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Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering October 1, 2010 To December 31, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Get Outdoors Nevada
- The number of records in the volunteer database decreased by 1.17% over the last quarter. The database now contains 6,534 records.
- Results show an average of 836 visits per month, with an average of 2,081 pages viewed per month.
- Get Outdoors Nevada supported nineteen volunteer events in a variety of ways. These events utilized 1,225 volunteers whom contributed 6,921 hours of service.
- Volunteer fall training has been completed with 61 volunteers attending 3 trainings.
- Fall training has been completed.
- Spring training scheduling is underway.
- Volunteer Orientation Training Automation is scheduled to be completed in February.
- One hundred and thirty-four people …
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering October 5, 2010 – January 4, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering October 5, 2010 – January 4, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Anti-littering Programs
- The Hector’s Helpers program with the Clark County School District continued curriculum development.
- The team was selected to serve on the litter and recycling work group for Keep Las Vegas Beautiful.
- The team continued to develop the GIS database.
- A total of 12 clean-up events were conducted this quarter.
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering July 5, 2010 – October 4, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering July 5, 2010 – October 4, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Anti-littering Programs
- The street team portion of the media campaign was completed.
- The Hector’s Helpers program with the Clark County School District continued curriculum development.
- The team was selected to serve on the litter and recycling work group for Keep Las Vegas Beautiful.
- The team continued to develop the GIS database.
- A total of five clean-up events were conducted this quarter.
Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering July 1, 2010 To September 30, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering July 1, 2010 To September 30, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Get Outdoors Nevada
- The number of records in the volunteer database increased by 0.05% over the last quarter. The database now contains 7,669 records.
- Results show an average of 1,060 visits per month, and with an average of 2,597 pages viewed per month.
- Five National Public Lands Day events have been completed.
- The Interagency Volunteer Standard Operations Manual has been updated and revised.
- Get Outdoors Nevada supported six volunteer events in a variety of ways. These events utilized 630 volunteers whom contributed 3,686 hours of service.
- Preparations for the volunteer recognition banquet continued.
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering April 5, 2010 – July 4, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering April 5, 2010 – July 4, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Anti-littering Programs
- With Board approval, the next phase of the Don’t Trash Nevada marketing campaign began.
- The Hector’s Helpers program with the Clark County School District began curriculum development.
- The team participated in the strategic planning process for Keep Las Vegas Beautiful.
- The team met with the Education Director of Keep America Beautiful to begin the process of developing a statewide program.
- The team continued to develop the GIS database.
- A total of 15 clean-up events were conducted this quarter.
Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Annual Progress Report, Period Covering July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Annual Progress Report, Period Covering July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Get Outdoors Nevada
- From July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 the Volgistics database has increased the number of records from 6,226 to a total of 6,536 records at the end of this period.
- Website activity this year averaged 109,216 hits per month, with an average of 10,443 pages viewed per month.
- The team attended 14 community outreach events resulting in 2,588 direct contacts and 300 new mailing list records.
- The Interagency Volunteer Program (IVP) completed a total of 67 volunteer events contributing a total of 15,195 volunteer hours.
- A total of 131 volunteers completed orientations and trainings with the IVP.
- A total …
Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering April 1, 2010 – June 30, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering April 1, 2010 – June 30, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Get Outdoors Nevada
- The number of records in the volunteer database increased by 6% over the last quarter. The database now contains 7,250 records.
- A new tracking method was implemented to provide a more comprehensive analysis of website activity. Results show an average of 1397 visits per month, and with an average of 3,400 pages viewed per month.
- Spring volunteer training has been completed.
- Initial planning for Fall events has begun.
- Preparations and initial planning for the 2,010 volunteer recognition banquet began.
- The Interagency Volunteer Standard Operations Manual has been updated and revised.
- Get Outdoors Nevada supported 17 volunteer events in a variety …
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering January 5, 2010 - April 4, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering January 5, 2010 - April 4, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Anti-littering Programs
- The team presented the strategic plan to the Board for review and feedback.
- The team presented their revised Charter to the Board and received approval.
- the team met with AAEQ Manufacturing, a company interested in assisting with recycling and messaging efforts.
- The team began planning a unified recycling messaging for SNAP.
- The team met with the marketing firm B&P and discussed ideas for the messaging campaign.
- The team began collaborating with the Clark County School District on a "Hector's Helpers" program using Youth Initiative funding the BLM received.
- The team assisted the City of Las Vegas Keep America Beautiful task …
Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering January 1– March 31, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering January 1– March 31, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Get Outdoors Nevada
- The number of records in the volunteer database increased by 2% over the last quarter. The database now contains 6,179 records.
- Website activity remains secure, recording an average of 97,141 hits per month and an average of 9,227 pages viewed per month.
- Volunteer fall training has been completed.
- Volunteer spring training has been scheduled.
- The Interagency Volunteer Program supported 21 events.
- The 21 events posted on GON recruited 1,038 volunteers which resulted in 4,680 volunteer hours contributed to helping to protect our public lands.
Building More Inclusive Organizations Initiative: Evaluation Report, Alma Galvan, Lisa Larocque, The Learning Community
Building More Inclusive Organizations Initiative: Evaluation Report, Alma Galvan, Lisa Larocque, The Learning Community
Education about the Environment
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UW-SP) has been collaborating with Intercambios, a binational, bicultural consulting group, to advance the cultural relevance of environmental education (EE). Cultural relevance, or inclusiveness, requires deep reflection about one’s own values and behaviors and a long-term commitment to shifting organizational practices.
The “Building More Inclusive Organizations Initiative” was designed to capture the concerns and problem-solving processes of organizations as they worked toward becoming more inclusive. From 2007 through 2009, UW-SP and Intercambios created a Learning Community with Eco Education in St. Paul, MN; Partners in Environmental Cultural Connectedness (PECC) in Las Vegas, NV; and the …
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering October 6, 2009 – January 5, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering October 6, 2009 – January 5, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Anti-littering Programs
• The team completed their strategic plan and submitted it to the SNAP board for review.
• Work continued on the development of an adopt-a-block/parcel program to address the litter and desert dumping problems that exist in the urban-public land interfaces throughout Clark County.
• The team representative on the City of Las Vegas Keep America Beautiful task force is serving as the group’s chairperson.
• The Howard Hughes Corporation desert clean-up collaboration was a success.
• The working model of the GPS unit to be used by volunteers for the GIS database project was field tested.
• Phase III …