"Keep Clovis Beautiful", an affiliate for "Keep America Beautiful", is part of the Parks and Recreation Department. Keep Clovis Beautiful won the Keep America Beautiful President's Award in 2003.

The City of Clovis Parks and Recreation Department provides an array of physical resources for residents. Included in the resource base are seventeen parks or recreational areas encompassing 3,400 acres of which 600 acres are developed for recreational use. There are 17 baseball/softball fields, 11 soccer fields, 3 football fields, two indoor gymnasiums, 12 playgrounds, two swimming pools, a 9 hole golf course and a par 3 golf course, 23 open play areas, one archery range, one model airplane flying area, an off-road vehicle area, and four volleyball courts.

The Department received the following awards in 2001 from the New Mexico Recreation and Parks Association (NMRPA): Parks/Ground Maintenance Award and the Park/Trail/Bikepath Design Award for the Potter Park Project.