protectors of Tule Springs, and community members contributed 276 hours and removed 90 cubic yards of trash and debris from the CTA.
03/27/10 - 6 Mile Cove Clean Up NPS
38 volunteers contributed 152 hours and removed 22 cubic yards of trash from 6 mile cove. The efforts put forth by the volunteers allowed this significant Recreational area to be restored back to its well-kept state. Participating groups included Wells Fargo, Beta Alpha Psi, Chapparal High School (Las Vegas), Clark County Dept of Juvenile Justice.
03/24/10, 03/27/10, 03/28/10 - Fairbanks Native Fish Translocation – USFWS
44 volunteers, over a 3 day habitat restoration event at the Ash Meadows Wildlife Refuge Area, contributed 289 hours to assist staff in the transfer of 3150 native Amargosa Pupfish, and 12,000 endemic snails from an old to newly dug channel for Fairbanks Spring. In the process they also removed 2710 invasive crayfish. The efforts put forth by the volunteers improved the pupfish habitat and helped to secure the ecological health of the outflow of the Kings Pool.
03/20/10 – Youth Conference Clean-up – BLM
133 youth volunteers and 48 adults removed 100 cubic yards of debris from BLM parcels on Moccasin and Durango roads
03/16/10 – Lasell College, Sunrise Mountain – BLM
12 volunteers from Lasell College removed 8 cubic yards of illegally dumped trash from BLM land as part of their alternative spring break.
03/13/10 – Las Vegas Boat Harbor Eco-dive and Beach Clean-up - NPS
85 volunteers (15 divers, 70 beachcombers) including; Boy Scout Troop 343, Bank of America, and Liberty High School National Honor Society members collectively donated 340 hours of service and removed about 1500 pounds of garbage and 500 pounds of glass and metal from the Las Vegas Boat Harbor area of Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The participants were served breakfast and lunch by Las Vegas Boat Harbor.
03/13/10 – Save the Desert Eco-walk Cottonwood Cove - NPS
113 volunteers donated 452 hours of service as they picked up trash along 7 miles of Cottonwood Cove Road. Volunteers also picked up trash along 2 miles of beaches. The volunteers removed approximately 40 cubic yards of trash/garbage.
03/13/10 – Greenway Clean-up – BLM
67 volunteers, including the UNLV Pre-Health Professional Club, UNLV AED Club and community members removed 56 yards of illegally dumped trash from BLM land located at the end of Greenway Rd., Henderson
03/06/10 – Sloan Canyon Clean-up - BLM
6 volunteers assisted the BLM desert clean-up team with removing 9 cu. yards of trash and debris from the Sloan Canyon Area
03/06/10 – Great American Clean-up - NPS
117 volunteers including; Growing up Green, UNLV Beta Alpha Psi, Scout Troop 343, Green Valley Christian Center, and Meet-up Las Vegas-Kind Acts of Service collectively donated 468 hours of service and removed 1200 pounds of glass and 5250 pounds of garbage from the Boulder Beach area of Lake Mead. The park Superintendent and a representative from Senator Harry Reid’s office were present to welcome and thank the volunteers.
02/27/10 – Cattail Cutting - USFWS
21 volunteers including; ΩΔΦ Fraternity, Friends of Desert NWR Complex and others cut and removed 300 yards of Kings Pool channel cattails cut
02/27/10 – Stewart’s Point Clean-up - NPS
53 volunteers and a small group of NPS employees donated 162 hours of service as they cleaned up about ½ mile of beachfront at Stewart’s Point, LMNRA. Approximately 1 sq. mile of beachfront was cleaned. Volunteers collected roughly 13 cu. yards. of trash/garbage, including a huge piece of carpet that a group of 10 UNLV students removed from one of the camping areas.
02/22/10 – Mountain’s Edge Community Cleanup - BLM
10 community members and more than 50 Nationwide insurance employees from across the USA contributed more than 250 hours of volunteer service removing debris from 5 vacant parcels in the Mountains Edge Community. Volunteers removed 140 cubic yards of trash and debris.
02/20/10 – Lake Mead National Recreation Area Clean-Up and Restoration – NPS
10 volunteers and a small contingency of NPS staff cleaned up an area of Lake Mead near Laughlin. Volunteers were able to clean many sites, removing 40 cu. yards of trash and garbage.
02/20/10 – Lovell Canyon Route Restoration # 2– USFS
6 volunteers restored 237 linear ft. of Rainbow Mt Wilderness routes for a total of 1425 sq ft. and 128 lin. ft. of La Madre Wilderness routes for a total of 627 sq ft
02/13/10 – Placer Cove Clean-up and Eco Dive - NPS
32 volunteers (12 of which were divers) donated 128 hours of labor collecting 2500 pounds of trash and debris (52 bags of trash and 40 buckets of glass) from Placer Cove. Two Law Enforcement Rangers and one maintenance staff and two maintenance volunteers also helped make the event a success.
02/06/10 - Fence Restoration - NPS
9 volunteers from the UNLV pre-health professionals’ club donated 36 hours of labor to erect two hundred feet of fence to keep Off Highway Vehicles from a sensitive cultural area. In addition and despite the continuing rain, the volunteers also did a cursory check of the area for trash and removed 75 pounds of debris.
2/4/10 - Bailey Middle School Great Unconformity Field Trip
42 Bailey MS students and teachers removed 10 cubic yards of trash during an educational field trip to the Great Unconformity.
1/30/10 - Lovell Canyon Route Restoration #1
10 volunteers contributed 60 hours restoring routes within the Rainbow Mt. Wilderness. Volunteers restored over 4000 sqare feet of wilderness. A special thanks goes out to the Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Mt Charleston License Plate Program, The Nevada Community Foundation, REI, and Friends of the Forest
1/16/10 - Lovell Canyon Clean-Up #2
33 volunteers contributed 259 hours restoring part of Rainbow Mt. Wilderness. Volunteers removed: 12 buckets of glass, 1 broken chair, 43 bags of trash, 2 TV sets, and 3 sheets of OSB panels and other construction materials. A special thanks goes out to the Friends of Nevada Wilderness and the Mt Charleston License Plate Program
1/6/10 - Lovell Canyon Clean-Up #1
16 volunteers contributed 127 hours restoring part of Lovell Canyon Rainbow Mt. Wilderness. Volunteers restored 2 campsites and removed: 17 buckets of glass, 1 couch, and 2 water coolers. A special thanks goes out to the Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Mt Charleston License Plate Program, Friends of the Forest, Nevada Community Foundation, REI for their support
12/19/09 - Bird Count - Red Rock NCA
13 volunteers covered eleven sites within the NCA and accounted for forty-five species with a total of 308 individual birds sighted and identified
12/18/09 - Bird Count – Ash Meadows
17 volunteers accounted for 75 species, with a total of approximately 4320 birds sighted and identified The highlight was an apparent male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER outside the refuge boundary, but within the count circle, in adjacent Amargosa Valley.
12/3/09 - Bailey Middle School Great Unconformity Field Trip
60 Bailey MS students and 3 SNAP Education Specialists removed 2 cubic yards of trash during an educational field trip to the Great Unconformity
12/8/09 - Mocassin Rd Clean-Up
15 volunteers, including Cadwallder MS National Junior Honor Society members, Bechers MS Go Green club members removed 140 cu. yards of debris. Items included couches, landscape debris, televisions, and other household furniture.
11/21 BLM – Duck Creek Detention Basin Clean-Up
26 volunteers, including Southern Highlands community members, Desert Oasis Band members and their teacher, and other valley residents removed approximately 120 cubic yards of debris from the Duck Creek Detention Basin area. GON would like to extend a special thank you to Par 3 landscaping for their donation of heavy equipment and operators.
11/21 NPS - St. Thomas Litter Clean-Up
30 volunteers removed 900 pounds of garbage from the St. Thomas
11/14 NPS - Callville Bay Clean-up and Eco Dive
137 volunteers removed 40 cubic yards of trash and garbage from the Callville Bay area of Lake Mead
11/14 BLM - Kiwanis Club, Red Rock NCA Clean-Up
21 volunteers, including Kiwanis club members and other valley residents removed 28 yards of debris from vacant BLM land located adjacent to the La Madre Equestrian Park trails.
10/24 BLM Make a Difference Day – Red Rock More than 430 volunteers completed 22 designated projects on Make –A-Difference day including; tree plantings, graffiti removal, painting (curbs, sidewalks, and bathrooms), seed ball making, invasive species removal, vegetation trimming, fence repair/removal, rebuilt steps and retaining walls, sanded and sealed boardwalks, trail rehabilitation and delineation, and repairs to Oliver Ranch (removed concrete waste, raked and cleaned meadow, trimmed tree overgrowth, removed non-functional electrical wiring, and removed hazardous fencing).
10/17 Summerlin Hughes Clean Up
More than 200 valley residents, including the Hughes Corporation and private contractors, volunteered their time and equipment to one of the largest clean-up efforts organized by a private entity. More than 325 tons of abandoned furniture, landscape waste, construction spoils and trash were removed from more than 200 acres of public and private land during the Summerlin Desert Clean-up event.
GON would like to extend a very special thank you to the following contractors who graciously donated their heavy equipment/manpower to the Summerlin Desert Clean-up event.
Todd Bell -- TBL Landscape & Masonry
Evon M. Kanagin-Bell -- Panacea Services LLC
Mark Heil -- TruGreen LandCare
BJ Kerzetski -- Nevada Ready Mix
Mark Hill -- ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance
Nathan Bingham -- The Groundskeeper
Craig Edwards -- Southern Nevada Paving
Kim Beechum -- KBeech Enterprise
Kurtis Hyde -- Par 3 Landscape & Maintenance, Inc.
Sloan Canyon Clean Up - 10/26/09- Junior Master Gardeners, Community Members, & SNAP Education team members removed 28 cubic yards of debris from Sloan Canyon in Henderson
N. Hollywood and Alto Clean Up- 10/3/09
4 volunteers removed 35 cubic yards of debris from the north east area of town. Items included a boat, 5 couches, landscape debris, televisions, and other household furniture.
Bailey Middle School Great Unconformity Field Trip- 10/8/09
24 students, 3 SNAP Education Specialists removed 2 cubic yards of trash during an educational field trip to the Great Unconformity
2nd N. Hollywood and Alto Clean Up- 10/16/09
41 volunteers, including staff from Windemere Realty, continued clean up efforts from earlier this month by removing 35 cubic yards of debris from the “hard hit” area of N. Hollywood and Alto
Sandy Valley Clean Up - 10/17/09
30 volunteers, (15 of those volunteers were members of Pahrump Valley 4 Wheelers who traveled from Pahrump to participate in this event) removed 238 cubic yards of trash and debris
NPS Make a Difference Day - 6 Mile Cove - 10/24/09- 15 adults and 3 children, including the UNLV Burmese Students Association removed 48 bags of trash and 4 buckets of glass from the beach area
NPLD Wetland Restoration Project ABV- 09/26/09- 6 volunteers completed the NPLD wetlands restoration project at the Alan Bible Visitor Center.
NPLD Jean Dry Lake Bed Clean-Up- 9/26/09- Boy Scout troop 949, Jackrabbits OHV club, Nevada Rangers, and other community members cleaned 3 shoot sites around the Jean Dry Lake Bed Area, efforts removed approx. 47 cubic yards of debris (hot tubs, televisions, computer components, mattresses, etc.).
NPLD Friends of Red Rock- 9/26/09- 46 adults, 21 children, and 4 BLM staff – eliminated 10 unauthorized OHV routes. Eradication efforts covered approximately 1.5 miles. Two youth groups and several adult groups collected trash from multiple areas, filling a large Republic Services dumpster with building refuse, parts of a boat, bedsprings, computer components and a great deal of trash.
NPLD NPS Boulder Harbor Clean-Up- 9/26/09- 94 volunteers, the NPS Park Superintendent, Volunteer Program Staff, and Park Service Maintenance personnel picked up 18 cubic yards of trash and debris from the area, plus 1200 lbs of glass.
NPLD USFWS Ash Meadows Planting- 9/26/09- 24 volunteers planted approximately 500 Alkali sacaton plants.
NPLD Friends of Gold Butte- 9/26/09- 40 volunteers planted 50 Creosote and Mormon Tea seedlings; transplanted 30 Barrel Cacti and Beavertail Cacti; built a 300 foot hiking trail; and installed 300 feet of split rail fence around a new parking area at the trail head. Upon completion 3 members of the Moapa Band of Paiutes were in attendance to bless the project.
Desert Oasis HS Clean-Up 09/25/09- Approximately 137 high school students joined forces with the BLM and removed 75 cubic yards of debris from the desert areas surrounding their high school.
CTA Clean-Up- 9/19/09- 23 volunteers (UNLV pre health science club and community members) removed 85 cubic yards of debris, including construction debris, household furniture, landscape debris, etc.
NPLD Lee Meadows Seed Collection- 9/12/09- 28 volunteers (Junior Master Gardeners, UNLV service group, and others) collected 6 lbs. of wax currant (Ribes cereum)and 1.5 lbs. of nodding brome (Bromus anomalus).
Spring Mountain Clean –Up- 9/12/09- 19 volunteers assisted in removing 800 lbs of trash.
Ant Safari-08/15/09- 26 citizen scientists crawled all over Mount Charleston continuing earlier efforts to locate the Charleston Ant. Scientists left with many specimens to take back to the lab for further analysis.
Spring Mountain Clean-Up- 8/8/09- 29 volunteers assisted in removing 150 lbs of trash.
2009 National Award Winners- 07/17/09- Congratulations to the Great Unconformity Community Sponsorship initiated by Dr. William H. “Bob” Bailey Middle School and Liliam Hickey Elementary School! They have been selected as a national Take Pride in America award winner. The award nomination form highlighted the amazing accomplishments of this program: Three hundred and eighty-two students from Dr. William H. “Bob” Bailey Middle School and Liliam L. Hickey Elementary School joined Don’t Trash Nevada volunteers, parents, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers, UNLV, Citizens for Active Management (CAM), The Bureau of Land Management, and Touro University Occupational Therapy students in removing trash, repairing trails, and cleaning graffiti from rocks. This year marked the first year that all agencies came together to sponsor the site and hold clean-up events on 7 different dates from September, 2008 through April, 2009. This year, the project was fully funded by Bailey Middle School student-generated funds and cooperating community agencies. Students raised money for the program by sponsoring a dance, selling shaved ice, and participating in the school-wide Cherrydale fundraiser.
Spring Mountain Clean-Up- 7/11/09- 33 volunteers assisted in removing 63 bags of trash.
N. Red Rock Canyon Clean-Up- 06/20/09- 11 volunteers and a group of professional surveyors removed 28 cubic yards of debris from the Lucky Strike area of Red Rock Canyon.
Lovell Canyon Clean Up- 06/20/09- 12 volunteers including 1 local community member, 1 target shooter, 5 UNLV Circle K Club Members, and 5 UNLV sorority members (KΔX) were joined by 10 interagency Law Enforcement personnel at Lovell Canyon in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. They removed 20 cubic yards of shot up debris including TV’s, stuffed animals, signs, etc. 1 volunteer collected 6 – 33 gallon trash bags of recyclable plastic.
Northwest Desert Clean-Up -06/13/09- 23 volunteers removed 76 cubic yards from a 12 block radius at the first ever Northwest Neighborhood Cleanup, Restoration & Preservation Day. The collaborative effort between the nonprofit group Citizens of the Northwest, Clark County, BLM, Public Lands Institute and Republic Services was a big success. Jan Valentino, the event organizer, gratefully acknowledged the efforts of these dedicated partners: “A very special thank you to Clark County Commissioner Larry Brown for his support and his many hours of "hands on" help today as well as to Kim Bush and Carrie Delatorre of Clark County who tenaciously brought this to fruition as well as for their enthusiastic participation today. Deepest thanks also to the hardworking employees of BLM, Republic Services, Don't Trash Nevada and the Public Lands Institute along with the wonderful volunteers who signed up via Get Outdoors Nevada!
Conservation Transfer Area Clean-Up- 05/30/09- 5 local community members saw the hard work of 11 volunteers, including 3 Boy Scouts, and spontaneously joined in to clean up the Conservation Transfer Area. 56 yards of debris ranging from construction and landscape materials to couches and tires were removed.
Desert Clean-Up Sloan Canyon- 05/23/09- 9 volunteers continued clean-up efforts at Sloan Canyon and removed 36 yards of debris (construction, landscape, general trash, etc.). Also, BLM law enforcement was onsite and issued 2 citations to individuals driving in a restricted area.
Spring Cleaning- 05/09/09- 267 volunteers cleaned up 16 recreation sites during the Spring Mountains Spring Cleaning event. They cleaned up a total of 4310 pounds of litter. In addition to the sense of satisfaction they received from their stewardship efforts, they enjoyed a barbeque with music, art and educational activities.
Red Rock- Seed Ball- 05/9/2009- 14 adults and 9 children made approximately 2,500 seed balls at the Red Rock Canyon overlook. Some have already been dispersed on disturbances in the Gold Butte area, and the others will be distributed over the next couple of months on tortoise habitat in Piute Valley and other Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs). Restoration scientists will be monitoring the disturbances to see how successful the seed balls are and invite any volunteers interested in joining the monitoring efforts to contact the Get Outdoors Nevada team.
Clean the Rock- 05/02/09- 7 volunteers removed 20 yards of trash from The Rock, an off road site at Desert National Wildlife Refuge complex.
NPLD- The Great Unconformity Area- 04/27/09- 15 volunteers from the public joined 45 Bailey Middle School volunteers and Mojave Max to celebrate National Public Lands Day a little early. They removed 28 cubic yards of trash from the Great Unconformity area.
Earth Day Liter Clean-Up- 04/25/09-13 members of the UNLV Office of Information Technology and 2 Bureau of Land Management law enforcement rangers removed 28 cubic yards of trash, construction debris, and household waste from 3 separate washes in Sloan Canyon. These washes are now fenced off, thus limiting future illegal dumping.
Earth Day Green Road Clean-Up- 04/22/09- 14 volunteers from the public and 79 students from Mannion Middle School removed 56 cubic yards of construction debris, household furniture, and a hot tub from the Sloan Canyon area. Mojave Max was there to teach the children about the importance of a clean ecosystem.
Earth Day Invasive Weed Removal- 04/17/09- 6 volunteers cleared an area approximately 20’x40’ of the invasive weed Bur Buttercup at the Spring Mountains to celebrate Earth day.
Great American Clean Up- Lake Mead- 04/04/09- 122 volunteers cleaned one square mile of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, removing 43 cubic yards of trash.
Red Rock Day- 03/28/09- 43 volunteers removed 10 cubic yards of trash, repaired a gate, mended a fence and removed dangerous rope swings from Wheeler Camp Springs at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
National Park America Tour- 03/28/09- In four hours, 326 National Parks America Tour volunteers improved 50 tree wells, removed 6 cubic yards of rocks from the picnic areas, raked and removed 65 cubic yards of leaves, oleander limbs, palm fronds, and litter from the surrounding area. In total, volunteers donate over 1,304 hours to the National Park Service which is valued at $25,441.00. The hard work and esprit de corps displayed by all volunteers made the event a huge success.
Placer Cove Clean-Up- 02/21/09- A group from UNLV's AED fraternity along with other members of the public (a total of 23 people) contributed 69 hours of volunteer time and cleaned up 7 cubic yards of waste in Placer Cove at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Bunkerville Clean-Up- 02/21/09- More than 15 people contributed 75 hours of volunteer time to help clean up a Bureau of Land Management site in Bunkerville, Nevada.
Ash Meadows- 01/24/09- 35 people volunteered and improved a 670 foot stretch of the outflow of Kings Pool in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. In the end, one and a half dump-truck loads, roughly 15 cubic yards, of cattail leaves were cut and hauled away in a little over two hours.
Bailey Middle School- 01/22/09- 47 middle school students and seventeen elementary students from Bailey Middle School picked up 15 cubic yards of trash at the Great Unconformity on Frenchman’s Mountain, Bureau of Land Management area.
Bailey Middle School continued their fabulous work at the Great Unconformity, picking up trash while learning about the fascinating geology of the area.

Training Highlights

Desert Tortoise Training- 09/16/09- 4 volunteers attended the training held in REI in Henderson.
GPS 101- 09/8/09- 3 volunteers attended the GPS 101 training offered in REI in Boca Park.
Bus Tour 2009- 05/22/09- 24 volunteers attended the bus tour and all enjoyed learning about the natural and cultural history of the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area and the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.
First Aid & CPR Training- 05/09/09- 13 volunteers updated their first aid and CPR skills at the Lake Mead Water Safety Center thanks to the energetic instructor from Medic 1.
Bird Training- 04/16/09- 2 volunteers took advantage of a marvelous opportunity to learn about birds from Ranger Cribbs. Reports were that they saw wonderful waterfowl and a few rare species at the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve.
Graffiti Removal- 03/21/09-13 volunteers are all set to assist Ranger Cribbs in graffiti removal after attending his training session at Red Rock Canyon.
Volunteer Orientation- 03/19/09- 4 volunteers know all about the Interagency Volunteer Program after they successfully found the location of the Volunteer Orientation Training.
Native Plant Training & Wildflower Hike- 3/14/09- 14 volunteers participated in the training to learn about Native Plants and participate in a Wildflower hike.
How to Succeed with Volunteers 03/04-05/09-14 rangers from all four of the agencies in the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership improved their knowledge, skills and abilities in working with volunteers by attending the “How to Succeed with Volunteers” training that the Interagency Volunteer Program.
First Aid & CPR Training- 02/14/09-15 volunteers can respond to emergencies a little bit better after receiving first aid and CPR training at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Wildflower Training- 02/14/09-14 volunteers enjoyed Valentine’s Day by attending a wildflower hike with Joey Betzler, president of the local Native Plant Society.