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Clark County Wetlands Park
preserves and enhances natural and cultural resources and provides educational, recreational, and research opportunities for the public.
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Thank you for subscribing to Wetlands Park Footprints newsletter. Share with your friends and let us know what you think at wetlands@clarkcountynv.gov.
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 Commissioner, Jim Gibson, cutting the ribbon at the Grand Opening of the Nature Play Corner. Photo by Starr-Light T.
The Nature Play Corner is now open! The one-acre site was built to engage play in a natural environment. Themed play areas, including two shade structures, help connect families with nature and encourage discovery. Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson, spoke at the grand opening event held on June 10, 2022 and his office hosted kids from Bailey Elementary. Wetlands Park staff provided free nature activities for the kids.
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 Visitors playing musical flowers at the grand opening. Photo by Starr-Light T.
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 Wetlands Park staff, Francheska, leading an activity in the Exhibit Gallary. Photo by Starr-Light T.
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Wetlands Park is proud to announce guest workshops with renowned local artists. Advanced registration is required at programs.ccwetlandspark.com.
Introduction to Plein Air Landscape Painting with Lee Lanier
Saturday, August 6, 2022 | 11am-12:30pm
In this workshop, participants will use acrylic paint and watercolor paper to capture a landscape in a relatively short period of time - working from an indoor observation deck to avoid the summer heat. Participants can choose between a stylistic or realistic approach.
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Cut Paper Patterns Workshop with Bobbie Ann Howell
Saturday, August 13, 2022 | 10am-12:30pm
Create your own cut paper drawing inspired by nature, the plants, bugs, and birds that may be found at the Clark County Wetlands Park. This workshop explores cut and folded paper techniques. Students will create their own imagery using the design elements of symmetry, repeated pattern forms, positive shapes, and negative space.
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Mixed Media Batik Style Watercolor Workshop with Laura Runco
Saturday, September 3, 2022 | 10am-12:00pm
Inspired by beautiful batik fabrics, participants will use melted wax and learn how to use tjanting. Color will be added to their pieces with vivid watercolor and colored pencils and finished with India ink and paint pens to really make it pop. What a fabulous way to explore a new medium! This workshop is suitable for ages 12 and up. Still life items will be available for inspiration or come up with your own choice of subject matter.
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 Beaver Walk by Myranda Bair. Watercolor on paper and mixed media, 16”x 20”, 2022. Photo ©Wetlands
A big thank you to our first ever Wetlands Park 2022 Artist in Residence, Myranda Bair, who created art on site at Wetlands Park for two weeks in May. She spent 20 hours engaging with Park visitors while creating artwork inspired by Wetlands flora and fauna. She also led a Mixed Media Art Workshop (pictured below) where visitors could learn directly from her. Check out Myranda's bio at art.ccwetlandspark.com. Visit the Nature Center Exhibit Gallery to see Beaver Walk by Myranda Bair, on permanent display at Wetlands Park.
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 Myranda Bair with her artwork in the Lizard Lounge at Wetlands Park. Photo ©Wetlands
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 Mixed Media art workshop lead by Myranda Bair. Photo ©Wetlands
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 Photo: siamesepuppy from USA, CC by 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nature Close-up: Vivid Dancer Damselfly
While exploring around the many streams and ponds of Wetlands Park, one might see the graceful blue beauty that is the vivid dancer damselfly. These insects are often confused with their bigger cousins, the dragonfly. Like all damselflies, the vivid dancer folds its wings back slightly above their abdomen when at rest whereas the dragonfly keeps them straight out. Males are primarily bright blue in color while females are a pale brown or grayish color. Both males and females have similar black markings on their thorax and abdomen. Vivid dancer damselflies are beneficial to our local environment as they live on a diet consisting of small pests such as aphids, mosquitos, and flies. These resourceful insects are even able to survive in colder parts of the state by staying near hot springs. In 2009, the vivid dancer damselfly was officially named the state insect for Nevada. Like the colorful lights of the Las Vegas Strip, vivid dancer damselflies are a dazzling sight not to be missed at Wetlands Park.
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 Pabco Trailhead renovation. Photo ©Wetlands
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 Pabco Trailhead renovation at shade structures. Photo ©Wetlands
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If you’ve visited the Pabco Trailhead recently, you’ve probably noticed some improvements! New plants were planted, trees have been trimmed, and dead vegetation removed. Additionally, new rock mulch has been added to the planters around the amphitheater, parking stalls, and the picnic areas. These efforts took place over the course of the past several weeks with work being completed by our Brightview maintenance contractors, as well as labor provided in partnership with the Bureau of Reclamation though the Arizona Conservation Corps. Stop by and check it out!
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 Participants looking for wildlife at the Baordwalk Pond during an early morning Beaver Walk. Photo ©Wetlands
Summer brings WP Art Programs, early morning Beaver Walks, evening Bat Walks, and kids' programs like Nature Tales, & Sunday Storytime. View our July Program flyer, August Program flyer, or our calendar. To learn more about all our programs and to register, visit programs.ccwetlandspark.com.
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 Mallard family enjoying a pond in the Park. "Family" photo challenge submitted by April Sperk.
Have you taken a photo in Wetlands Park that you would like to share? Want to see your Wetlands Park photo featured in an upcoming newsletter?
The July photo challenge subject is "Colorful Wildlife".
Submit your high resolution photo(s) to: wetlands@clarkcountynv.gov by 5pm on August 31, 2022 to be considered. Include your name, date, and location of the photo.
Post about it on Social media!
#CCWetlandsPark
#CallforWPphotos
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 Join Wetlands Walkers
Walking is good for one's physical and mental health, and a walk in nature is even better! Wetlands Walkers, a group of health and nature-oriented individuals, track their miles whenever they walk Park trails and earn rewards at various milestones.
As a group, their mileage is tallied to reach a yearly goal matching the migration distance of one of the Park's visiting species. In 2022 the Walkers are recognizing the Peregrine Falcon and have a collective goal of trekking 6,800 miles.
Where might you spot a Peregrine falcon at Wetlands Park? Try Pabco trailhead in the morning.
To date, the Walkers have traveled 3,540 miles. Can we collectively reach 6,800 miles by the end of the year? Join Wetlands Walkers to make it happen.
To learn more about the Wetlands Walkers program, the peregrine falcon, to sign up, or to log your miles, please visit our website, walkers.ccwetlandspark.com. Wetlands Park Discovery Walks make it easy and fun to earn miles. Please visit programs.ccwetlandspark.com to sign up for a guided walk.
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