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Environmental Health and Protection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2009

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Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering July 6, 2009 – October 4, 2009, Margaret N. Rees Oct 2009

Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering July 6, 2009 – October 4, 2009, Margaret N. Rees

Anti-littering Programs

  • The team showcased their clean up efforts to the Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
  • 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 has sent a representative to serve on the City of Las Vegas Keep America Beautiful task force.
  • The team began collaboration with the Howard Hughes Corporation on a desert clean up.
  • The recycling feasibility report was presented and approved by the SNAP board.
  • The team made substantial progress on the completion of a strategic plan.
  • A working …


Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering April 6, 2009 – July 5, 2009, Margaret N. Rees Jul 2009

Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering April 6, 2009 – July 5, 2009, Margaret N. Rees

Anti-littering Programs

  • Exploratory development of an adopt-a-block program was initiated to address the litter and desert dumping problems that exist in the urban-public land interfaces throughout Clark County began.
  • Draft of SNAP recycling feasibility report was completed.
  • Preliminary field data form was revised for GIS database project.
  • Phase III media campaign began.
  • Ten clean-up events were conducted this quarter.
  • The team provided 534 cubic yards of roll-off space for clean-ups.


Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Annual Progress Report, Period Covering July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009, Margaret N. Rees Jun 2009

Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Annual Progress Report, Period Covering July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009, Margaret N. Rees

Get Outdoors Nevada

  • From July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 the Volgistic database has increased the number of records by 20% containing a total 6,226 records at the end of this period.
  • Website activity this year averaged 63,590 hits per month, with an average of 5,290 pages viewed per month.
  • The IVP team presented a summary of their accomplishments to the SNAP board.
  • The team attended 13 community outreach events resulting in 2,501 direct contacts and 394 new mailing list records.
  • How to Succeed with Volunteers training was held for SNAP personnel.
  • The IVP team met with four SNAP teams to develop …


Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering April 1, 2009 – June 30, 2009, Margaret N. Rees Jun 2009

Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering April 1, 2009 – June 30, 2009, Margaret N. Rees

Get Outdoors Nevada

  • The number of records in the volunteer database increased by 1,269, a 10% increase over last quarter. The database currently contains 6,226 records.
  • Website activity increased, recording an average of 81,903 hits per month, an increase of 20 % from last quarter, with an average of 5,814 pages viewed per month.
  • The IVP team surveyed agency staff to determine operational volunteer recruitment needs.
  • The IVP team reported their successes, lessons learned, and plans for the future during their assessment by the SNAP board.
  • The second annual volunteer bus tour was successfully conducted.
  • Preparations for the volunteer recognition banquet began.