A regional nonprofit, built neighborhood by neighborhood

Las Vegas Arbor Society (LVAS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to expanding and protecting urban tree canopy across Southern Nevada. We were founded on a simple premise: the fastest way to green a desert city isn’t a single big park — it’s thousands of residents planting and caring for trees on the streets where they already live.

We operate as a hub-and-chapter model. LVAS holds the nonprofit status, the fundraising infrastructure, the technical know-how, and the region-wide vision. Each neighborhood chapter — starting with the Las Vegas Country Club Estates Arbor Society — brings local leadership, local knowledge, and local labor.

Our Story

LVCCEAS began as a handful of Country Club Estates residents asking why their streets had less shade than neighborhoods built decades earlier. What started as one HOA beautification conversation became the founding chapter of a region-wide arbor society.

What We Believe

• Trees are infrastructure, not decoration.
• Desert-appropriate landscaping and more canopy are not in conflict — low-water species can do both.
• Neighbors are more effective stewards of their own streets than any centralized crew could be.
• Transparency builds trust: every tree we plant is counted and mapped.