Get Outdoors Nevada Activities

Submitted by: Get Outdoors Nevada

West side of the Spring Mountains Clean-Up
Date: Wednesday January 20th
Time: 8:00am – 4:00pm
Audience: Adults, Seniors, Groups, Families
Location: Lovell Canyon Area of the Spring Mountain Recreation Area.
Agency: U.S. Forest Service
Volunteer Work Type: Clean-Up

The Friends of Nevada Wilderness will complete their clean-up efforts on the West Side of the Spring Mountains on Wednesday, 1/20. This will be their third and final scheduled clean-up for the month of January. Please join them in their mid-week project. For more information please call Kurt Kuznicki, Wilderness Program Director with Friends of Nevada Wilderness at (775)745-3119.

Lovell Canyon Route Restoration
Date: Saturday, January 30th
Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Audience: Adults, seniors, Groups, Families
Location: Lovell Canyon Rainbow Mountain Wilderness
Agency: U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
Volunteer Work Type: Restoration

The Friends of Nevada Wilderness will be restoring some user-created routes & former roads in the Lovell Canyon area on the west side of the Spring Mountains near mountain Springs. These routes were decommissioned a few years ago and need a little TLC to improve the Wilderness quality. Novice and experienced volunteers are needed, and the only requirements are a heart for the outdoors and a desire to make a difference. Join us in our restoration project and make some new friends. For more information and to sign up for this event, please contact Kurt Kuznicki, Friends of Nevada Wilderness (775) 745-3119

Litter Indexing
Date: Friday, February 5th
Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm
Audience: Adults, seniors, families
Location: City of Las Vegas Code Enforcement Building
Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Volunteer Work Type: Litter monitoring

Come out and help build partnerships in your community. The Bureau of Land Management is partnering with the City of Las Vegas and Republic Services to develop a system for monitoring the amount of litter and desert dumping in the Las Vegas valley. Volunteers are needed to ride along in City vans and assess the level of litter in neighborhoods throughout Las Vegas. Snacks and lunch will be provided. For more information on volunteering, please email or call Beth Barrie, Project Manager with Don’t Trash Nevada at (702) 895-5837.

Cattail Cutting – Ash Meadows
Date: Saturday, February 6th
Time: 9:00 AM – Noon, or until 3:00 pm if volunteers bring a sack lunch
Audience: Individuals, Groups, Seniors, & Families (must be at least 8 yrs. Old, under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian)
Location: Ash Meadows
Agency: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Volunteer Work Type: Restoration, cattail cutting

Ash Meadows is hosting a cattail cutting February 6, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 3:00 pm. Volunteers will join Ash Meadow’s staff as they cut cattail from the waters of the warm natural springs. This prime Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish habitat gets infiltrated annually by cattail fronds, which make better habitat for crayfish, an exotic aquatic animal that competes for resources with the endangered pupfish. By cutting these fronds back each year, you are helping to improve an endangered desert fish’s habitat.
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area Fence Restoration
Date: Saturday, February 6th
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Audience: Groups and individuals of all ages
Location: Black Canyon Wilderness Area
Agency: National Park Service (NPS)
Volunteer Work Type: Fence Restoration

A small group of volunteers (10-12) are needed to work with the National Park Service during the morning of February 6th as they build a section of boundary fence South of Boulder City in the Black Canyon Wilderness Area. Registration will start at 8:00 am at the National Park Service Headquarters and then carpool to the exact location. For more information and to register for this event please call: Nancy Bernard, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 702-293-8714

Placer Cove/Eldorado Canyon Clean-Up
Date: Saturday, February 13th
Time: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Audience: Groups and individuals of all ages
Location: Placer Cove Area, Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Agency: National Park Service (NPS)
Volunteer Work Type: Clean-up, litter removal

Litter clean-up events through Get Outdoors Nevada are a great way to get some heart-healthy exercise and make new friends, all-the-while promoting a healthy environment for residents of Southern Nevada. On Saturday, February 13th, the National Park Service will be conducting a cleanup at Placer Cove, located in the beautiful Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Join in and help return this area to its natural beauty. For additional information about this event, please contact Jennifer Winston at 702-293-8711.
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area Clean-Up and Restoration
Date: Saturday, February 2oth
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Audience: Groups and individuals of all ages
Location: Lake Mead National Recreation Area – Laughlin, NV
Agency: National Park Service (NPS)
Volunteer Work Type: Clean-up, litter removal

Volunteers are needed to work with the National Park Service during the morning of February 20th, for a restoration and clean-up project in the southwest corner of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, near Laughlin, Nevada. 9 a.m.-12 noon. For more information and to register for this event please call: Nancy Bernard, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 702-293-8714 .

Lovell Canyon Clean-Up
Date: Saturday, February 20th
Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Audience: Adults, seniors, Groups, Families
Location: Lovell Canyon
Agency: U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
Volunteer Work Type: Litter Clean-Up

Litter clean-up events through Get Outdoors Nevada are a great way to get some heart-healthy exercise and make new friends, all-the-while promoting a healthy environment for residents of Southern Nevada. On Saturday, February 20th, the U.S Forest Service will be conducting a cleanup at Lovell Canyon. This area is littered with debris left from shooters. Join Law Enforcement Officials as they work to return this area to its natural beauty.
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Lovell Canyon Route Restoration
Date: Saturday, February 20th
Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Audience: Adults, seniors, Groups, Families
Location: Lovell Canyon Rainbow Mountain Wilderness
Agency: U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
Volunteer Work Type: Restoration

The Friends of Nevada Wilderness will be continuing their efforts in restoring some user-created routes & former roads in the Lovell Canyon area on the west side of the Spring Mountains near mountain Springs. These routes were decommissioned a few years ago and need a little TLC to improve the Wilderness quality. Novice and experienced volunteers are needed, and the only requirements are a heart for the outdoors and a desire to make a difference. Join us in our restoration project and make some new friends. For more information and to sign up for this event, please contact Kurt Kuznicki, Friends of Nevada Wilderness (775) 745-3119

Mountain’s Edge Master Planned Community – Desert Clean Up
Date: Monday, February 22nd
Time: 8:00 AM – Noon
Audience: Groups and individuals of all ages
Location: Mountain’s Edge
Agency: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Volunteer Work Type: Clean-up

The Mountain’s Edge Master Planned Community will be teaming with the Bureau of Land Management for a large scale clean-up of public and private land on Monday, February 22nd at 8 AM. Vacant land parcels in this area have unfortunately become a dumping ground for everything from furniture to landscaping waste and construction spoils. Join us on this Monday volunteer event; we need your help to return our desert to its pristine state!
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Stewart’s Point Clean-Up
Date: Saturday, February 27th
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Audience: Groups and individuals of all ages
Location: Stewart’s Point Area, Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Agency: National Park Service (NPS)
Volunteer Work Type: Clean-up, litter removal

Litter clean-up events through Get Outdoors Nevada are a great way to get some heart-healthy exercise and make new friends, all-the-while promoting a healthy environment for residents of Southern Nevada. On Saturday, February 27th, the National Park Service will be conducting a cleanup at Stewart’s Point, located in the beautiful Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Join in and help return this area to its natural beauty. For additional information about this event, please call 702-293-8717.
Click here to register.

Lovell Canyon Route Restoration
Date: Saturday, February 27th
Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Audience: Adults, seniors, Groups, Families
Location: Lovell Canyon Rainbow Mountain Wilderness
Agency: U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
Volunteer Work Type: Restoration

The Friends of Nevada Wilderness will be continuing their efforts in restoring some user-created routes & former roads in the Lovell Canyon area on the west side of the Spring Mountains near mountain Springs. This is the third in a series of projects to improve the Wilderness quality in the Rainbow Mountain and La Madre Wilderness Areas. We are looking for novice and experienced volunteers who have a heart for the outdoors and a desire to make a difference. For more information and to sign up for this event, please contact Kurt Kuznicki, Friends of Nevada Wilderness (775) 745-3119.

Cattail Cutting – Ash Meadows
Date: Saturday, February 27th
Time: 9:00 AM – Noon, or until 3:00 pm if volunteers bring a sack lunch
Audience: Individuals, Groups, Seniors, & Families (must be at least 8 yrs. Old, under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian)
Location: Ash Meadows
Agency: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Volunteer Work Type: Restoration, cattail cutting

Ash Meadows is hosting a cattail cutting February 27th, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 3:00 pm. Volunteers will join Ash Meadow’s staff as they cut cattail from the waters of the warm natural springs. This prime Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish habitat gets infiltrated annually by cattail fronds, which make better habitat for crayfish, an exotic aquatic animal that competes for resources with the endangered pupfish. By cutting these fronds back each year, you are helping to improve an endangered desert fish’s habitat.
Click here to register.