Home Free Nevada

Nevada's Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program. Their mission: to reduce communities' carbon footprint and resource consumption by establishing standards for home auditors and contractors.

Partners include city and county governments, utility companies, schools, volunteer organizations, businesses, professional associations and more.

website: www.homefreenevada.org

Vegas PBS & Educational Technology Campus (ETC)

PBS' Educational Technology Campus will house Vegas PBS studios and offices, the Clark County School District (CCSD) Virtual High School, and emergency response data casting operations to backup Nevada's Homeland Security capacities. The $37.5 million, 112,000-square feet building aims for LEED Gold Certification.

websites:

• www.klvx.org
• vegaspbs.org

Nevada Wilderness Trail Program

The Nevada Wilderness Trail Program is part of the Working Abroad Volunteer Program focusing specifically on projects in Nevada.

website: www.workingabroad.com/page/63/nevada-programme-details.htm

Get Outdoors Nevada

Get Outdoors Nevada -- sponsored by the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership (Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Forest Service and National Park Service) -- is an interagency volunteer program that develops collaborative projects to enhance services to the public, improve the stewardship of the federal lands and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their management activities. Volunteer Info.

website: www.getoutdoorsnevada.org

Adopt-A-Program at Lake Mead National Recreation Area

If you feel compelled to make a difference and contribute to the local community, check out the Adopt-A-Program at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. It's an opportunity to keep your favorite local area clean! Volunteers assist the park in maintaining a cove, trail, or road by performing clean ups at a minimum of three times per year.

website: www.nps.gov/lame/supportyourpark/adopt-program.htm

Nevada Commission of Tourism

The Nevada Commission of Tourism offers a number of FREE services. For example:

• Download a comprehensive Visitors Guide (PDF format).
• Read full-color Travel Brochures online.
• Check out these handy Travel Tools

website: www.travelnevada.com

Las Vegas Kayakers Meetup

Las Vegas Kayakers organizes regular paddling trips for more than 700 members.

website: www.lasvegaskayakers.com

Sandboarding @ Amargosa Dunes

Try your luck at Sandboarding @ Amargosa Dunes located about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas and about 20 miles south of Beatty, NV on Hwy 95. It's a five-square mile playground of dunes, recommended by Sandboard Magazine.

website: sandboard.com