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Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering October 1 – December 31, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering October 1 – December 31, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Get Outdoors Nevada
- The number of records in the volunteer database increased 12% over last quarter. The database now contains 4,937 records.
- Website activity decreased, recording an average of 82,859 hits per month, a decrease of 31% from last quarter, with an average of 8,191 pages viewed per month.
- Volunteer fall training has been completed.
- Three National Public Land Day Events have been completed.
- Two hundred and ten people attended the Volunteer Recognition Event.
Southern Nevada Agency Partnership Cultural Site Stewardship Program – Program Expansion And Steward Retention: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending December 31, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Cultural Site Stewardship Program
• An ATV safety class was conducted to certify Clark County site stewards.
• Stewards reported ten major cultural site impacts and nine lesser impacts.
• Technical design for the new CSSP database is 80% complete.
Inside Unlv, Shane Bevell, David Ashley, Tony Allen, Mamie Peers, Allison Miller
Inside Unlv, Shane Bevell, David Ashley, Tony Allen, Mamie Peers, Allison Miller
Inside UNLV
No abstract provided.
Goffman Turned To Me And Said With Some Surprise, “You Like Doing Fieldwork?”, Ruth Horowitz
Goffman Turned To Me And Said With Some Surprise, “You Like Doing Fieldwork?”, Ruth Horowitz
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Dr. Ruth Horowitz, Professor of Sociology at the New York University, wrote this memoir at the invitation of Dmitri Shalin and gave her approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives.
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering July 6 – Oct. 5, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering July 6 – Oct. 5, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Anti-littering Programs
• Don’t Trash Nevada website traffic remains strong despite no separate marketing.
• Project Manager Douglas Joslin has been assisting the IVP team due to the resignation of Donna Grady.
• A new ad created in cooperation with Republic Services of Southern Nevada appeared in five different View newspapers in July.
• The messaging campaign year two plan is in development and will be ready in November.
• Forty-three people took the anti-litter pledge this quarter, bringing the total number of pledges to 431.
• Planning for the Don’t Trash Nevada exhibit at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum continued …
Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering July 1 - September 30, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering July 1 - September 30, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Get Outdoors Nevada
- The number of records in the volunteer database increased 11% over last quarter. The database now contains 4,343 records.
- Website activity increased, recording an average of 121,313 hits per month, an increase of 31% from last quarter, with an average of 11,475 pages viewed per month.
- Volunteer fall training has been scheduled, developed and publicized.
- Three National Public Land Day Events are planned.
- Volunteer recognition banquet event is being planned and developed.
- Transition in the program manager position took place. The position is currently filled with an interim volunteer program associate.
Southern Nevada Agency Partnership Cultural Site Stewardship Program – Program Expansion And Steward Retention: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering July 1 – September 30, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Cultural Site Stewardship Program
• Stewards have been assigned sites in the Desert National Wildlife Range for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• The CSSP has expanded into the Laughlin area, the southernmost region of Nevada, the last stage of five designated stewardship areas in Clark County.
• Two basic training classes were conducted, adding 33 new site stewards.
• Stewards reported a total of 63 significant site impacts for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, as opposed to 51 significant impacts for the same period last year.
• Creation of a CSSP relational database is underway.
• Annual reports are being …
Marvin Scott Warned Me That Goffman Did Not Like People Writing About Him, That We Should Only Write About Dead People, Andy Fontana
Marvin Scott Warned Me That Goffman Did Not Like People Writing About Him, That We Should Only Write About Dead People, Andy Fontana
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Dr. Andreas Fontana, Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, wrote this memoir at the invitation of Dmitri Shalin and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives.
Encounters With Erving Goffman, Peter Manning
Encounters With Erving Goffman, Peter Manning
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
A letter describing encounters with Erving Goffman.
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Peter Manning About Erving Goffman Entitled "Manning-Shalin On Goffman", Peter Manning, Dmitri N. Shalin
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Peter Manning About Erving Goffman Entitled "Manning-Shalin On Goffman", Peter Manning, Dmitri N. Shalin
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Interview between Dmitri Shaolin and Peter Manning
A Small Unassuming Man Walked Up To Me, Shook My Hand And Told Me, “I Really Enjoyed Your Paper”, David R. Dickens Jr.
A Small Unassuming Man Walked Up To Me, Shook My Hand And Told Me, “I Really Enjoyed Your Paper”, David R. Dickens Jr.
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Dr. David Dickens, Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, wrote this memoir at the invitation of Dmitri Shalin and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives.
Lead-Contaminated Candies In Southern Nevada, Shawn Gerstenberger, Glenn Savage, Clayton Sellers, Keith Zupnik, Emmanuel C. Gorospe
Lead-Contaminated Candies In Southern Nevada, Shawn Gerstenberger, Glenn Savage, Clayton Sellers, Keith Zupnik, Emmanuel C. Gorospe
Environmental & Occupational Health Faculty Publications
Lead-contaminated candies from Latin America are beginning to gain attention in the public media1,2 and in the medical literature.3–5 These candies come from a number of sources and are manufactured outside Food and Drug Administration regulatory control. In 2005, we sampled 50 imported Latin American candies sold in Southern Nevada. A total of 20 (40%) tested positive with an average lead content of 1.46 0.27 mg/kg in the candies’ wrappers and straws, based on standard Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry methodology. Given these results, the Southern Nevada Health District issued a cease-and-desist order on February 13, 2006, to local …
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending July 05, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending July 05, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Anti-littering Programs
• Don’t Trash Nevada website traffic remains strong despite no separate marketing.
• Project Manager Douglas Joslin attended a by-invitation-only presentation for environmental groups on May 17, 2007 to discuss marketing opportunities with BTDT Enterprises, Inc.
• Mr. Joslin is working with the Clark County School District on elementary educational programs.
• The Anti-Litter Team has started work on a GIS database for littering and dumping data with the GIS Team. The two Teams met twice this quarter to discuss strategy.
• Republic Services’ sponsored Don’t Trash Nevada advertisements, which have begun to run in local newspapers.
• More than …
Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Shane Bevell, Grace Russell
Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Shane Bevell, Grace Russell
Inside UNLV
No abstract provided.
Southern Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program, Public Lands Institute
Southern Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program, Public Lands Institute
Get Outdoors Nevada
Encourage volunteerism to conserve
and protect the diverse natural areas in Southern Nevada
Cooperative Conservation: Increasing Capacity Through Community Partnerships Interagency Volunteer Program: Final Project Report, May 31 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Cooperative Conservation: Increasing Capacity Through Community Partnerships Interagency Volunteer Program: Final Project Report, May 31 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Get Outdoors Nevada
- Was recognized with two consecutive National Take Pride in America Awards (2005 and 2006) in the Federal Program category.
- Created a central clearinghouse created for Southern Nevada public lands volunteers, including:─ an online volunteer data‐management application (Volgistics) adopted and customized for the program and populated with 2,866 active and 974 prospective volunteer records ─ a community outreach Web site that currently averages 57,930 hits per month and has aided in the recruitment of 1,211 volunteers ─ branding development and marketing and outreach tool creation
- Developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all areas of Interagency Volunteer Program Management—recruitment, training, recognition, retention …
Clark County Cultural Site Stewardship Program: Final Project Report, George Phillips, Margaret N. Rees
Clark County Cultural Site Stewardship Program: Final Project Report, George Phillips, Margaret N. Rees
Cultural Site Stewardship Program
Cooperative Conservation: Increasing Capacity through Community Partnerships – Cultural Site Stewardship Program is a Round 4 Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA)- funded project implemented by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Public Lands Institute on behalf of and in cooperation with four Federal agencies. This project resulted in the design, development, and implementation of an Interagency Cultural Site Stewardship Program. The program:
- Was recognized with Department of the Interior Cooperative Conservation Service Award (2007).
- Was modeled after the successful Arizona Site Steward Program developed and implemented with the following components:
- ─ recruitment activities
─ required classroom and field …
Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Shane Bevell, David Ashley, Mamie Peers, Grace Russell, Lisa Shawcroft
Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Shane Bevell, David Ashley, Mamie Peers, Grace Russell, Lisa Shawcroft
Inside UNLV
No abstract provided.
Southern Nevada Agency Partnership Conservation Education And Interpretation Strategy, Allison Brody
Southern Nevada Agency Partnership Conservation Education And Interpretation Strategy, Allison Brody
Education about the Environment
Four federal agencies manage seven million acres of federal lands in Southern Nevada. Increasing demands for use of these public lands has created the need for those agencies to form a unique interagency partnership and to work cooperatively in support of agency missions, protection of natural resources, and public service.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office, National Park Service (NPS) Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Spring Mountains National Recreation Area formed the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership (SNAP) in 1997 …
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending April 05, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending April 05, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Anti-littering Programs
• Don’t Trash Nevada website traffic increased by 144% over the previous quarter.
• Project Manager Douglas Joslin made a presentation about the Take Pride in America in Southern Nevada program to the Executive Committee on February 7, 2007.
• 20 Don’t Trash Nevada advertisements ran during February and March.
• A billboard has been in place on US95 and Russell Road throughout this quarter.
• Don’t Trash Nevada purchased radio spots on Metro Networks in February and March.
• 137 people have taken the on-line anti-litter and dumping pledge.
• The anti-litter team received a $10,000 dollar donation from …
Unlv Magazine, Grace Russell, Gian Galassi, Shane Bevell, Karyn S. Hollingsworth, Jennifer Lawson, Lori Bachand, Cate Weeks, Erin O'Donnell, Peter Starkweather
Unlv Magazine, Grace Russell, Gian Galassi, Shane Bevell, Karyn S. Hollingsworth, Jennifer Lawson, Lori Bachand, Cate Weeks, Erin O'Donnell, Peter Starkweather
UNLV Magazine
No abstract provided.
Cooperative Conservation: Increasing Capacity Through Community Partnerships -- Interagency Volunteer Program: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending March 31, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Get Outdoors Nevada
- Volunteer database increased 10 percent over last quarter to contain 3,243 records.
- Website activity increased, recording an average of 57,930 hits per month, with an average of 5,839 pages viewed per month (17 percent increase in pages viewed).
- Volunteer orientation program delivered to 30 active volunteers.
- Volunteer survey related to communication, training, and recognition complete.
- Volunteer spring training scheduled, developed, and publicized.
- Volunteers contributed 1,400 hours in the Great American Cleanup.
- National volunteer week recognition plan developed.
Cooperative Conservation: Increasing Capacity Through Community Partnerships: Cultural Site Stewardship Program: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending March 31, 2007, Margaret N. Rees
Cultural Site Stewardship Program
• The Cultural Site Stewardship Program now has 269 enrolled site stewards, an increase of 24% since March of 2006.
• Two training classes were held in 2007, adding 53 new stewards.
• Site Stewards reported 31 significant impacts during fiscal year 2007 compared to 25 impacts during the same period last year.
The Status Of Childhood Lead Poisoning And Prevention In Nevada, Usa, Anne Rothweiler, Elena E. Cabb, Shawn Gerstenberger
The Status Of Childhood Lead Poisoning And Prevention In Nevada, Usa, Anne Rothweiler, Elena E. Cabb, Shawn Gerstenberger
Environmental & Occupational Health Faculty Publications
One of the first steps in addressing the problem of childhood lead poisoning is to identify the possible sources of exposure in specific communities and target high-risk populations with appropriate interventions. Due to several factors, such as lack of funding and lack of blood lead reporting, little information exists regarding the occurrence of childhood lead poisoning and the prevalence of potential exposure sources in the state of Nevada. Following the recent establishment of a Nevada-based Lead Poisoning Program, we compiled the most current information available on Nevadans, and use this knowledge to suggest future research objectives and outreach activities for …