Friends of Nevada Wilderness Program Accomplishments 2016 Report Summary Total Restoration Projects: 68 Total Monitoring Projects: 41 Total Volunteers: 644 Total Number of Outreach Events: 53 Total Volunteer Hours: 11,212 Total Trainings Held: 3 Total AmeriCorps In-kind: $60,198 Total Volunteer In-kind: $172,644 Total In-kind: $232,842 Personnel Summary: For 2016, Friends of Nevada Wilderness has 14 regular employees, 8 seasonal staff and 8 AmeriCorps Service Volunteers. Southern Nevada The southern Nevada crew that made our successful stewardship and outreach work possible include: Jose Witt, Jesy Simons, and Grace Larsen along with occasional support from the northern Nevada crew. Stewardship Project Summary Number of Stewardship Projects: 33 Total Volunteers: 269 Total Volunteer Hours: 2,772 Total In-kind Donation: $74,083 Stewardship February 6-7 – Yucca Camp Restoration: AR-51 (Yucca Camp Rd), Eldorado Wilderness: NPS Total Volunteers/Staff: 15/3 Total Volunteer Hours: 158 Total In-Kind Donation: $4,327 Volunteers worked to remove a camping sign and old barrier (13 posts & cable) from Eldorado Wilderness. Volunteers naturalized 90 feet of the decommissioned section of AR-51 (Yucca Camp Rd) and built a new barrier (32 posts & cable with a walk-through) at the new wilderness boundary. This will lead to 2,286 feet of passive restoration on the route. 11 volunteers camped out with Friends staff. February 27 – Arrow Canyon Extravaganza: Arrow Canyon: BLM Total Volunteers/Staff: 12/4 Total Volunteer Hours: 96 Total In-Kind Donation: $2,918 Volunteers worked in Arrow Canyon for 5 hours. 4 volunteers installed a 2 panel kiosk at the Arrow Canyon main parking lot. 8 volunteers repaired the post and cable fence at the trailhead parking lot. 2 BLM employees oversaw each project. March 12 – Cleanup at Cottonwood Cove: Lake Mead NRA: NPS Total Volunteers/Staff: 1/0 Total Volunteer Hours: 5 Total In-Kind Donation: $115 Volunteer filled 2, 33 gallon garbage bags with trash while hiking at Cottonwood Cove. March 15 – ASB Campsite Prep: Interagency Office: NPS Total Volunteers/Staff: 1/0 Total Volunteer Hours: 1.5 Total In-Kind Donation: $56 Volunteer picked up the shade shelter to help reserve our ASB camp at NV Telephone Cove. March 18-20 – ASB Campsite Prep: NV Telephone Cove: NPS Total Volunteers/Staff: 2/0 Total Volunteer Hours: 46 Total In-Kind Donation: $1,158 Volunteers prepped the ASB site at NV Telephone Cove. March 20-24 – Alternative Spring Break: Lake Mohave, Lake Mead NRA: NPS Total Volunteers/Staff: 17/5 Total Volunteer Hours: 480 Total In-Kind Donation: $13,035 Volunteers put up 2 post and cable barriers for vehicles. The barrier at AR-18 consisted of 9 posts and spanned 91 ft. The barrier at AR-13 included a walk-through and consisted of 11 posts spanning 103 ft. Volunteers completed 1,551 feet of active restoration of the decommissioned routes, leading to the passive restoration of an additional 3.9 miles. Volunteers removed the road signs from both areas. Volunteers installed an "ecological restoration in progress" sign at AR-13 and "road ends here" sign at AR-18. March 23 – Alternative Spring Break: Christmas Tree Pass: BLM Total Volunteers/Staff: 14/4 Total Volunteer Hours: 187 Total In-Kind Donation: $4513 Volunteers picked up over 34 bags of pesky, difficult to remove decoration from Christmas Tree Pass. Volunteers installed 2 post barriers. One barrier used 8 posts to line the parking area for Spirit Mountain hikers, preventing widening. Another barrier used 2 posts in the trail going up to Spirit Mountain to prevent vehicle incursions. April 15 – SH Architecture at Brownstone Basin, La Madre Mountain Wilderness: BLM Total Volunteers/Staff: 5/2 Total Volunteer Hours: 30 Total In-Kind Donation: $772 Volunteers from SH Architecture spent the morning in Brownstone Basin. We started the day with an interpretive hike led by Mark Boatwright, BLM Archaeologist. We then repaired a vehicle barrier with Robert Valenzuela. April 19 – MGM Earth Day, Lovell Canyon: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 12/1 Total Volunteer Hours: 54 Total In-Kind Donation: $1,579 Volunteers from MGM Resorts picked up 5 cubic yards of trash from Lovell Canyon at the 2nd camping area on USFS Road 540 April 24 – Willow Canyon Fence Pull, Cold Creek: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 16/6 Total Volunteer Hours: 160 Total In-Kind Donation: $3,956 Volunteers removed 0.95 miles of defunct, barbed allotment fencing from the area around Willow Spring. That's 1200 lbs of barbed wire and a truck full of t-posts. There are 1.5 miles of fencing remaining. Our work led to 429 acres of wildlife (elk) habitat restoration!! May 14 – GO Mt Charleston Spring Cleaning, Lee Meadows: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 22/1 Total Volunteer Hours: 88 Total In-Kind Donation: $2,895 Volunteers with Friends picked up 5 cubic yards of litter from Lower Lee Meadows. Groups all over Mt. Charleston picked up a total of 3,570 pounds of trash as part of the event. May 22 – Lovell Canyon Restoration, Lovell Canyon: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 8/1 Total Volunteer Hours: 48 Total In-Kind Donation: $1,297 Volunteers actively restored 262 linear feet of a motor vehicle incursion into Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, which will lead to the passive restoration of another 1702 feet. Route was at the end of FS road 45540. Volunteers also picked up 155 lbs of litter from the area. June 4 – National Trails Day, South Loop Trail: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 11/3 Total Volunteer Hours: 61 Total In-Kind Donation: $1,676 6 volunteers plus 5 members of the Bristlecone Chapter of Back Country Horsemen maintained one mile of South Loop trail. We built and improved 4 drainage structures where the trail was insloped and trapping water. We also sawed out a log that was across the trail. June 18– McFarland Fence Installation, McFarland Canyon, SMNRA: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 5/2 Total Volunteer Hours: 50 Total In-Kind Donation: $1,281 G2 5 volunteers, 2 staff, and 1 USFS staff worked to install a barrier in McFarland Canyon. In total, 11 wooden posts were installed. The remainder of the barrier will be completed by USFS and Back Country Horsemen. The barrier will keep wild horses out of the canyon and allow stock through. June 21– Bonanza Tree Scoping, Bonanza Trail, SMNRA: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 1/0 Total Volunteer Hours: 12 Total In-Kind Donation: $331 Volunteer did reconnaissance on the Bonanza trail; collected photos and waypoints for 8 down trees on the north end of the trail. June 25– South Loop Trail Work #2, South Loop Trail: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 10/2 Total Volunteer Hours: 80 Total In-Kind Donation: $2,265 10 volunteers, 2 staff, and 4 members of a GBI trail crew improved the 1st 1.75 miles of South Loop Trail. 1 switchback was stabilized in order for pack support to travel safely along the trail. 7 water bars/drain dips were either improved or installed. July 9 – McFarland Pole Pack-in, McFarland Canyon SMNRA: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 11/1 Total Volunteer Hours: 176 Total In-Kind Donation: $4,579 11 volunteers from the Backcountry Horsemen of Nevada used their horses and mules to pack 36 poles into McFarland Canyon for later installation as a fence to prevent wild horses from gaining access to Wilderness. July 23 – South Loop Trail Work #3, South Loop Trail: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 13/3 Total Volunteer Hours: 104 Total In-Kind Donation: $2,820 13 volunteers & 2 GBI trail crew members installed 5 water bars & a rock retaining wall on the lower 1.25 miles of South Loop trail. July 29 – FS Elements Monitoring, Old South Loop SMNRA: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 2/0 Total Volunteer Hours: 8 Total In-Kind Donation: $231 2 volunteers went out to inventory Old South Loop trail. Volunteers turned back when a lightning storm rolled in. July 30 – FS Elements Monitoring, Old South Loop SMNRA: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 2/0 Total Volunteer Hours: 18 Total In-Kind Donation: $462 Volunteers inventoried Old South Loop trail for the FS Elements. July 30 – Bonanza Trail Beautification, Cold Creek, SMNRA: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 9/3 Total Volunteer Hours: 72 Total In-Kind Donation: $2,035 9 volunteers and 3 staff members improved and maintained 0.5 miles of the Bonanza Trail. 4 water bars were constructed and 5 existing drainages were revamped. August 7 – FS Elements Monitoring, Bonanza Trail SMNRA : USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 2/0 Total Volunteer Hours: 18 Total In-Kind Donation: $477 2 volunteers inventoried plane wreck, pahrump overlook, & old bonanza saddle routes for the FS Elements. 3.63 miles of routes inventoried. August 7 – Bonanza Trailwork, Bonanza Trail SMNRA: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 9/2 Total Volunteer Hours: 63 Total In-Kind Donation: $1599 9 volunteers maintained the northernmost 0.5 miles of the Bonanza trial. 2 waterbars were built, 4 re-shaped, and a lot of trail tread re-sloped. August 11 – FS Elements Monitoring, Mack,s Peak SMNRA : USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 2/0 Total Volunteer Hours: 16 Total In-Kind Donation: $430 2 volunteers inventoried the route up to Mack's Peak. 2.02 miles of routes inventoried. August 21 – FS Elements Monitoring, Mummy’s Nose SMNRA: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 3/0 Total Volunteer Hours: 27 Total In-Kind Donation: $715 3 volunteers inventoried the route to Mummy's Nose. 3.65 miles of routes inventoried. G3 Sept 4 – FS Elements Monitoring, McFarland, SMNRA: USFS Total Volunteers/Staff: 2/0 Total Volunteer Hours: 22 Total In-Kind Donation: $572 2 volunteers inventoried 2 routes to McFarland Peak.