Dedicated to preserving Nevada's wild lands through stewardship, advocacy, and education.
Looking for a way to plan your own adventure and simultaneously help protect southern Nevada’s water resources?
Join
us for a spring monitoring training to learn and practice how to take
water quality and flow measurements - once you’re trained, you will be
able to survey springs in Clark County independently whenever you would
like! This also allows you to work with our springs team to tailor the
spring location to your mobility needs - springs are located everywhere,
some deep in back country Wilderness and some a short stroll from a
vehicle or ATV, plus everywhere in between.
Happy #NationalParkWeek! We’ve got some amazing public lands managed by the National Park Service here in Nevada, including Great Basin National Park and a corner of Death Valley National Park. Nevada is also home to Lake Mead National Recreation Area - America’s first designated National Recreation Area! “With striking landscapes and brilliant blue waters, this year-round playground spreads across 1.5 million acres of mountains, canyons, valleys and two vast lakes.” -NPS Website
Did you know? Legislation introduced by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Rep. Dina Titus would expand Wilderness Areas like Bridge Canyon (pictured) in the Lake Mead region! Find out more about the Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act: https://www.nevadawilderness.org/historic_bill_announced
In recognition of women’s history month, we are featuring three trailblazing women who were the first in their field at the BLM: Elaine (Mosher) Pearsons, Lynell Schalk, and Caroline Peters.
Click below to learn more about the careers of these exceptional women who broke barriers in the 1960s and 70s.
The Reno Earth day event held annually at Idlewild park has been cancelled for 2019. The website claims that the event has grown so large they are taking this year off to strategize for 2020. Fret not, eco-conscious community! In the absence of this hugely important and popular celebration of sustainability and climate conscious change, a new group has stepped up to the plate. The first ever Truckee Meadows Earth Day celebration premiers this year. A cast of dedicated individuals from local sustainability minded organizations has come together to fill this crucial role and assure that the Reno community continues to make sustainability a priority.
There is a lot that is new and different about this year’s Earth Day. The event takes place on Sunday, April 28th, a little after the official Earth Day holiday. While we will still get to enjoy the river walk, the event will take place at Mayberry Park, instead of the usual Idlewild park location. Typically, this park does not allow events so this is a special treat. What we are most excited about for this Earth day is the zero waste event management and rules. Vendors are prohibited from distributing disposable and paper items. These frequently single use materials can equate to a surprisingly large amount of trash in landfills later on. In addition, the event will be alcohol free and utilize no disposable cutlery. We are really excited to see an event modeling sustainable solutions for event planning and food distribution. These are challenging but rewarding undertakings and it is so important to model that these things are not only possible, but achievable and well received by the community. We can’t wait to participate and support a more sustainable Nevada. Come visit our booth and check out Truckee Meadows Earth Day celebration, April 28th from 9am to 3pm at Mayberry Park. Happy #Earthday!
Please
be respectful of our public lands during the government shutdown - respect any and all
‘closed’ signs, be prepared to pack out trash and waste, and recreate at
your own risk, as maintenance and emergency services have been affected
in several popular areas in Nevada: “A sign posted at the entrance to
Red Rocks Canyon advises visitors to use extreme caution, because Bureau
of Land Management employees won’t be there to provide guidance,
assistance, maintenance or emergency response.”
Photo of Rainbow Mountain Wilderness by Kurt Kuznicki.
Note: Friends of
Nevada Wilderness is a nonpartisan 501c3 nonprofit. We ask that you
refrain from partisan rhetoric in the comments. We are focused on
protecting and caring for our public lands together, and providing
information during this time.
Wilderness designation provides a buffer between development
and military activities, plus it conserves vital habitat for wildlife and popular
recreation areas like Job Peak. No development and darkness are needed for
training at the Navy’s Fallon Training Range Complex - qualities that Wilderness
designation of the entire Stillwater Range would provide. Elimination of
Wilderness Study Areas would be a lose-lose, but Wilderness designation for the
Stillwater Range and the Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness Study Area would be
win-win.
Don’t let the military eliminate 74,400 acres of Wilderness Study Areas and close off 360,000 acres of public land so they can QUADRUPLE the size of the Navy’s Fallon Range Training Complex – speak up for wild places and wildlife: nevadawilderness.org/fallonexpansion
You can submit an official comment against the proposed expansion, sign our petition to let the Nevada Congressional designation your support WSAs and open access to public lands, and join us at a public meeting. Help us defend places like Job Peak Wilderness Study Area, where bighorn sheep were successfully re-introduced in 1981 after they were eliminated from the area by poaching and disease eliminated in the 1940s.
Speak up for the wild places and wildlife that can’t defend themselves against military over-reach - submit a comment, attend a public meeting, and let the military know you want our wildlife protected and our wild places open!
Join us in celebrating our wonderful volunteers and supporters,
and the public lands they care for and defend! We’ll be enjoying great
music, delicious food, and wonderful Friends, and recognizing people who
went above and beyond for our wild places in 2018.
Job Peak Wilderness Study Area is a western wildlife success story
- desert bighorn sheep were successfully reintroduced to the WSA in
1981 after being eliminated through poaching and diseases transmitted by
domestic sheep, which grazed the area until the 1940s. Today, bighorn
sheep can be spotted traversing the WSA’s 90,000 acres of scenic ridges
and rugged canyons, including towards the summit of Job Peak at 8,785
feet.
Managed by the BLM, Job Peak WSA is part of America’s National Conservation Lands.