Tis the Season to Enter the Mojave Max Emergence Contest

Mojave Max is a real desert tortoise who lives at Red Rock Canyon. He emerged from his burrow this spring on March 14, at 1:45 p.m. He goes into brumation in the fall when the weather cools down.

Entries are now being accepted for the 2014 Mojave Max Emergence Contest.

Mojave Max is a real tortoise that lives at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.  Every fall when the hot Las Vegas weather cools off, Max goes into his burrow to begin brumation (tortoise speak for hibernation). In the spring, when the weather begins to warm up, Max emerges. The person who guesses as closely as possible to the correct day, hour and minute when Max will emerge from his burrow wins!

Anyone can enter the contest, but only one K-12 student enrolled in a Clark County, Nev., public, private or registered home school is eligible to win.  The grand prize winner and his or her class will win T-shirts, a pizza party and a field trip to Red Rock Canyon National Recreation Area.  The winner also receives a laptop computer, a digital camera, and a year-long pass to federally managed fee areas.  The winner’s teacher will receive a laptop computer.

To enter the contest, log on to www.MojaveMax.com and click on the “contest” button. Since the contest was launched in 2000, the earliest Max has emerged was Feb. 14 at 11:55 a.m. in 2005. The latest he has emerged was April 17 at 12:41 p.m. in 2012.

The Mojave Max Education Program is provided by a partnership among Clark County, the Clark County School District, the Bureau of Land Management, the Red Rock Canyon Interpretive Association and Friends of Red Rock Canyon.

CCSD Students Invited to Participate in Stormwater Poster Contest

The Conservation District of Southern Nevada (CDSN) is proud to present the Fifth Annual Stormwater Pollution Poster Contest.

Fourth and fifth grade students from Clark County are invited to participate in creating a poster explaining “How you can prevent stormwater pollution.”  Entries must be received by March 9, 2012.

An additional resource for the contest is the stormwater workbook, Down the Drain Stormwater & You, which includes puzzles and games on stormwater quality. Contest prizes include a field trip to the Las Vegas Wash and a classroom experience with the educators from Shark Reef Aquarium. Support for the contest comes from Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, the Stormwater Quality Management Committee, Shark Reef Aquarium and the Clark County School District. For contest questions contact Jennifer Clifford atjclifford@cdsn.org.

CDSN is a sub-division of Nevada State government dedicated to environmental sustainability in Clark County, Nevada.

Their mission is to promote natural resource conservation, preservation and sustainability through education, facilitation and public and private partnerships to benefit the citizens of Clark County.

CDSN is administered by a Board of seven volunteer supervisors; five elected, one appointed to represent the incorporated cities of Clark County and one appointed to represent Clark County.

For every dollar donated to CDSN approximately $10 are provided back to the community for environmental conservation.

For more information, visit the Conservation District of Southern Nevada website at www.cdsn.org.