February 2025
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February program guide
Upcoming Event:
Wetlands Art Day 2025!
 Mark your calendars for Wetlands Art Day 2025 on Saturday, March 22, 2025 from 10am to 2pm! Wetlands Art Day is an opportunity to express your creativity and connect to nature through art. This event offers hands-on art activities for tots, youth, and adults featuring art, plein air painting, poetry, music, crafts, and food. Kids can enjoy activities like a giant coloring page, puzzle creation, origami, and more while adults can enjoy activities including but not limited to screen printing, a watercolor workshop, and poetry!
This event is free, open to all ages, and requires no registration!
We are looking for artists!
Come paint in the Wetlands Park during Wetlands Art Day! Paint en plein air at Clark County Wetlands Park during this free family event featuring art, music, poetry, crafts, and food. Bring your own supplies and check in as early as 9am to find a scenic spot in the Nature Preserve. Participating artists will be invited to submit artwork for the 3rd Annual Plein Air Invitational, on exhibit at the Spotlight on Nature Gallery May - July 2025. Best in Show and Honorable Mentions with be awarded.
Deadline to Apply Extended to February 8
 Clark County Wetlands Park invites local artists to submit a proposal for HAVEN, the 4th Annual Temporary Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit. Sculptures will be displayed at the Nature Preserve from March 15 - May 15, 2025. Ten artists will be awarded $1,000 each to design and install art along a designated site on a short loop trail near the Nature Center.
View the Call.
Review a presentation with additional details.
 Clark County Wetlands Park is seeking to fill an Artist Residency from Friday, March 15, through Friday, May 15, 2025. The Artist in Residence will conduct 40 hours of creative research at Wetlands Park and conduct a workshop. An original work of art inspired by the Residency is required. Please see the Call for more details.
Applications are due Wednesday, February 12.
View the Call and Apply.
Construction in the Park
In the coming months, construction and maintenance projects will be occurring in parts of the park affecting the Duck Creek Trailhead, the Pabco Trailhead, and the Las Vegas wash. Visitors may expect temporary closures, extended commute, and loud noises within the park near these areas.
The Water District has started a major construction project for improvement of the sewer lines that will impact the neighborhoods along the Wetlands Park, Duck Creek Trailhead (temporary closure is coming), and Wetlands Park Lane. This project will be active at least until May 2025.
Parts of the Las Vegas Wash will also be receiving upcoming maintenance on the Loop Trail between Mile Markers 1-6. Maintenance will be ongoing through February.
Nature Art for Kids
Sunday, February 2 - Native Mammals
Sunday, March 2 - Native Flowers
11 am to 12 pm
Register here
Kids will learn basic and unique techniques to explore watercolor while creating their own painting to take home.
Ages 4+. Fee $5.
Advance sign up required.
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Wetlands: Hands On!
Saturday, February 8
9 am to 11 am
Information: who.ccwetlandspark.com
Join us for a monthly community volunteer program focused on supporting and enhancing the Park. Advance signup is required.
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Project FeederWatch
Saturday, February 8
Sunday, February 9
Saturday, February 22
Sunday, February 23
10 am to 12 pm
At Wetlands Park, there are over 300 species of birds including migratory species. Help Project FeederWatch and Wetlands Park by volunteering to count the birds that visit our designated site. The birds we count at our site will be entered into a continental dataset that monitors bird distribution and abundance. Great for beginners and more experienced birders! We will provide all necessary materials including field guides, binoculars, and an official count sheet. Let's see which bird species visit our feeders this season!
Volunteers will meet in the Exhibit Gallery by the observation window.
All ages. Free!
No registration required. Walk-ins welcome!
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Poet Laureate Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop
Saturday, February 8
12 pm to 2 pm
Register here
Clark County Poet Laureate Ms. AyeVee will present a series of ekphrastic poetry workshops, which is a literary interpretation of visual art. Writing experience not required. The workshops will be held in the Spotlight on Nature Gallery.
Ms.AyeVee is an award-winning Afro-latina Literary Artist from Las Vegas, NV. She is a woman of many hats with a passion for Poetry. Her work has been featured by the legendary All Def Poetry, Write About Now & Button Poetry. Ms. AyeVee has also been recognized by Las Vegas Book Festival, NPR & The US Congress for advancing the cause of literacy & extraordinary literary achievement. In 2022 Ms. AyeVee was selected as an official TEDx speaker for Las Vegas. She also runs a Las Vegas based poetry organization called, Beyond the Neon (@btnpoetry) that focuses on poetry exclusive events and community outreach. Ms.AyeVee is the 2024-2026 Clark County Poet Laureate & promoting her new poetry collection, Broken Silence. Follow her poetic journey at https://linktr.ee/Msayevee
Ages 12+. Free!
Advance sign up required.
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How Long Does it Last? Tabletop
Sunday, February 9
10 am to 12 pm
Join us in the Exhibit Gallery of the Nature Center for a tabletop with a Park Naturalist. Each month explores a different theme/topic through an educational activity and may also include a craft and/or our animal ambassadors.
For the month of February, visitors will learn how long common debris found within the Park lasts by playing a brief card game. The goal is to teach visitors Leave No Trace principles and encourage them to care for all natural, wild spaces.
All ages. Free!
No registration required. Walk-ins welcome!
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Nature Tales
Wednesday, February 12 - Ladybugs
11 am to 12 pm
Join us for a free Wetlands Park inspired lesson, story time, and craft.
All ages. Free!
No registration required. Walk-ins welcome!
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Discovery Walk: Java Jaunt Birding
Saturday, February 15
8 am to 10 am
Register here
Theme: Migratory Bird Act Treaty
Wetlands Park and Red Rock Audubon Society partner to offer Java Jaunt Birding at Wetlands Park. Great for beginning birders or anyone with an interest in nature. Binoculars and scopes available.
Ages 10+. Fee $5.
Advance sign up required.
Photo by S. Glennie
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Get Involved at Wetlands Park
Learn about becoming a volunteer!
Saturday, February 15
12 pm to 2 pm
Learn more and sign up:
volunteer.ccwetlandspark.com
The first step to becoming a Wetlands Park volunteer is to sign up to attend this informational class to learn about the program and expectations as well as an overview of the Park. Advance registration is required.
Ages Teen to Adult.
Teens require parental permission/supervision
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Wetlands Explorers
Saturday, February 15 - Animal Tracks
1 pm to 2:30 pm
Register here
Young adventurers explore the Park and learn about plants and animals outdoors in the Clark County Wetlands Park Nature Preserve!
Parental participation required. Fee discounted after three sessions.
Ages 3-8. Fee: $5.
Advance sign up required.
Photo by Kathryn Jones
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Adult Watercolor Workshop
Sunday, February 16
11 am to 12:30 pm
Register here
A beginning and intermediate watercolor trials class that encourages students to explore different watercolor painting techniques. Each class will focus on a specific nature theme/topic with environmental education. All supplies provided but feel free to bring your own! Theme: Native Mammals.
Ages 18+. Fee $10.
Advance sign up required.
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Discovery Walk: In the Wetlands: Where Nature Becomes Personal
Sunday, February 23
9 am to 11 am
Register here
Join a Park Naturalist on a journey to experiencing the Park in a way that is personal to you. Along the way, we’ll discuss the benefits of spending time in nature and use our senses to form personal connections to the landscape. By the end of the walk, you should feel restored by nature and have a better understanding of the natural world through newly formed personal connections.
Ages 15+. Fee $5.
Advance sign up required.
Photo by Sonia George
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Art Exhibit: Morrigan Devito Nature Journals
Explore nature through the eyes of scientific observation and artistic influence! The Nest will feature works from 2024 Artist in Residence Morrigan DeVito from February 1 to April 30. This is a great chance to learn about nature through journal observations while savoring the beauty of artistic drawings of native plants and animals. The Nest is located in the Information Kiosk at the Nature Center, open Tuesday through Sunday, 9 am to 3 pm.
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About Morrigan DeVito
Morrigan DeVito is a naturalist, writer, and environmental educator who was born and raised in Henderson, NV. After getting her B.A in English and Communications from Southern Utah University, she moved back home and discovered the wonders of the Mojave Desert in the city, starting with a snowy egret at Clark County Wetlands Park. Currently, she works for the Red Rock Audubon Society and teaches people about birds, habitats, and conservation in Southern Nevada. In her free time she goes birding, reads, meditates, and explores nature through poetry and nature journaling.
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Art Exhibit: Las Vegas Watercolor Society Signature Show
The Las Vegas Watercolor Society returns to Wetlands Park from February 8 to April 24 for their 2025 Signature Show. Visit the SONG in our Exhibit Gallery to see talented local artists’ work on display! Reception: Sunday, February 9, 1pm to 3pm. The SONG is located in the Exhibit Gallery at the Nature Center, open Tuesday through Sunday, 9 am to 3 pm.
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 Beep Beep, Zoom by Patty Stroupe
Flutter into our Nature Store and pick up some nature-themed goodies like our popular glow-in-the-dark butterflies! Available at the Nature Store in the Exhibit Gallery.
Visit during Nature Center operating hours Tuesday through Sunday, 9 am to 3 pm!
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