Needless to say, its been a challenging 2020. Four months after our community was asked to stay at home and flatten the curve, Nevada remains in the middle of a nationwide health crisis. In Clark County, folks want to get back to business, encourage the tourists to return, and just plain get back to normal. Our scrappy little Friends group, we cannot wait for that to happen! It’s going to take work, though, along with patience and perhaps a litter humor. Our attitude with recovery is the same as our attitude toward public lands stewardship…
We believe good things happen when we work together as a community.
No matter what activities FSC engages in, from trail work to guided hikes to talking about the outdoors at public events, the safety of our volunteers and the public is our top priority. To that end, as we get back to work at Sloan Canyon NCA this summer we want to fill you in on some safety measures we’re following:
Throughout the recovery process, and now as required by the State of Nevada, anyone participating in an activity coordinated by Friends of Sloan Canyon will be required to wear a face mask when within a car’s length of other volunteers or the public and to keep a mask ready to wear all other times during the activity.
If you encounter us on the trail or at our mobile contact station we encourage you to don a face mask, as well. After all, we’re all in this together.
We keep alcohol-based hand sanitizer and gloves on-hand for volunteers and the public to use when exchanging maps, paperwork, and other materials. Everyone is encouraged to sanitize their hands per the guidelines we all know and love by now after time spent on the trail or as a participant in one of our activities.
During community outreach or on-site group activities we’ll be working to ensure participants maintain a 2 meter/6 foot distance from each other. Sometimes physical distancing is not practical, in which case we’ll mask up and keep sanitation products at hand.
This might seem a bit extreme to some of our community. After all, people are heading outdoors to spend time away from people, and the chance of transmission may be much lower while hiking, biking, or running. We understand. As mentioned a few times already, we’re all in this together, and its going to take us all working together to recover from these strange circumstances we find ourselves in during the course of this pandemic. Your safety is important to us, and we hope our safety is important to you.