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8 Friends oF red rock canyon
Meet the Cardiff’’s By Sharon Schaaf
Cleaning the Canyon, one bag at a time
t’s a Canyon Cleanup morning at the to volunteer and give back to an area
I Red Rock Canyon National Conser- where they love to hike and bike. And like
vation Area and the vol- the rest of us, as they enjoy
unteer crew is gathering the natural scenery of Red
outside the Visitor Center. Rock Canyon, they always
New Team Leaders Edie discover something new
and Kevin Cardiff have and exciting to see and ex-
arrived earlier to get ready perience. We agreed that
for today’s work session. coming out to The Rock
They have signed-out the never gets old.
Bureau of Land Manage-
ment pick-up truck and Along with Canyon
loaded it with the equip- Cleanup, the Cardiff’s
ment the group will use also volunteer in the Tort
(pickers, brooms, vests, Habitat and work with the
trash bags, water, snacks); The new Canyon Cleanup Crew Light Trail Maintenance
the volunteers are signing- crew. As Kevin pointed out,
Volunteers dedicated to the preservation of Red Rock Canyon
in and the Cardiff’s deliver the safety talk, Friends does a really good
along with directions to our work site. job of utilizing their human resources—we
volunteers—helping to make Friends the
This morning we are working at Calico successful organization that it is. You can
Basin/Red Spring and I had a chance to talk to longtime Friends members and
talk to Kevin and Edie and find out more get a good idea of which team you’d like
about them. They have lived in Las Vegas to join in order to keep Red Rock Canyon
for 11 years, coming here from the Balti- looking good for its many visitors.
more, Maryland area. There Edie worked
for a company providing healthcare soft- Edie and Kevin’s goal is to keep mak-
ware and consulting support and Kevin ing Canyon Cleanup an enjoyable volun-
was a violinist with the Baltimore Sympho- teer opportunity for its workers. It is also
ny Orchestra and then a violin maker and a chance to socialize, meet like-minded
string instrument restorer and repairman. people and feel good about giving back to
The couple have a son who is an Associate the community. We talked about some of
Professor of Hydrogeology, Near-surface our favorite places to visit around Las Ve-
Geophysics at the University of Wisconsin, gas…Death Valley, Lake Mead Recreation
Madison. Area, Valley of Fire, Bryce Canyon, Zion
National Park…and I found out that they
As tourists they had visited Las Vegas are volunteer docents at Spring Mountain
and liked it enough to make it their retire- Ranch State Park. Both of them cycle 400
ment destination. Joining Friends of Red miles each month and Kevin still plays the
Rock Canyon gave them the opportunity violin each day.
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