National Park Service Park Newspaper U.S. Department of the Interior National Recreation Area Lake MeadSummer 2013 National Recreation Area

Borrow a Lifejacket insure the proper size. The loaner lifejackets including education, warnings and citations. The point of the rule isn't to ticket boaters, but to Drowning is the number one cause of fatalities at must be returned before dusk to allow ensure that the most polluting engines are kept Lake Mead National Recreation Area. This loss rangers to inspect and properly store them. off the lake. As time passes, the number of non- of life can be prevented by wearing a lifejacket. Please remember to never leave children compliant PWCs will decline through attrition. unattended. Drowning is preventable if you put on a lifejacket. Wear One for Life! PWCs that meet the standards through the use of direct-injection two-stroke or New Personal Watercraft four-stroke engines are not subject to this prohibition and are still allowed on the lakes. Regulation in Effect Engines that meet the regulations should have an In an effort to safeguard the waters within Lake emission control information label that clearly Mead National Recreation Area, personal water- states that they conform to clean emissions stan- craft (PWC) must now meet 2006 Environmental dards. Boats are not impacted by this regulation. Protection Agency emission standards in order to operate within the park. This includes the waters of A list of frequently asked questions and PWC Lake Mead, Lake Mohave and the . models that meet the emissions standards can be This year there are new Lifejacket Loaner found online at: Stations at Boulder Beach and Cottonwood “Lake Mead supplies drinking water for millions www.nps.gov/lake/parkmgmt/twostroke.htm. Cove. Visitors are welcome to borrow a of people in , and carbureted two- lifejacket to wear in and near the water stroke engines have been shown to discharge as and return it when they are done. much as 30 percent of their fuel directly into lake waters,” said Bill Dickinson, park superintendent. “This pollution has the potential to harm water quality, people’s health and aquatic organisms.”

The regulation, CFR 36 § 7.48 (f)(3), was estab- lished in 2003, but the National Park Service and the park delayed implementation of it for 10 years to minimize impacts to PWC owners and to provide time for people to plan for this new requirement.

There are instructions at the stations to help All PWCs will continue to be granted entrance you choose the proper size lifejacket for you and into the park; however, park rangers may use your child. The lifejackets are available to fit most a variety of enforcement strategies to ensure Visitor enjoying a personal watercraft approved for use at adults and children. Please check the label to the regulation is being followed on the water, Lake Mead National Recreation Area Information and Services Emergencies with all applicable firearm laws before entering In case of an emergency, dial 911 or contact the the park. Target shooting is prohibited. Sign up for Mead programs at 702-293-8990 police using your marine band radio on chan- and for Mohave programs at 928-754-3272 nels 16 or 22A. Report suspicious activity and Social Media non-emergencies to 702-293-8998. Emergency Join the conversation! Follow us on Facebook call boxes are located throughout the park. See at www.facebook.com/lakemead to learn the map on back page for locations. about programs and other events. Post your Follow us questions and a ranger will get back to you. www.facebook.com/lakemead Fires Follow us on Twitter at @LakeMeadNRA to Summer fire restrictions have been implement- learn about park news. View pictures of the Please ed for Southern . Wood or charcoal park and events on flickr at www.flickr.com/ No Styrofoam fires are allowed in developed picnic area grills; lakemeadnra and check out our videos at No glass wood or charcoal burning devices are allowed www.youtube.com/LakeMeadNRA. at LakeINFORMATION Mead NRA on the shoreline where natural vegetation is at least 100 feet from the shoreline; barbecue grills Pets are allowed on private boats outside the harbors Pets are allowed on all trails and beaches within Cell Phones of Lake Mead and Lake Mohave; rental boats the park unless there is a sign that says otherwise. WILL NOT WORK are authorized to use barbecues attached to Pets must be under physical control on a leash in many areas of vessel if allowed under rental boat agreement; no longer than six feet at all times. Pets should Lake Mead NRA all vessel barbecue fires must be at least 100 not be left in cars at Lake Mead NRA. Please feet away from shoreline vegetation. Smoking is consider your pet’s needs for water and shade in allowed outside of an enclosed vehicle in areas warmer temperatures. that are cleared of all flammable material for at D least three feet. Cigarettes must be discarded in Cliff Jumping o touch feed a car ashtray or an ashtray in a developed area. Cliff jumping at Lake Mead NRA is highly dis- n approach Explosives and fireworks are prohibited. couraged because it is inherently dangerous due t to hazards such as fluctuating lake levels, uneven Firearms canyon walls and unseen submerged objects. stroke Federal law allows people who can legally pos- IMPORTANT sess firearms under applicable federal, state and Alcohol PWC information local laws to possess them in the park. Firearms The consumption or direct possession of an 2nps.gov/lake/parkmgmt/twostroke.htm are prohibited in federal buildings, such as visi- alcoholic beverage by a person operating a tor centers and ranger stations. It is the respon- vehicle or vessel within Lake Mead NRA is sibility of the visitors to understand and comply prohibited. continued on page 3 www.nps.gov/lake

water. Mussels can also be spread by watercraft, trailers and on fishing and diving gear. Water Safety Education This year, Lake Mead NRA has teamed up pread Slipped or moored vessels are the largest with several partners to provide Water Safety the problem for the transfer of quagga mussels. Education programs at schools and at special S message A boat owner of a slipped or moored vessel events, such as Junior Ranger Day and “Ready, is required to notify marina personnel 72 Set, Wear It” Day. Whether children enjoy swim- hours prior to vacating a slip. The owner must ming at their neighborhood aquatics center, at schedule an inspection and vessel wash (every their home or apartment complex, or swimming marina is equipped to wash your vessel) and and boating at Lake Mead NRA, the messages are then complete a Nevada or Arizona State the same: learn to swim; wear a lifejacket; always Inspection Form. have adult supervision. This year’s partners in Water Safety Education in schools are: For day-use boat owners, please clean the hull and remove plants, animals and mud from boat, • U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Southern motor, equipment and trailer. Drain water from Nevada Sea Partners with “Coastie” the bilge, live-well and other compartments • City of Henderson Parks and Recreation holding water. After the vessel is clean, Aquatics Division with “Rad Tad” completely dry the boat and equipment for at • Nevada Department of Wildlife Boating not the Mussel least five days. Safety Education Quagga mussels are non-native freshwater mollusks that were found at Lake Mead NRA "Adopt" Your Favorite Spot in 2007. They migrated in the 1980s from the Caspian Sea over to Lake Michigan, most likely attached to ship hulls. Once they infested the Great Lakes it was only time before the mussels traveled west. Quagga mussels destroy fisheries, pollute recreation areas, damage your boat and equipment, and cost millions of dollars to control and contain.

Human-related activities are the primary Adopt-A-Program volunteer maintains his "favorite spot" method of spreading quagga mussels by transferring them to other waterways. The Lake Mead National Recreation Area’s volunteer microscopic larvae can be transported via Adopt-A-Program gives visitors an opportunity to bilges, ballast water, live wells, through-hull ‘adopt’ their favorite spot at the lake. Representatives of 2013-2014 "Water Safety Education" partners 2 fittings or any other equipment that holds continued on page 3 gather around "Coastie" the talking robotic water safety mascot. Visitor Services Lake Mead Lake Mohave Callville Bay Resort and Marina Black Canyon/Willow Beach 702-565-8958, rentals: 800-255-5561 River Adventures www.callvillebay.com 702-294-1414 Marina/boat slip rentals Dry boat storage www.blackcanyonriveradventures.com Launch ramp Boat Repair Scenic flat water raft trip through Black Canyon, Fuel (auto/boat) Cafe’ with views of Hoover Dam. On the water food Boat rental Marina snack bar service available. (houseboats & small Restaurant vessels) Lounge Cottonwood Cove Resort and Marina Campgrounds Quagga boat wash 702-297-1464, rentals: 800-255-5561 Visitor trailer village Fish cleaner www.cottonwoodcoveresort.com RV park Showers Pump-out Laundry Marina/boat slip rentals Store (gift/convenience) Store (gift/convenience) Launch ramp Dry boat storage Fuel (auto/boat) Boat Repair Echo Bay Boat rental Cafe’ 702-394-4000, toll free: 800-255-5561 (houseboats & small vessels) Quagga boat wash Motel (beach front) Fish cleaner www.lakemeadrvvillage.com Campgrounds Showers Launch ramp Pump-out Picnic area at Redstone Visitor trailer village Meeting Room Fuel (auto) Store (gift/convenience) RV park Laundry Campgrounds Dry boat storage Pump-out Visitor trailer village Las Vegas Boat Harbor Complex Fish cleaner 702-293-1191 Main Number RV park 702-293-3484 Lake Mead Marina Complex Lake Mohave Resort, Katherine Landing www.boatinglakemead.com 928-754-3245, reservations: 800-752-9669 Lake Mead Cruises www.sevencrown.com Marina/boat slip rentals Boat Repair 702-293-6180 Marina/boat slip rentals Dry boat storage www.lakemeadcruises.com Launch ramp Cafe’ Fuel (boat) Restaurants Launch ramp Boat Repair Scenic boat tours and private charters. Fuel (auto/boat) Cafe’ Landing snack bar. On the water food service available Boat rental Lounges (patio boats & small vessels) Quagga boat wash Boat rental (small vessels) Restaurant Pump-out Showers Motel Lounge Lake Mead RV Village Store (gift/convenience) Banquet/Meeting room Campgrounds Quagga boat wash Visitor trailer village Fish cleaner 702-293-2540 Dry boat storage www.lakemeadrvvillage.com RV park Showers Pump-out Laundry Visitor trailer village Dry boat storage Temple Bar Marina Store (gift/convenience) RV park (some lake views) Fish cleaner 928-767-3211, rentals: 800-255-5561 Pump-out Showers www.templebarlakemead.com Willow Beach Harbor Store (gift/convenience) Laundry 928-767-4747 Activity Center/Meeting Room Marina/boat slip rentals Store (gift/convenience) Launch ramp Dry boat storage www.willowbeachharbor.com Las Vegas Bay Fuel (auto/boat) Boat Repair (limited) Marina/boat slip rentals Pump-out 702-293-1191 Main Number Boat rental Cafe’ Launch ramp Store (gift/convenience) Campgrounds Restaurant Fuel (auto/boat) Cafe’ 702-293-3484 Lake Mead Marina Complex Visitor trailer village Lounge www.boatinglakemead.com Boat rental Quagga boat wash RV park Quagga boat wash (small vessels, canoe & kayak) Fishing pier Fuel (auto) Dry boat storage Pump-out Fish cleaner Campgrounds (tent camping) Fish cleaner Campgrounds Fish cleaner Motels/Cabins Laundry RV park Laundry

continued from page 2 (Information and Services) Alcohol is prohibited on the beach and parking Clean, Drain and Dry your boat area at the end of Approved Road 47 and within a Don’t move a mussel – a quagga mussel Explore one-mile radius of Placer Cove, Nevada. that is. It’s the law. Quagga mussels are the Remember, no glass at Lake Mead NRA. small aquatic invasive species that can latch Visitor Center Park Store onto your vessels and hitchhike to other Located off Highway 93, minutes from Recycling at Lake Mead NRA bodies of water. Once there, the mussels Hoover Dam and Boulder City, the Before you trash it, ask yourself, “Can this be can cause millions of dollars in damages. Alan Bible Visitor Center offers visitors recycled?” Aluminum beverage cans and plastic opportunities to discover the Recreation bottles marked with a 1 or 2 on the bottom can be Help us keep quagga mussels out of other Area and the Mojave Desert. recycled at Echo Bay, Willow Beach, Boulder Beach lakes. Before you leave the park, CLEAN picnic area and at marinas around the park. Please plants, animals and mud from your boat, Explore the park store’s wide selection of do your part for our Climate Friendly Park. motor and trailer. DRAIN water from Lake Mead NRA and Hoover Dam books, the bilge, live-well and engine. DRY the kid’s items, movies, postcards, music, watercraft, vehicle and equipment. jewelry and much more. Become familiar with the laws for Nevada and Arizona.

continued from page 2 (Adopt) Visitors, who frequent the park regularly, may become park stewards by cleaning up their adopted shoreline while enjoying a day at the lake. You can feel good about shopping! Your Wear it for life With the fluctuating water levels, the need tax-free purchases directly support Lifejackets save lives. Children age 12 and younger for our visitors help is greater than ever outreach and education at Lake Mead must wear a lifejacket while on board a vessel. before. This program has helped improve National Recreation Area. Each person aboard a personal watercraft, must the appearance of our shorelines because The Visitor Center is free to visit and is also wear a lifejacket. All vessels must be equipped of dedicated volunteers who facilitate open Wednesday-Sunday. See the map on with wearable U.S. Coast Guard approved life- three cleanups a year with their family and the back page for our location or call jackets for each person on board. Due to the cold friends, and then report back what they have 702-293-8990 for details. temperatures between Hoover Dam and Mile 43 accomplished. on Lake Mohave, all occupants of hand-propelled craft in that area must wear lifejackets when un- If you are interested in becoming an derway. Because lake conditions can change in an ‘adopter’ give us a call at 702-293-8717 or instant, Lake Mead NRA recommends wearing a send us an email at: www.wnpa.org 3 lifejacket while swimming. [email protected]. Food service Ranger station Lodging 169 Marina Picnic area Boat tours 15 Overton Boat launch Campground Auto gas/fuel

ARIZONA RV Park Emergency Phone Store NEVADA

0 20 Kilometers Overton Beach VALLEY OF FIRE 0 20 Miles 169 Road to Overton Beach STATE PARK is closed North STATE FEE Entrance Station AREA Blue Point Spring 41mi (no drinking water) Rogers Spring (no drinking water) GRAND CANYON - PARASHANT NATIONAL MONUMENT

95 Echo Bay

Redstone 25mi (no drinking water) Low water, shifting sandbars 147 Northshore Road and rapids possible Callville Bay Entrance Station 5.6mi Pearce Bay LAS VEGAS is dry Las Vegas Bay Lake Mead Pearce GRAND CANYON Lakeshore Boulder Ferry Entrance Station Scenic Drive NATIONAL PARK Harbor Las Vegas Boat Harbor South Marina Complex Cove

HENDERSON Boulder Beach Lake Mead Cruises Lake Mead RV Village Entrance Station Hoover Dam 215 Hoover Visitor Center Dam Temple Bar Rafting Meadview 146 Lake Mead Tour Entrance Station Visitor Center Park Headquarters BOULDER CITY Emergency:

15 Willow Beach Fire - Police - Medical 911

Lake Mead Visitor Center 165 800-680-5851

Eldorado Lake Mead Blvd. Canyon 702-293-8932 Entrance Station Callville Bay 93 NELSON Non emergency: Lake Mead Pkwy. Northshore Road Entrance Station ARIZONA 702-293-8998 NEVADA

Alan Bible Visitor Center Henderson Dolan Springs Boulder Beach 95 Entrance Station Cottonwood Cove

Hoover Dam Clean, Drain and Dry your vessel, trailer, equipment and anything 93 164 Entrance Station else that came in contact with the water. BOULDER CITY Lake HISTORIC SEARCHLIGHT Stop the spread of DISTRICT Mohave y a W Wyoming Street invasive mussels!

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Las Vegas Princess Cove Arizona Telephone Cove Katherine Landing

NEVADA Entrance Station CALIFORNIA 68 40 KINGMAN

163 MOJAVE NATIONAL BULLHEAD LAUGHLIN PRESERVE 95 CITY

Visitor Information E-mail Website 702-293-8990 [email protected] www.nps.gov/lake Mailing Address Lake Mead National Recreation Area 601 Nevada Way Boulder City, NV 89005

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