PR: Festival – Audubon Notice
November 25, 2008 by SNBWTP
Filed under Press 2008
Wings and Wildlife Festival of Southern Nevada
Thursday-Saturday, March 12-15, 2009
Laughlin, Nevada, on the Colorado River
Information/Registration: www.LaughlinBirds.com
Phone: 702-298-0630 (Jena Morga)
Enjoy best weather birding/wildlife watching in the tri-state area where Arizona, California, and Nevada meet. Visitor friendly and economical Laughlin serves as festival headquarters. Situated along the west bank of one of America’s truly great rivers, the Colorado, Laughlin is the gateway to birds and other wildlife in this tri-state region. Southwestern, late winter, and early spring species await in chaparral/scrub oak, Colorado River, desert scrub, Gambel oak, Joshua tree, lake, mesquite, pinion pine, Ponderosa pine, riparian, and wetland habitats found among the numerous satellite wildlife viewing areas all around Laughlin. All this, plus…
• John Acorn, the Nature Nut
• Sharon Schafer, featured photographer
• Guided bird/nature walks – Big Bend of the Colorado River State Recreation Area, Colorado River Heritage Greenway Trail, Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, Hualapai Mountains, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Wee Thump Joshua Tree Forest
• Guided bird/nature trips by kayak – Black Canyon, Colorado River, Topock Gorge
• Nature art show, wine & art reception
• Live Animals – raptors, reptiles
• Booths, demonstrations, displays, workshops
A Southern Nevada Birding and Wildlife Trails Partnership (www.SNBWTP.org) event: Desert River Outfitters, Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, Laughlin Tourism Committee, Laughlin Visitors Bureau, National Park Service, Nevada Commission on Tourism, Nevada Department of Wildlife, Nevada State Parks, Red Rock Audubon Society, Southern Nevada Water Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
