GOODSPRINGS DAZE 9/24/11

GOODSPRINGS DAZE 

September 24, 2011 

“Celebrating our History”  

First Annual 

Festivities start 10am

Food Karaoke Raffle Bake Sale Car Show Arts & Crafts Games for Kids Coloring Contest Historical Society Exhibit Ice Cream Eating Contest Pie Eating Contest

Live Music Face Painting Silent Auction WWII Air Show Cowboy Roping Tricks 1913 School will be open School History Display Everyone Welcome Bring your lounge chair 100-Year Railroad Commemoration Information booths: Nature, History

“The Art of Nature” multimedia presentation by artist Sharon Schafer  

Goodsprings, Nevada…..I-15 S Exit Jean, 7 miles west 

For more information please call Cheryl (702) 218-6974 or Noel (702) 290-8325

www.pioneersaloon.info
www.goodsprings.org

PLI Project Manager Dan Chase worked with a group of Las Vegas teens, who spent their summer learning to enjoy and respect the great outdoors.

PLI Project Manager Dan Chase worked with a group of Las Vegas teens, who spent their summer learning to enjoy and respect the great outdoors. Watch the video at Las Vegas City Beat on Demand

Get Outdoors Nevada Named to the 2011 Best of the City list by Vegas Seven

Congratulations to Get Outdoors Nevada! Vegas Seven in Las Vegas has proclaimed the volunteer recruitment program as the best unheralded green effort in Las Vegas. Our hats off to the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership, the Interagency Volunteer Program team, Public Lands Institute Project Manager Dan Chase, and the thousands of volunteers for a job well done.

PLI and Don't Trash Nevada Team with the City of Las Vegas to Increase Youth Awareness on Littering and Recycling

Clark County School District: Let's Move Outside Celebration

Clark County School District: Let's Move Outside Celebration

Saving the Relict Leopard Frog

At one point the relict leopard frog was thought to be extinct. But in the early nineties the frog was rediscovered at various springs in southern Nevada. A team of biologists from UNLV working with federal wildlife officials recently backpacked buckets of relict leopard frogs to a spring near Lake Mohave. The latest is one of about 10 releases of relict leopard frogs into the wild. Project leader Jef Jaeger is a research professor at UNLV Public Lands Institute and he joins us to talk about releasing the relict leopard frog into the wild and why the species is important to the area.

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Jef Jaeger, Research Asst Prof, Public Lands Institute and School of Life Sciences, UNLV

Listen Now

Biologists hope new home keeps frogs from croaking

"Biologists hope new home keeps frogs from croaking," by Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal. View Video

High schoolers use GPS for habitat restoration

"High schoolers use GPS for habitat restoration," by Alyson Mack, 3/17/2011

Public Lands Institute Gets Outdoors With CCSD Students

The Public Lands Institute worked in partnership with the Safe Routes to School Program at the Clark County School District to take Lunt Elementary School students hiking and geocaching at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Safe Routes to School Program Facilitator Hayden Ross captured the field trip on video and in photographs.

THE INAUGURAL LAS VEGAS SCIENCE FESTIVAL: MAY 1-7, 2011

SCIENCE IN VEGAS: WHAT ARE THE ODDS? (PDF)
THE INAUGURAL LAS VEGAS SCIENCE FESTIVAL : MAY 1-7, 2011

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PLI Partners with Four Seasons to Celebrate a 'Sustainable' Anniversary

PLI Partners with Four Seasons to Celebrate a 'Sustainable' Anniversary

FAMILIES IN NATURE PROGRAM RECEIVES STATE AWARD

Congratulations to the Families in Nature Program! Clark County Parks & Recreation has been honored with a Program Excellence Award at the 2011 Nevada Recreation and Park Society (NRPS) State Conference for Families in Nature, Snow Shoe Hike & Camping Trip and Winchester Players. The award was presented at the NRPS Awards & Installation Dinner on Thursday, March 17th at Black Mountain Golf & Country Club.

The Families in Nature Program is a creation of the Clark County Winchester Cultural Center, the UNLV Public Lands Institute, the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership, and members of the Las Vegas Hispanic community who entered into a unique partnership. Together, they discovered that getting out on a trail or into a park or other natural setting is an amazing way to connect—not only with nature but with friends, family, and community as well.

The program started in 2008. Since then, approximately 600 people have participated in more than 15 field-trip and educational adventures. These have included snow play in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area; camping at Winchester Cultural Center; hiking at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and Valley of Fire State Park; kayaking at Lake Mead National Recreation Area; and restoring native vegetation at the Moapa National Wildlife Refuge.

Don't Trash Nevada recognized for helping to raise awareness about America Recycles Day

Don't Trash Nevada recognized for helping to raise awareness about America Recycles Day

Defenders of History

"Defenders of History: Culture is everywhere in Las Vegas, and the Cultural Site Stewardship Program is working to protect it," by Kate Silver, Vegas Seven.

THE INAUGURAL LAS VEGAS SCIENCE FESTIVAL: MAY 1-7, 2011

SCIENCE IN VEGAS: WHAT ARE THE ODDS? (PDF)
THE INAUGURAL LAS VEGAS SCIENCE FESTIVAL : MAY 1-7, 2011

Check out the festival website and visit their facebook.

Survey: Eagles flying high at Lake Mead

"Survey: Eagles flying high at Lake Mead," by Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal.