Southern Nevada Agency Partnership

In 1997, the Federal public lands agencies formed the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership (SNAP) to coordinate their conservation and management efforts. Since then, SNAP has become a national leader in protecting, restoring, and promoting responsible use of Federal lands.

The partnership consists of:

  • Bureau of Land Management, Southern Nevada District
  • National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area
  • Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex
  • U.S. Forest Service, Spring Mountains National Recreation Area

SNAP agencies manage more than 10 million acres of public lands and water in Southern Nevada to provide conservation and recreational opportunities, including:

  • Hiking
  • Camping
  • Wildlife viewing
  • Water sports
  • Snow sports
  • Bicycling
  • Off-roading vehicles
  • And much more!

Engaging Communities

The “Engaging Communities through Stewardship” project engaged our local community, from childhood into adulthood, in their local Federal public lands through a suite of programming. Our work included environmental education programs, stewardship events, and responsible outdoor recreation trainings.

The SNAP agencies worked alongside local community partners: Get Outdoors Nevada, Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Utah Tech University, and Southern Nevada Conservancy. Together we developed and conducted:

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800 Environmental Education programs that brought immersive, hands-on learning to 21,331 K-12 students. Truly memories to last a lifetime.

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54 Volunteer events that connected 1374 community members to public lands - fostering stewardship and building personal connections to these protected places.

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Trained 769 community leaders in our Outdoor Recreation Leaders Program curriculum, empowering them to safely and ethically share their passion for our public lands with others.

Through these programs and more, we improved ecological literacy in youth; built public land stewardship with new audiences; increased numbers of safe and responsible recreational users; and built capacity for community members to become leaders of others in public land recreation.

This project was funded through the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act (SNPLMA) Round 17.

Southern Nevada Agency Partners

Bureau of Land Management

Southern Nevada District

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area

Bureau of Reclamation

Lower Colorado Region

National Park Service

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

U.S. Forest Service

Spring Mountains National Recreation Area

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Desert National Wildlife Refuge

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge

Engaging Communities Federal Representatives

Bureau of Land Management

Southern Nevada District Office

(702) 515-5000
blm_nv_sndo_web_mail@blm.gov

Bureau of Reclamation

Lower Colorado Regional Office
PO Box 61470 Boulder City, NV 89006

(702) 293-8000
Hoover Dam Visitor Center Website: www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/

Lower Colorado Basin Website:
https://www.usbr.gov/lc/

National Park Service

Lake Mead National
Recreation Area
601 Nevada Way
Boulder City, NV 89005

(702) 293-8990
LAKE_information@NPS.gov
http://www.nps.gov/lake

U.S. Forest Service

Spring Mountains
Visitor Gateway
2525 Kyle Canyon Rd
Mt Charleston, NV 89124

(702) 872-5486

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Jennifer Heroux
Visitor Services Manager

(702) 515-5453
jennifer_heroux@fws.gov