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July 26th  2008 Stag Mountain Aspen Restoration Project
 We plan to meet at the Department of Wildlife Office in Elko at 7:00 AM on Saturday, July 26th. We’ll travel about two and a half hours to the site and work most of the day. All necessary tools and equipment will be provided. Meals will be provided starting with lunch on Saturday, and ending with breakfast on Sunday. We are expecting to be able to finish the project by the end of Saturday so folks can relax and socialize Saturday night and return home on Sunday.
Please RSVP by phone or email to the Department of wildlife so we can make sure we have enough food.
 Norv Dallin, Eastern Region NDOW Volunteer Coordinator
775-777-2391 ndallin@ndow.org
   
June 28 2008 Friends of the Forest Day activities at the Pole Creek Ranger Station
Contact: Gerry Miller at 778-3355 or register a on the National Forest Foundation link off of our website.
June 21  2008 Northern Nevada Association of Conservations Districts  at  the Wells City Park
Contact Eleanor O’Donnel at ph. 738-8431 ext 101
June 7 2008 National Trails Day Project
NNSG will be partnering with North American Backcountry Horsemen Elko Chapter to improve the John Day and Soldier Canyon Trails. Lunch provided, call Doug for details.
Contact: Doug Clarke, (dclarke@fs.fed.us , ph. 775-738-5171).
June 6-7 2008 Using Livestock to Control Cheatgrass – Nevada Section for Range Management Summer Tour
at University Gund Ranch in Grass Valley north of Austin, NV.
Contacts: Ken Conley (kconley@cabnr.unr.edu, ph. 775-964-2026) or Gary McCuin (mccuing@unde.unr.edu, ph. 775-237-5326).

May 24 2008

Vertebrate Pest Management Workshop (emphasis rodents)
tba Great Basin College Campus, Elko, NV
Contact: Jay Paxson (paxsonj@unce.unr.edu, ph. 775-738-4722
May 21-22 2008 Riparian Proper Functioning Condition Workshop
Bridgeport, CA.Includes field trips.
Contact: Sherm Swanson (swanson@cabnr.unr.edu, ph. 7750784-4057) or Kent McAdoo (mcadook@unce.unr.edu, ph. 775-738-1251).
May 15 – 17 2008 Elko County Fire Fair
at Elko Convention Center, Elko, NV. Includes Defensible Space (May 15), Great Basin Fire Ecology and Vegetation Management (May 16), and field trips (May 17).
Contacts: Kent McAdoo (mcadook@unce.unr.edu, ph. 738-1251), or Dylan Rader (dyan_radar@nv.blm.gov, ph. 753-0200.
May 6-8 2008 Elko County Weed Extravaganza
at Elko Convention Center, Elko, NV. Includes Weed Summit (May 6), Pesticide Applicator Training (May 7), and testing for restricted use pesticide/herbicide certification (May 8).
Contacts: Kent McAdoo (mcadook@unce.unr.edu, ph. 775-738-1251) or Eleanor O’Donnell (Eleanor.Odonnell@nv.nacdnet.net, ph. 775-738-8431 – ext. 101).
May 3-4 2008 The NNSG Nationl Forest Foundation (NFF) Project
Harrison Pass bitterbrush planting project. The two-day project will set out 3000 seedlings. Lunch is being cooked by Joe Cumming and members of the Mound Valley 4-H Club.
Contact: Gerry Miller, (Gerald.miller@nv.usda.gov, ph. 778-3355)
April 26 2008 Elko Clean-Up  NNSG Pick Up Sarman Chimney Creek Allotment
NNSG will thank the Sarman family, Lee Livestock ranch for hosting the 2006-2007 Lamoille Institute for Educators environmental Ranch Tour by cleaning up their adjacent BLM allotment. Call for details.
Contact: Leta Collord (collord@citlink.net, ph. 775-738-9826)
April 24 2008 NNSG Annual Meeting and Elections
Thursday, April 24, 6:30 to 9:00, at the Northeastern NV Museum. Cookies and Punch followed by elections and presentations. NDOW Director, Kenneth Mayer: Direction and Challenges of Nevada’s Wildlife Agency; and NDOW Lead for NV Sage-grouse Conservation Strategy, Shawn Espinoza: Greater Sage-grouse and Nevada’s Changing Landscapes.
Contact: Gerry Miller, 778-3355
 
April 15-16 2008

Riparian Proper Functioning Condition Workshop
at Pine Valley Volunteer Fire Station. Includes field trips.
Contacts: Sherm Swanson (swanson@cabnr.unr.edu, ph. 775-784-4057) or Kent McAdoo (mcadook@unce.unr.edu, ph. 775-738-1251).
 

November 29th 2007  General Membership Meeting
Tuscarrora Watershed Update
Northeastern Nevada Museum
6:00pm
 
September 29th 2007 National Public Lands Day
Snowbowl
8:00am
 
June 30th 2007 Friends of the Forest Day
Thomas Creek Campground - Lamoille
8:00am
 
June 5th - 7th 2007 Vegetation Management Workshop
Elko Convention Center
8:00am
 
June 2nd 2007 National Trails Day
South Fork State Park
8:00am
 
May 1st -3rd 2007 Elko Weed Summit
Elko Convention Center
10:00am
 
April 19th, 2007 Annual Membership Meeting
Northeastern Nevada Museum
6:30pm
 
August 19th, 2006 SWEATCO Project
Bird ladders on the Cottonwood Ranch
North of Wells, at the foot of the Jarbidge Mountains
6:00 am to 6:00pm
Meet at the BLM Field Office (east Idaho St.)
Prepare Yourself for a Day Outdoors

LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE SMITH FAMILY, COTTONWOOD RANCH
(Please reserve your lunch – Call by Tue. August 15th – Collord 738-9826)
 

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