Posts about playa restoration

Leaving No Trace

Leaving No Trace the Playa Restoration Way: DIY MOOP Sweeps, MOOP Map and LNT Test

August 7, 2023 By DA

TLDR: MOOP (Matter Out of Place) Sweeps are your friend! Don’t put off the MOOP sweeps at your camp until ...Read More

Building BRC, Leaving No Trace

One Last Look

October 1, 2018 By John Curley

(This post was written after a visit to Playa Restoration last week; the BLM inspection was scheduled to take ...Read More

Leaving No Trace

MOOP Map 2017: High Resolution MOOP Map

April 11, 2018 By Aaron Muszalski

Congratulations, Citizens of Black Rock! The final BLM Site Inspection Report is still being finalized, but in the meantime we’re ...Read More

Leaving No Trace

MOOP Map 2017: MOOP Map for the Masses

November 2, 2017 By Aaron Muszalski

~ In which we answer your burning questions about the MOOP Map, its creation, and what you can learn from ...Read More

Building BRC, Leaving No Trace

MOOP Map 2017: Day 6 — We MOOPed This City!

October 17, 2017 By Aaron Muszalski

Great news: Today the Playa Restoration team finished MOOPing the entirety of the Black Rock City grid! At only 6 days, ...Read More

Building BRC, Leaving No Trace

MOOP Map 2017: Day 5 — Presto Chango!

October 11, 2017 By Aaron Muszalski

Welcome to Day 5 of Playa Restoration! I woke up to find actual ice covering the windshield of my truck ...Read More

Building BRC, Leaving No Trace

MOOP Map 2017: Day 4 — iMOOP On The Storm

October 4, 2017 By Aaron Muszalski

After a day spent dodging dust storms under steadily darkening skies, no one was surprised when it started raining in ...Read More

Building BRC, Leaving No Trace

MOOP Map 2017: Day 3 — Cloudy With A Chance Of Irony

September 25, 2017 By Aaron Muszalski

This morning the Playa Restoration crew awoke to gray, threatening skies. Throughout the day storm cells swept across the playa, ...Read More

Building BRC, Leaving No Trace

MOOP Map 2017: Day 2 — The Line Sweeper’s New Groove

September 22, 2017 By Aaron Muszalski

Yesterday’s intense winds gave way to near-perfect Resto weather today: sunny, but with enough cloud cover to keep temperatures comfortable ...Read More

Building BRC, Leaving No Trace

MOOP Map 2017: Day 1 — Killing Time Til Resto Is Over

September 20, 2017 By Aaron Muszalski

There’s a popular DPW saying that goes “Killing time ‘til Resto”. Often seen as a button or a patch, the ...Read More