Welcome to our calendar of events page! Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us to beautify outdoor spaces in southern Nevada. You can select an upcoming event on the calendar and register to volunteer. Registration is required.
For questions about a specific event or the volunteer program, please contact us at [email protected].
Our Alternative Breaks are our flagship stewardship program in Southern Nevada. Each multi-day experience is completely unique and features guest experts, hands-on stewardship and conservation work, delicious meals, and scrumptious desserts! This is one of the best ways available to experience camping, hiking, and volunteering in the Spring Mountains, especially if you haven't had many or any opportunities to do so before!
This summer, local experts, Get Outdoors Nevada, and researchers will team with citizen scientists to capture temperature and humidity data across our region during a one-day heat mapping campaign. As part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization’s (NOAA) Urban Heat Island Mapping Project, the data will reveal in which neighborhoods it’s hottest in our […]
Our first workshop of the weekend will be our 10+ Essentials. We will cover the officially recognized list of ten essential pieces of gear that you should have on you for every outdoor adventure as well as one more that we like to encourage folks to add. You will build a 10+ essentials kit that you can take home with you worth over $50.
Our second workshop of the weekend will be our Trip Best Practices. We will cover all of the things to consider to make sure you are recreating responsibly. Come learn about ways to take your family and friends on trips and know that you are prepared for unexpected situations.
We have our introduction to planning day trips. We will cover the basic information you should research before a trip, share our simple trip planning form with you (trust us, we wish we had it when we first started planning trips!), and practice planning a trip.
Please join us for a cleanup of the Upper Las Vegas Wash Trail on Saturday, August 27th from 8am-10am. We will be meeting at the Centennial Lawrence trailhead parking lot located at 6313 N Lawrence St, North Las Vegas, NV 89081. Parking is limited at the trailhead, additional parking located around the park perimeter. Registered volunteers will receive a […]
Please join us on Saturday, August 27th for a morning out at the Desert National Wildlife Refuge removing invasive plant species from areas around the visitor center. Volunteers will meet in front of the Visitor Center located at 16001 Corn Creek Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89124 at 8am for a brief orientation and instruction. Parking is […]
Please join us for a cleanup of the Union Pacific Railroad Trail from Acacia Park on Saturday, September 3rd from 9am-11am. We will be meeting at the Eastside park parking lot located at 50 Casa Del Fuego St, Henderson, NV 89012. Registered volunteers will receive a meeting spot map and event details a few days before the event. All ages are welcome, minors […]