|
|
Contents Your online donation is secure and helps protect wild lands all across Nevada. |
October 7, 2010 October 10 - 16 is National Refuge Week National Wildlife Refuge Week is celebrated during the second week of October. The national focus for 2010 is wilderness lands. Friends of Nevada Wilderness is helping the Desert National Wildlife Refuge celebrate refuge week. We expect to have so much fun that we are extending the celebration through October and into November! Friends offers you three opportunities to help the refuge by working on the Birdsong Trail. Be a part of history — help build the Birdsong Trail. This trail will enhance the birding experience of folk using the soon-to-be-built Visitor Center at Corn Creek. The southern Nevada weather should be PERFECT for this series of Saturdays working for the wild. Project info by date: October 23, October 30 and November 6. You also can celebrate your Nevada national wildlife refuges any time of the year just by visiting them and taking in the wild beauty, the solitude and the grand wide-open spaces.
Desert National Wildlife Refuge
The Desert National Wildlife Refuge was established May 20, 1936, for the protection, enhancement, and maintenance of the desert bighorn sheep. As the largest (1.6 million acres) national wildlife refuge in the lower 48 states, it affords a big, unfragmented area of desert bighorn sheep habitat — just 25 miles north of Las Vegas.
With six mountain ranges and diverse elevations, the refuge is home to many plants and animals. The more than 500 known plant species provide food and shelter for a wide range of birds, mammals and reptiles.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has recommended much of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge for wilderness designation. Friends hopes that these wild places receive the full protection they deserve. Upcoming volunteer projects and events Friends of Nevada Wilderness offers up LOTS of fun opportunities to help your Nevada wildlands to heal and prosper. Check out the next several trips and events. Also see Friends of Nevada Wilderness’ Calendar of Events online.
Saturday, October 9 Henderson Trails Day Celebration Special event — Come on down to southern Nevada’s largest trail event of the year. Stop bye the Friends of Nevada Wilderness’ booth and say “hello.” There will be activities for all ages, including an outdoor gear swap, and much more. Details
Thursday, October 14 Yelp Helps - Las Vegas-area nonprofit meet-and-greet event
Saturday, October 23 Birdsong Trail at Corn Creek (Day 1 of 3), Desert National Wildlife Refuge Stewardship — Join with Friends of Nevada Wilderness and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to build part of the Birdsong Trail. Today is the first day of a project that spans 3 work days from October 23 to November 6. Please join us for one, two or all three days. Details
Sunday, October 24 South Loop Trail - trail work Stewardship — Through an exclusive relationship with the Las Vegas Mountaineering Club we have an opportunity to improve the mountains we so often climb. This event will include the rehabilitation of the South Loop Trail in Mt. Charleston on the upper switchbacks. This part of the trail has been heavily abused by people cutting switchbacks and is in need of repair. Details
Saturday, October 30 Birdsong Trail at Corn Creek (Day 2 of 3), Desert National Wildlife Refuge Stewardship — Join with Friends of Nevada Wilderness and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to build part of the Birdsong Trail. Today is the second day of a project that spans 3 Saturdays of work from October 23 to November 6. Please join us for this day or both remaining days of work on the trail. Details Volunteers interested in camping out in the wild after working Saturday are invited to let Kurt know in advance (email Kurt) for planning.
Saturday, November 6 Birdsong Trail at Corn Creek (Day 3 of 3), Desert National Wildlife Refuge Stewardship — Join with Friends of Nevada Wilderness and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to build part of the Birdsong Trail. Today is the final day for the Birdsong Trail project. Please join us for this day to put the finishing touches on the trail. Details Kurt is offering, for those volunteers who are interested, to lead an overnight campout in the wild on Saturday at the end of the work day. Please let him know in advance (email Kurt).
|
|||||||||
|
Funding from these great organizations helps support Friends of Nevada Wilderness' efforts to protect wilderness and engage volunteers in southern Nevada.
|
||||||||||
Special event — Enjoy light refreshments while chatting
with Friends of Nevada Wilderness and other Las Vegas-area nonprofit organizations. This
free event is sponsored by “Yelp” to help southern Nevadans
find nonprofits that align with their interests and values.
