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PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:57 pm 
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Spring Mountains Sweep the Peak Event
Saturday, August 8th
10:00AM to 12:00 PM unless folks want to bring a sack lunch for a picnic on the mountain
Audience: Adults, Seniors, Groups, Children
Location: Spring Mountains National Recreation Area
Agency: USFS
Volunteer Work Type: Clean-up
Come enjoy the cool temperatures of the Spring Mountains, meet new people and care for the environment all at the same time. Clean-ups at Mt. Charleston are a fun, educational way to beat the heat of the valley. For more information please contact Patty Conant at the U.S. Forest Service (702) 468-8929 or
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Spring Mountains Sweep the Peak Event
Saturday, September 12th
10:00AM to 12:00 PM unless folks want to bring a sack lunch for a picnic on the mountain
Audience: Adults, Seniors, Groups, Children
Location: Spring Mountains National Recreation Area
Agency: USFS
Volunteer Work Type: Clean-up
Come enjoy the cool temperatures of the Spring Mountains, meet new people and care for the environment all at the same time. Clean-ups at Mt. Charleston are a fun, educational way to beat the heat of the valley. For more information please contact Patty Conant at the U.S. Forest Service (702) 468-8929 or
Click here to register.


Seed Collection -- National Public Lands Day
Saturday September 12, 2009
Time 9:00 AM - Noon
Audience: Individuals, Groups, Seniors, & Families
Location: Lee Meadows
Agency: FS
Volunteer Work Type: Seed Collection
The United States Forest Service will be celebrating National Public Lands Day today. Come out and show you care about your land by helping collect seeds that will be used to re-vegetate areas of the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area.
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Planting -- National Public Lands Day
Saturday September 12, 2009
Time 9:00 AM - Noon
Audience: Individuals, Groups, Seniors, & Families (must be at least 8 yrs. old)
Location: Ash Meadows
Agency: USFWS
Volunteer Work Type: Native Seed Planting
In celebration of National Public Lands Day the US Fish and Wildlife Service will be conducting a planting at Ash Meadows. Come out and share in this celebration by assisting in planting native seedlings.
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Willow Beach Clean-up and Eco Dive
Saturday September 12, 2009
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Audience: certified divers, individuals, families, groups
Location: Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Agency: NPS
Volunteer Work Type: Clean-up and Eco-dive
Come help us clean-up Willow Beach Marina. Forever Resorts and the National Park Service are cosponsoring a beach clean-up and eco dive in the Willow Beach area. Individuals, families and groups are welcome to participate in the beach clean-up. Beach clean-up registration begins at 9 am. Volunteers will be transported by raft to a beach to clean-up and will return to the Willow Beach area at 1 pm for lunch.
Divers must show proof of a current PADI certification ("C" card) in order to participate in the eco-dive. Registration begins at 9 am for divers with a briefing at 9:30 am. First dive will begin at 10 am with a second dive at 11:30 am.
Forever Resorts will be providing lunch and a t-shirt for any volunteer helping out with either a beach clean-up or the eco-dive. For more information about volunteering call Barbara at 702.293.8717 or the Willow Beach store at 928.767.4747. Select the link below to register online or call the Willow Beach store at 928.767.4747. If you will be diving, please let us know. Registration is a must so we have plenty of food for all the volunteers.
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Clean-up -- National Public Lands Day
Saturday September 26, 2009
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Audience: Individuals, Groups, Seniors, & Families
Location: Lake Mead National Recreation Area (exact location TBD)
Agency: NPS
Volunteer Work Type: Litter Clean-up
Come join the NPS as they clean-up Lake Mead National Recreation area in celebration of National Public Lands Day.
To register contact Barbara at 702.293.8717.
Click here to register.

Wetlands Restoration -- National Public Lands Day
Saturday September 26, 2009
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Audience: Individuals, Small Group, Seniors, & Families (must be at least 16, parent approval)
Location: Alan Bible Visitor Center (ABVC), Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Agency: NPS
Volunteer Work Type: Restoration
The National Park Service will be conducting a restoration project at the Alan Bible Visitor Center in recognition of National Public Lands Day. The Park Service is looking for 6-10 individuals to help in their restoration efforts. If you are interested in helping reconstruct the wetlands plant community area at the Alan Bible Visitor Center please contact Jennifer Winston 702-293-7811, or by e-mail at Jennifer_Winston@nps.gov

BLM Clean-up and Restoration -- National Public Lands Day
Saturday September 26th
Audience: Adults, Seniors, Families, off-road and ATV Groups
Location: Multiple Bureau of Land Management Sites
Volunteer Work Type: Trail restoration and clean-up
Join in as the Bureau of Land Management celebrates National Public Lands Day by offering opportunities for volunteers of all ages to help care for our public lands. Final event details are being planned, please stay tuned for more information!


Sweep the Peak
Various Dates and Times
Audience: Groups and individuals of all ages
Location: Spring Mountain National Recreation Area
Agency: USFS
Volunteer Work Type: Clean-up
Did you know that there are 17,000 acres of Bristlecone Pines amid the 316,000-acres that make up the Spring Mountain National Recreation Area (SMNRA)? Learn more about this special area and the unique plants and animals that call SMNRA home while pitching in to Sweep the Peak.

Join U.S. Forest Service representatives in various locations of SMNRA during this summer-long clean up to help preserve the beauty of the Mt. Charleston area. Volunteers are an integral part of maintaining this pristine ecosystem for its over one million annual visitors as well as local residents. Individual or group volunteers can sign up to clean-up midweek and weekends through Labor Day, September 7, and weekends through September 30. Trash pick-up locations will be assigned according to group size and outdoor experience, and tools/supplies are provided. Sites include Lee Canyon, Kyle Canyon and Deer Creek Highway. Education programs are available upon request and can be paired with lunch or a picnic. To join, contact Patty Conant at the U.S. Forest Service (702) 468-8929.

Adopt-A-Cove
A commitment of at least 3 times per year
Audience: Groups and individuals of all ages
Location: Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Agency: NPS
Volunteer Work Type: Clean-up and stewardship
Lake Mead National Recreation Area’s Adopt-A-Cove Program gives people in our local communities the opportunity to become a park steward while enjoying a day at the Lake. Being the eyes and ears for the park demon­strates to visitors and residents alike that you care about our National Park. With the changing water levels, the need for your help is greater than ever before. This program has helped improve the appearance of our shorelines and without volunteers this would not be possible.
Anyone can Adopt-A-Cove! Maintaining our shorelines improves human health and safety, wildlife habitat, and the beautiful scenery at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Adopting a cove is an easy, team-building project that takes only a few hours while contributing back to your community. You are asked to clean your adopted area just three times per year and report back to the park how much litter and debris you collected and other safety issues that you may discover. There are a number of potential coves that need to be adopted; some even accessible by land. Coves are adopted on a first come first serve basis.
Beginning is easy, simply call Lake Mead National Recreation Area’s Volunteer Program Office at (702) 293-8711or visit www.nps.gov/lame/supportyourpark for more information.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:14 pm 
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Off Highway Vehicle Education Team
Southern Nevada Agency Partnership (Las Vegas, NV)
The National Park Service in partnership with three other Federal Agencies (BLM, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Forest Service ) in the Las Vegas Valley are looking for volunteers to assist in providing educational programs to high school students regarding responsible use in Off Highway Vehicle operations. This new high school curriculum requires enthusiastic volunteers who want to teach high school students about riding responsibly on public lands in Southern Nevada. Helping the next generation of users to understand the care we need to take with our desert and mountain ecosystems is a priority for all of the federal land managers. Help us teach about Desert Habitat, Tread Lightly Principles, User Conflict, and Management Decision Making while engaging youth in fun interactive activities, If you have a teaching background, have always wanted to teach in the classroom, or just enjoy this recreational sport this volunteer position is for you. You will team teach with a staff Interpreter and provide your particular insight into an area that concerns us all.
Time Commitment & Duration: One or two half days per month, generally weekdays. This is an ongoing position.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:14 pm 
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I looked at the cirriculum and it was very well prepaired , However the OHV Quiz while thoroughly covering the downside impact of motorized vehicles did little to support the upside. The economic benifits were used as the main positive with little being said for the human psycological benifits of outdoors recreation. The idea of volunteerism was mentiond only sparcely with in the text.

The health impacts of dust were the topic of question 10 and OHV use restictions in Clark County were exeplified as a result of too much particulate matter in the air. The couching of this question and answers doing little to seperate OHV use in Clark County and people developing cancer cataracts and asthma.

Similarly Question 9 on negitive impacts explores how OHV "can" impact the desert. The multiple choice answers proving childern with choices such as 40 tons of soil per mile "can" be displaced by an OHV climbing a steep hill." these factoids surrounding what can happen rather what will likely happen or those stating clear percentages could be quite misleading to a young student and adversly affect his newly forming opinion about OHV use.

I am strongly opposed to the way these questions and answers are couched.

The economic upside of OHV use was the topic of question 2 but that was the sole support of OHV use. Interesting facts concerning enviormental impacts to specie such as coral pink sand dunes tiger beatle and the temporary deafening of the kangeroo rat by OHV exhausts where the topics of some of the other questions.

the cirriculum also features activity 2 an recreational experiance excersize where students brainstorm about recreation then engage in a cut and paste activity

Part 3 is a study into trail edicate entitled trail tactics. Trail tactic uses a dice rolling game to drive a look into the consequences of OHV practices and identifys responsible OHV practices that minimize impact to the land

Activity 4 is by far my favorite activity . It challanges students to create there oun OHV park and has them manage it purchase building pay mitigation fees etc.

My basic opinion is that the cirriculum is significantly tilted towards the negative impacts and does very little on how ethical OHV use can significant deminish or negate those impacts. However presented I belive it will engage more potential OHV users than it will repell.

I beleive the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership's idea of having a pro-OHV person co present this cirriculum is a positive one. And one we should take advantage of in an effort to provide these drivers ed students with a fair balance of both the positive and negitive impacts of OHV use.

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