Clark County Wetlands Park

As the sun sets on Wetlands Park, the landscape and wildlife may look totally different. Join us on Saturday, May 30, from 7 - 9 pm, for a walk all about Creatures of the Moon! This is an exciting chance to learn about Wetlands Park at night, and the animals - such as coyotes, moths, bats, and beavers - that come out when the heat of the day subsides. The moon may be full, but this walk isn't yet - so register for $5 per person on our website at ccwetlandspark.com.

If you've never tried creative writing before, but have been curious about the process, blackout poetry is a great place to start! Join us for Kids Create on Saturday, May 23, from 11 - 12:30 pm to get a primer on blackout poetry from our staff writing instructor, then try your hand at the process, writing poems inspired by weather and climate. It's $5 per child to enroll on our website at ccwetlandspark.com. We hope you'll bring your family down to the Park to learn about creative writing with us!

Smokey Bear's Fire Safety Day, held Saturday, May 9, went wonderfully! Event attendees learned about fire prevention, took photos with Smokey Bear, tried on gear, explored fire engines, and escaped a simulated house fire. There was even a lecture led by Wildland Fire Service all about fire prevention in Southern Nevada. Thank you all so much for joining us for this first-time event - we hope you enjoyed yourselves, and learned a bit about fire safety, too!

A new solo exhibition is up in our Nest Gallery, called "Animals of the Wild and Their Habitats," by award-winning local artist Angela Caballero-Fields! Angela's paintings span representative and abstract depictions of desert wildlife and landscapes. Join us tomorrow, May 16, from 2 - 4 pm for her opening reception, where she'll be raffling off a poster of her painting titled "Monarchs". We hope you'll come by to celebrate Clark County's artistic community!

Unbound, our plein air invitational art show, returns for a fourth year! Artists who participated in painting en plein air at Wetlands Art Day were invited to exhibit their work in the Spotlight on Nature Gallery, and we ended up with 34 paintings by artists from across the Las Vegas Valley. Visit the Nature Center this Saturday, May 16, from 1 - 3 pm for the opening reception, where we will be awarding Best in Show and three Honorable Mentions. We hope you'll join us to see the incredible works of art on display, all inspired by Wetlands Park!

[Art close-ups are "Spring Time Jamboree" by Samantha Gardner, and "Oasis at the Wetlands" by Yuliana Karpenok.]

Is your child interested in learning about the wild world we live in? Presented by Clark County Parks and Recreation, we at Wetlands Park are welcoming Red Rock Audubon Society for their Nature Ambassador program next week, May 19 - 22, from 10 am - 12 pm each day! Youth explorers ages 6 - 12 will get to engage playfully with nature while learning about the wildlife and natural resources of the Mojave Desert. To sign up for all four days of programming, enroll your child for $15 total on our website at ccwetlandspark.com. Let's learn to become Nature Ambassadors together!

Join us this Saturday for Smokey Bear's Fire Safety Day, a free, drop-in family event! We'll have children's activities across the Nature Center from 9 am - 12 pm, then from 12 - 1 pm, a guest firefighter from the Wildland Fire Service will present a lecture titled “Wildfires in Southern Nevada and what we are doing about them.” This educational session will provide critical insights into the unique challenges of fire management in the Mojave Desert - and explain how residents can protect both their personal property and public lands. See you there with Smokey Bear!

A new event is coming to Wetlands Park next weekend! Join us Saturday, May 9, from 9 am - 1 pm for Smokey Bear's Fire Safety Day, a FREE, family-friendly event all about fire prevention. Meet real firefighters, learn from Smokey Bear, and play games at the Nature Center! Thank you to our partners for helping us helm this new event - we hope the public will come together to help us prevent fires in the natural areas we love!

At BioBlast tomorrow, April 25, from 10 am - 1 pm, we'll have free cookies available from The Cookie Bar, courtesy of Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson. Enjoy a gourmet cookie with your family while learning about the wildlife and ecology of the Mojave Desert. We can't wait for BioBlast - we hope you're excited, too!

Join us at BioBlast this Saturday, April 25, from 10 am - 1 pm to visit with citizen and career scientists and learn from their expertise! Partner agencies like the Las Vegas Wash Coordination Committee, Nevada Department of Wildlife, BirdandHike.com, Wetlands Park Friends, and Red Rock Audubon Society will be helming Science Stations for you and your family to find out about the wildlife in the Mojave Desert. BioBlast is a free, drop-in event, so come on down to Wetlands Park and celebrate science with us!