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NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE (USDA)
Yerington Field Office
Mason and Smith Valley Conservation Districts
215 West Bridge Street, Suite 11-A
Yerington, NV 89447-2554
Phone: 463-2265
The NRCS helps landowners and communities conserve and manage natural resources. Slide shows, videos, publications, posters, and other educational materials are available on natural resource conservation, including soils, wind and water erosion, and snow surveys.
NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Nevada Division of State Parks
Fort Churchill State Historic Park
Silver Springs, NV 89429
Phone: 577-2345
Fort Churchill SHP offers an Environmental Living Program to school groups designed to familiarize children with an historical experience of life at a Frontier Army Post in the 1860’s. The program involves “living” the life of a Civil War Soldier at Ft. Churchill for two days (camping overnight). Through vivid imagination of life at the post, students gain an appreciation for man’s relationship with nature. Five to six programs are scheduled per year, each accommodating 50 or more students. Students are divided into groups of ten for role playing activities such as adobe brick making, cannon drills, color guard, marching, and patrol drills. Park staff provide an evening Living History Talk and a cannon firing demonstration.
RIVER WRANGLERS
1120 E. Badger Street
Silver Springs, NV 89429
Phone: 577-2631
FAX: 463-6545
River Wranglers explore, conserve and celebrate the Carson River. Teen educators are trained to present a six week in-school program on water education in elementary school. Fourth grade students monitor chemical and biological factors of water quality at Fort Churchill on a monthly basis. River Wranglers coordinate “Conserve the Carson River Days” at Fort Churchill every year in October.
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
504 South Main Street
Yerington, NV 89447
Phone: 463-6541
FAX: 463-6545
Cooperative Extension creates public education programs to meet the needs of communities throughout the state. Educational forums, publications, and volunteer activities address natural resource management for the general public and youth audiences. Partnerships with other agencies, government entities, and educational institutions are encouraged.
