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There are several advantages to doing volunteer tion of her 20,000 lifetime volunteer hours benefit-
work. For starters, you choose the work you want to ing Red Rock Canyon. She was one of six volun-
do and when you want to do it. A bonus of volun- teers honored by the BLM for their contributions.
teering at Red Rock Canyon is that you work in
beautiful surroundings with great people. The BLM has 30,000 volunteers across the country
performing a wide variety of jobs. The National
Of course, you don’t get paid, but if you stick with Volunteer Awards are designed to honor these dedi-
it, you will be recognized for your commitment of cated volunteers. Pat’s receipt of the Milestone
time and energy. Award also represents the hundreds of Friends vol-
unteers who have spent the last thirty years restor-
ing trails and sites, caring for tortoises, sharing in-
formation with visitors, fund-raising, organizing
events, removing graffiti and trash, helping with
school groups, writing articles, running photo con-
tests…and the list goes on.
And getting back to bonuses…our largest and most
fertile female tortoise Maxine really honored Pat on
Saturday, May 25, by inviting her to watch as she
prepared a nursery for a clutch of sixteen eggs laid
later in the day. Not many people get to witness
such an exciting event in the Red Rock Canyon
Tortoise Habitat.
Amy Lueders, Nevada BLM State Director and Pat
Williams, Friends of Red Rock Canyon, on May 23
Photo by Chuck Williams
Friends of Red Rock Canyon is very proud that their
own Pat Williams is the recipient of the Bureau of
Land Management’s (BLM) 2013 National Volunteer
Maxine excavating the nursery
Milestone Award. Pat received this award in recogni- (Continued on page 12)
Photo by Pat Williams
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