Programme Details
The Nevada Conservation Project gives the opportunity to get involved in a diverse, challenging and rewarding conservation project. Duties will include:
- Construct and maintain minimum impact trails and control erosion
- Learn the art of dry stone masonry, using it to construct retaining walls, switchbacks, water bars, and riprap erosion control barriers
- Other responsibilities include recreating tread surface to allow proper trail run-off and removing encroaching vegetation from the trails
Other duties involve a variety of restoration practices, these include: devalue illegal roads, transplant native vegetation to the area, native plant restoration, removal of non-native invasive plants, transplanting of native plant seedlings.
Please contact us for programme session dates.
What’s Included in the Project
- Orientation on arrival
- Volunteer Project
- All Accommodation
- All Meals
- $150 security deposit (returned to you at the end of your programme so long as you abide by the programme rules and respect the property)
- Full support and assistance from your co-ordinator throughout your time in Nevada
- Buddy list of other volunteers before you go
- 24 hour support number and contact at Real Gap for emergencies
What’s Not Included in the Project
- Flights
- Airport pick-up
- Travel Insurance
- First night accommodation (if needed)
- All items of a personal nature, such as souvenirs, gifts, clothing
- Any excursions over and above your planned itinerary in America
Prices and Durations
USA Conservation In Nevada - 6 - 8 weeks £549
USA Conservation In Nevada - 8 - 12 weeks £659
