Logandale Trails history to be made May 19
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LAS VEGAS – While some may have circled May 19 as a day to watch the Royal Wedding, intrepid kids will be joining BLM Las Vegas Field Office and Partners in Conservation (PIC) at Logandale Trails to become the area’s first Junior Rangers.
Beginning at 8 a.m., kids will choose from five activities - OHV rider and safety, nature hike, desert tortoise, Tread Lightly and stewardship - to be a part of the inaugural class of sworn Junior Rangers. Kids five to eight must complete at least three activities and kids nine to 12 must complete at least five activities before the swearing in ceremony which will take place at 11:30 a.m. Each activity is expected to last about 20 minutes.
The event will mark the debut of the Logandale Trails Adventure Book and Junior Ranger program which introduces young adventurers to the lands and resources managed by the BLM. BLM Las Vegas Field Office and Partners in Conservation partnered to create this innovative adventure book that highlights responsible recreation and natural resource protection in Logandale Trails.
Participants will meet at the first restroom and picnic area (from I-15, take Nevada Highway 169 toward Logandale/Overton; turn right on Liston Road; follow the road to the right and cross the railroad tracks; follow the road about 1.5 miles until the restroom.)Logandale Trails consists of 45,000 acres managed by BLM, Bureau of Reclamation and the State of Nevada and provides a popular destination for recreationists of all kinds. More than 200,000 people visit Logandale Trails each year for its many popular uses including riding ATVs and other OHVs both on trails and rockcrawling, as well as camping, picnicking, horseback riding, mountain biking, hiking, camping and rock climbing. Logandale Trails is the former home of the Virgin Anasazi, a culture that mysteriously left the area around 1150 AD. Petroglyphs in Logandale trails have deep significance to the present-day Southern Paiute and other Indian tribes and inspire awe for today’s visitors. Desert tortoise, chuckawallas, Gila monsters, desert bighorn, bald eagles and Gambel’s Quail call the area home as do special plants such as three-cornered milkvetch, the Las Vegas bearpoppy, the two-toned beardtongue, and possibly the sticky buckwheat.
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