Friends of Nevada Wilderness is dedicated to preserving all qualified Nevada public lands as wilderness, protecting all present and potential wilderness from ongoing threats, informing the public about the values of and need for wilderness, and restoring and improving the management of wild lands.

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Friends of Nevada Wilderness is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our Federal Tax ID is 88-0211763.

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POSTED ON:
07/02/2025
Despite the lawsuit Friends of Nevada Wilderness filed concerning the BLM's failure to analyze a more sustainable route for Greenlink West into an already-built-out power corridor outside key bighorn habitat and cultural areas, NV Energy’s bulldozers have recently begun destroying the heart of our proposed Esmeralda-Fish Lake Area of Critical Environmental Concern. ...Read more »
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06/12/2025
June 12, 2025 - Friends of Nevada Wilderness is calling Utah Senator Mike Lee’s latest proposal to mandate the sale of 2.2 to 3.2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands “outrageous” and urges Nevadans and Westerners to contact their Senators and demand they oppose it....Read more »
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05/28/2025
May 28, 2025 - Today, Friends of Nevada Wilderness and Basin and Range Watch filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada challenging the decisions by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”), and the National Park Service (“NPS”) to authorize portions of NV Energy’s proposed Greenlink West Project, a controversial, 472-mile system of new overhead transmission lines and substations in western Nevada in violation of federal environmental law. ...Read more »
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