Over a dozen volunteers headed up to the Santa Rosa Range to prep Lye Creek Campground for youth stewards and complete general campground maintenance under blue skies and green mountain peaks.
Volunteers sanded and prepped 14 picnic tables to be painted
by the 6th-8th grade students who will be participating
in Nevada Outdoor School's Adventure Camp II from July 9th-14th. The week-long program aims to build kids’
confidence while introducing them to recreation opportunities and outdoor
skills.
Lye Creek Campground is one of the only developed recreation
sites in Humboldt County, and maintaining it is a high priority for Friends of
Nevada Wilderness and Nevada Outdoor School.
In addition to prepping the picnic furniture for painting, volunteers also constructed 50 feet of trail.
The team also cleaned up one mile of
the fence encircling Lye Creek Campground. The fence prevents grazing cattle
and sheep from disturbing campers.
There are still opportunities to get out into wild Nevada in
the Santa Rosa Range, including July 13-15 and for National Public Lands Day on
September 14-16. Visit
www.NevadaWilderness.org
or contact brenna@nevadaoutdoorschool.org
for more information about volunteer opportunities in the Santa Rosa Range.
All photos by Graham Stafford.
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A team of volunteers braved chilly temperatures to plant native brush in the Santa Rosa Range, the first of four trips this spring to restore a burned area.
The Tom Basin Fire, which burned in 2011, left the area scorched and gave a foothold for invasive species.
Volunteers planted 700 bitterbrush plants - a staple of the mule deer's winter diet - and over 150 Great Basin Big Sage and Wyoming Big Sage starts were put in the ground. Aside from being a favorite area for mule deer, Tom Basin is also habitat for the sage grouse.
