2012 Wingding Awardees

All photos courtesy of Henry Egghart

Volunteers of the Year - Mike Thorson and Dorothy Hudig

2012 Youth Steward - Levi Smyth

Corporate Sponsor of the Year - GSI Outdoors

Wilderness Legacy Award - Marge Sill, Mother of Nevada Wilderness

A few of the lovely Blue Helmet awardees

Organization Partner of the Year - Great Basin Institute

Agency Partner of the Year - Southern Nevada Agency Partnership, accepted by Director Kate Hanson

Agency Team Player - Sandi Gracia of the Winnemucca BLM, accepted by Kristine Struck

Lush Charity Pot Stewardship Project in Gold Butte

Lush Cosmetics brought ten customers from around North America out to work in Gold Butte (after enjoying a day of pampering in their Mandalay Bay store!). The team worked along the Falling Man Trail, and hiked up to see some of the famous Gold Butte petroglyphs.

Enjoying the fresh Nevada air!

Posin' with petroglyphs

Smile!

The whole team celebrates their work in Gold Butte!

The volunteers planted 100 natives along the Falling Man Trail.

Getting a little dirty...

...and very happy!

Your host, the man of the hour, the one and only KURT KUZNICKI!!!!

Do you tortoise Gold Butte? We sure do!!

Gloves protect hands that received lovely Lush treatments the day before!

Getting in tune with the ancient song that is Gold Butte!

The Zappos Family and KEEN Footwear: Improving Mt. Charleston for Everyone!



One hundred volunteers arrive at Mt. Charleston ready to work!

Crowning our Blue Helmet Volunteer, Elyse B.!

Team Clean BBQ versus...

Team Cleaner BBQ!!

Team Paint represents!

Show that grill who's boss!

After a day a trail clean-up, the team at Sawmill Trailhead is tired but smiling!

All photos by Jose Witt.

The Zappos Family and KEEN Footwear: More Smiles and Stewardship

Sharing a stewardship smile with Ray and Jerry!

Loving some Dutch oven cake!

Repainting the picnic furniture at Old Mill Picnic Area

Temple mugs for the camera!

"Look how dirty I am!"



Smiling for the wild!

All photos by Kurt Kuznicki


The Zappos Family and Keen Footwear in Mt. Charleston: The Video

The Zappos Family and Keen Footwear: Sunshine, Stewardship, and Smiles

Volunteers from the Zappos Family and KEEN Footwear headed up to Mt. Charleston to improve three popular public picnicking areas.

Our Zappos Family Blue Helmet winner, Elyse, represents!

Ready to work!

Scraping off the old before painting the new - volunteers painted over 20 tables and benches

Repurposing outdated calendars into greeting cards and envelopes while enjoying the fresh air

Dutch oven demonstration

A bonding moment in neon for Southern Nevada Program Director Kurt Kuznicki and Stewardship Program Director Pat Bruce

Smile!

Keeping fueled!

Sampling a Dutch oven delight, courtesy of Stewardship Program Director Pat Bruce

Teamwork works best!

Giving the public barbeque grills a fresh coat of paint! A dozen grills were cleaned out, scraped
off, and re-painted.

Everybody say wild!

Check back for more pictures from the event in the coming days!

Corporate Stewardship: UPS in the Spring Mountains

Volunteers from UPS in Las Vegas put some elbow grease into working on the Cliff Rose Trail in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (photo by Jose Witt)

Lush Cosmetics in the Rainbow Mountain Wilderness

Employees from the Lush Cosmetics store in Mandalay Bay Resort came out to the Rainbow Mountain Wilderness to get dirty during the first week in May!

The volunteers re-naturalized an area off Lovell Canyon Road that had been damaged by human impact.

A good attitude, even when digging herself a hole!

Smiles all around!

A picnic at the Spring Mountains Ranch State Park after a hard morning of work!

Thank you, Lush, for keeping Nevada wild!