The Southern Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program, Get Outdoors Nevada, is rallying volunteers for the 2007 Great American Cleanup on Saturday, March 24. The event is the nation's largest annual community improvement project.

Volunteers will remove litter and debris from 8:30 a.m. until noon at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, which is managed by the National Park Service. More than 200 residents have already signed up to beautify one of the most visited national recreation areas in the United States.

The Great American Cleanup, a program of Keep America Beautiful, is expected to involve more than 2.5 million people in improvement activities in 15,000 communities throughout the nation. Last year more than two million people participated with over 228 million pounds of litter and debris collected and 5.5 million trees, flowers and bulbs planted.

Get Outdoors Nevada is funded by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA). The volunteer program is coordinated by the UNLV Public Lands Institute and sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service. More information about the Public Lands Institute and SNPLMA is available at http://publiclands.unlv.edu.