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Get Your Hands Dirty for a Good Cause
Are you looking to volunteer and help restore our local environment? Register online for the next Wash Green-Up, held on Saturday, March 10, 2012 from 12 to 3:30 p.m. We are looking for approximately 400 volunteers to plant 3,100 plants on and 8.5-acre site located just north of the Wash near the Historical Lateral Weir.
Since April 2001, the Las Vegas Wash Coordination Committee (LVWCC) has organized the Las Vegas Wash Green-Up each spring and fall. Funded by a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, the Green-Up is part of an ongoing effort to protect and enhance the ecosystem along the Las Vegas Wash.
The LVWCC was created to manage and protect the Las Vegas Wash, the critical final link in our watershed. Its members include local, state and federal agencies, environmental groups and the business community. To date, 19 Wash Green-Up events have attracted approximately 6,100 participants to volunteer their time on a Saturday afternoon to plant more than 61,000 native trees and shrubs. These events have brought together local citizens, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, high schools, fraternities, sororities, church groups, casino groups and many others to revegetate more than 150 acres of native upland and wetland habitat.
The efforts of these volunteers has created much-needed habitat for wildlife living along the Las Vegas Wash. Revegetation also has helped stabilize the Wash’s banks, reducing erosion and improving water quality into Lake Mead, the source of the Las Vegas Valley's drinking water.
To volunteer, register online.