Community Programs

The environmental studies department supports several student and community programs aimed at improving our environment. Read below to learn more about some of our recent activities.

• Project Desert Landscape In the spring of 1994, the students of landscape architecture and urban planning, under the instruction of Mark Elison Hoversten, were given the challenge to develop a turf reduction master plan for the campus.
• Students Conscious of Protecting the Environment (S.C.O.P.E) SCOPE is a student organization at UNLV that focuses on environmental issues facing Southern Nevada and the world.