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Volunteer Trail Building Day at Galena Creek Park

THURSDAY, 31 JULY 2008


Reno, Nevada - Volunteers are needed to team up with local youth on a new one-mile trail building project from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, August 2 at Galena Creek Regional Park.

Volunteers will be working alongside local 17- and 18-year olds who signed up for a summer of service with the Great Basin Institute's Great Basin Naturalists program. Community Volunteer Trail Building Day is a great way for the youth to show what they've learned, while making a lasting contribution to the public.

What: Community Volunteer Trail Building Day
Where: Galena Creek Regional Park, Mt. Rose Highway. Use the first entrance to the park and meet near the restrooms.
When: 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 2.

Lunch will be provided. Contact: Kyle Isacksen, Youth Program Coordinator for the Great Basin Institute (775) 240-5967.

The mission of the Great Basin Naturalists youth program is to develop the next generation of conservationists through hands-on learning opportunities. Participants have spent the past seven weeks camping in the Tahoe Basin and working on the Tahoe Rim Trail. They have studied Lake Tahoe ecology and history along with astronomy, ornithology, and the basics of finding their way through the wilderness by using maps and a compass. They have also become certified in Leave No Trace, First Aid, and CPR.

Galena Creek Regional Park is managed by Washoe County's Department of Regional Parks and Open Space. The Department's mission is to provide exceptional parks and open space, and recreational opportunities while preserving our natural, historical, and cultural resources. For more information, visit www.washoecountyparks.com.

Source:
www.washoecounty.us

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