Organizations Filed Purposes:
NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL INSPIRES EXPLORATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD, RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR HABITAT AND DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY. AT NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL, WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE ALL PEOPLE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND GROW OUTDOORS. YOUTH WILL BECOME ENGAGED AND ACTIVE CITIZENS. WE WILL MOTIVATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS, SCIENTISTS AND GREAT THINKERS WHO EMBRACE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO USE, RESPECT AND COSERVE EARTH'S NATURAL RESOURCES, FINDING APPRECIATION FOR AND INSPIRATION IN NATURE.
NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL (NOS) INSPIRES EXPLORATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD, RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR HABITAT AND DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY. NOS OFFERS OUTDOOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO K-8 STUDENTS IN CLASSROOMS, ON FIELD TRIPS, AND AT SUMMER CAMPS. THE OUTDOOR ETHICS PROGRAM INCLUDES TREAD LIGHTLY, LEAVE NO TRACE, AND OHV SAFETY. NOS IS ALSO INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY HIKES, VOLUNTEER CONSERVATION PROJECTS, AND ADMINISTERS AN AMERICORPS STATE PROGRAM FOR RURAL NEVADA PLACING NATIONAL SERVICE MEMBERS AT VARIOUS NON-PROFIT PARTNERS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA.
AMERICORPS STATE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE: NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL (NOS) IS A SUBGRANTEE FOR THE AMERICORPS STATE FORMULA PROGRAM IN NEVADA. THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM AT NOS OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNER NON-PROFIT AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO HOST A NATIONAL SERVICE MEMBER TO HELP ADVANCE THEIR MISSION. SOME OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE MEMBERS FROM THIS GRANT ALSO SERVE WITH NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL TO ASSIST WITH THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMMING.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT: NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL (NOS) HAS MAINTAINED AN ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE BLM FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS ACTING AS THEIR PRIMARY PARTNER FOR PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION PROJECTS IN ALIGNMENT WITH GOALS FOR THE BLACK ROCK DESERT HIGH ROCK CANYON EMIGRANT TRAILS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA AND THE GREATER WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT. NOS AND BLM ALSO PARTNER ON VARIOUS CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE PROTECTION PROJECTS. IN RECENT YEARS, NOS HAS BEEN A STRONG PARTNER FOR THE BLM ON DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR YOUTH INITIATIVES AS WELL AS OTHER NATIONAL PROGRAMS. NOS PROVIDES YOUTH EDUCATION AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE FIELD OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
STATE OF NEVADA, DIVISION OF STATE PARKS: NEVADA OUTDOOR SCHOOL HAS MAINTAINED A STRONG AND CONSISTENT FUNDING PARTNERSHIP WITH NEVADA STATE PARKS RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THIS GRANT HELPS US MAINTAIN THE BUCKSKIN AND TABLE MOUNTAIN OHV TRAILS IN THE SANTA ROSA MOUNTAINS, BUT MAINLY SUPPORTS OUR OUTDOOR ETHICS EDUCATION PROGRAM WHERE WE TRAVEL ALL ACROSS NEVADA TO PROVIDE TREAD LIGHTLY, LEAVE NO TRACE AND OHV SAFETY TRAININGS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Melanie Erquiaga | EXECUTIVE DI | 40 | $56,400 |
Brett Worsham | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
Gene Hunt | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
Aaron Nelson | SECRETARY | 0.5 | $0 |
Russell Yowell | PRESIDENT/TR | 1 | $0 |
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