PLI and CCSD Teach Adventure and Stewardship

The Public Lands Institute is working with the Clark County School District to provide instruction for its Urban Adventure Curriculum in physical education classes. Students are learning about stewardship and new ways to enjoy being physically active on public lands. Secondary Physical Education Facilitator Hayden Ross has created a video pictorial of Outdoor World activities with middle and high school physical education students.

Talking trash: Seeking ways to take out persistent problem

Talking trash: Seeking ways to take out persistent problem by Stephanie Tavares, Las Vegas Sun.

Don't Trash Nevada featured on the Flood Channel's Building Blocks

PLI Project Manager Beth Barrie and the Don't Trash Nevada program are featured in a segment of the "Building Blocks" episode of the Flood Channel. The segment looks at how to protect your home and the environment. The episode will air on Cox Cable channels 2 and 4 through the end of April.

PLI-PRODUCED PUBLICATIONS RECEIVE NATIONAL RECOGNITION

The UNLV Public Lands Institute was honored with two awards from the Association of Partners for Public Lands during its 2010 Media and Partnership Awards in San Diego last month. PLI received two honorable mentions in the Children’s Media category for The Story of Gill and La Invasión del Basurón (The Invasion of Trashor).

The Story of Gill, the Gila Monster Who Found a New Home follows Gill on an adventure as he is taken from the wild illegally by a wildlife smuggler and is rescued, only to face the risk of being stolen again. The comic is based on the true story of a gila monster taken from the desert that went on to live at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, then at the Springs Preserve. The story was created by Paula Jacoby-Garrett and Diane Yost and written and illustrated by the Fillbach Brothers. Shawn and Matt Fillbach are well known in the comic book world. The Las Vegas residents are currently the artists for the Star Wars graphic novel series.

La Invasión del Basurón is a Spanish-language comic in a coloring book format to engage Hispanic children and adults. The book features animated characters, led by Super Héctor, a ram superhero with an anti-littering message. The comic book was developed by PLI partner Language Sources.

Both projects were managed by PLI Conservation Education & Interpretation Manager Allison Brody and were developed for the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership, which is comprised of the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service.

PLI was one of 25 organizations from across the U.S. that submitted more than 100 entries in 14 categories in this year’s competition. Sixteen volunteer judges from the public and private sectors selected the winners baded on a benchmark for quality products and programs.

View the Awards:

Super Hector APPL Award
Story of Gill APPL Award

Bombs away: As long as it’s to seed park

Bombs away: As long as it’s to seed park, by Stephanie Tavares, Las Vegas Sun.

Playing in the Great Outdoors

PLI’s Allison Brody and best-selling author Richard Louv were guests on KNPR’s State of Nevada program on February 25, 2010. Louv revealed the secrets to getting kids outdoors in today's urban world, while Brody offered tips for exploration in Southern Nevada and discussed the 2010 Our Places Tell Stories Conference. You can listen here.

Trashing the desert can cost litterbugs big money

"Trashing the desert can cost litterbugs big money," by Tiffany Gibson, Las Vegas Sun.