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Nevada Conservation Volunteer

Nevada is located between the Western coast of America and California. It is very close to the Western national parks of Craters of the Moon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Canyon.

Volunteer Role

This voluntary conservation program based in Nevada offers a challenging, diverse and very rewarding opportunity to help conservation work in the Reno region. Tasks involve:

Volunteers will construct and maintain minimum impact trails and control erosion.
You may learn the art of dry stone masonry, using it to construct retaining walls, switchbacks, water bars, and riprap erosion control barriers.
Other responsibilities will include recreating tread surface to allow for proper trail run-off and also removing encroaching vegetation from the trails.

Other duties involve a variety of restoration practices, these include: devalue illegal roads, transplant native vegetation to the area, native plant restoration, removal of non-native invasive plants, transplanting of native plant seedlings.

Project Locations

Locations may vary according to where your help is most needed:

Lake Tahoe
Lake Mead
Great Basin National Park
Cave Lake Recreational Area
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Spring Mountains National Recreation Area
City of Henderson
Jarbidge Mountains
South McCollough Wilderness Area
Black Rock Desert
Ruby Mountain
Death Valley

Accommodation and Meals

Whilst on field duty, you’ll be camping in either wilderness locations or equipped campsites. Though living on field locations can be a tough lifestyle, it is also great fun too. You’ll see shooting comets and stars, enjoying company of other volunteers around campfires and appreciated the peace of the areas you’ll camp at. Tents are part of the program.

You’ll have cooking gear and food provided, and each meal is cooked at the campfire.

Programme Overview

Prices & Durations:
6 weeks $1109/€849,
8 wekks $1299/€999,

How to book & pay:
$339/€259 deposit to secure place, balance due 10 weeks before departure.

What is included?
Orientation upon arrival
Volunteer project
Accommodation & meals
£50 phone card
Activity travel insurance
Full support and assistance
Buddy list before you leave
24 hour support number

What is not included?
Airport pickup
First night accommodation
All flights
Any personal items
Any excursions not on itinerary

Programme Summary:
You’ll enjoy the reward of helping vital conservation work as well as living in the incredible settings of a number of national parks on America’s western coast.

Programme dates:
2007: July 2- August 31, August 30- October 23 and October 25- December 20