• 2 TBSP butter or oil of choice
• 1 TBSP cumin
• 1 TBSP chili Powder
• (Or you can use a few TBSP of taco seasoning)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1lb basque chorizo
• 1 onion - diced
• 1 red bell pepper - diced
• 1 green bell pepper - diced
• 1 can pinto beans - rinsed and drained
• 1/4 lb frozen corn (I prefer fire roasted) - 1 can of rinsed and drained corn also works
• 1 cup chicken broth or bouillon
• 1 box 15 oz cornbread mix & the ingredients to make it (usually egg, oil and milk)

1. Pre-heat your dutch oven with 10+coals underneath. While it is pre-heating, mix up the cornbread according to the box instructions. Set aside. 
2. Add butter or oil to the dutch oven and allow it to completely coat the bottom. 
3. Add onions and sautee for a minute or two until they start to turn translucent*
4. Add spices (cumin and chili powder)  
5. Add the chorizo and sautee for 5 or so minutes until it is just underdone*
6. Add bell peppers and sautee for a few minutes*
7. Refresh coals as necessary - keep dutch oven at about a medium high heat level
8. Add pinto beans and corn - mix well
9. *Add a few tablespoons at a time of chicken broth while you're sauteeing the ingredients - you want to use it to help blend the flavors and ingredients together, but don't let it become soupy. You may not end up using the entire cup!
10. Pour the cornbread on top of the ingredients - spread as evenly as possible 
11. Put the dutch oven lid on and add coals evenly to the top. Start with 10 or so coals, and then adjust as necessary.
12. Garnish with sour cream, avocado, salsa, cilantro, etc etc!

We are disappointed that Congressman Mark Amodei has introduced legislation to remove the President's power to protect historic, prehistoric, and scientific resources.

Twenty-one days after the Wilderness Act was signed into law, Patrick George Bruce came into this world in Stonehaven Scotland on September 24, 1964 into the welcoming arms of his parents Yvonne and Mike. His brother Nick was born 18 months later. The Bruce Family moved from Scotland to the Haight-Ashbury region of San Francisco in 1968. Pat graduated from Tennyson High School in 1982 and was of course an Eagle Scout.

In 1989 the family moved to Reno, Nevada and Pat’s love affair with the wilds of Nevada began in earnest. Pat received a BA in Anthropology with a minor in Museology from the University of Nevada, Reno where he focused his work in Great Basin prehistoric archaeology and lithics. Pat roamed the Nevada deserts in his 4-wheel drive vehicles accompanied by his well-loved doggie companions, often with bagpipe music blaring. Not surprising since he had family members in the Black Raven Pipe Band of San Francisco.

Pat worked a variety of jobs including at the Boy Scout’s Camp Fleischmann and at Reno’s iconic Deux Gros Nez coffee shop, which was a gathering place for a wide range of people who would become his life-long friends. It was here in 2006, during an overheard conversation, that Pat connected with Friends of Nevada Wilderness and the rest as they say is history.

Dark skies, wildlife, water, recreation and Ely’s scenic backdrop are all threatened by an extreme proposal from a Salt Lake City real estate developer, rPlus Hydro, that would be located in the Duck Creek Range between Ely and High Schells Wilderness. The White Pine Pumped Storage Project is a proposed energy-storage project that aims to provide battery-like energy storage through a closed loop system of reservoirs – one atop the Duck Creek Range and another in the foothills of Steptoe Valley - and includes two massive paved roads through the scenic limestone cliffs to the top of the Duck Creek Range, cutting through critical big game and sage-grouse habitat.

Sign the petition to speak up for wildlands and dark skies in White Pine County today.

This project would forever alter the viewshed for Ely residents and forever sever seasonal movement corridors essential for elk, mule deer and other wildlife species.

Located west of Tonopah, the Proposed Esmeralda/Fish Lake Area of Critical Environmental Concern encompasses 850,000 acres and includes extensive critical winter and summer bighorn sheep habitat and migration corridors crucial to bighorn sheep breeding and survival. Unfortunately, the core of our proposed ACEC is immediately threatened by an undeveloped section of the Greenlink West Transmission line, the Esmeralda Seven proposed solar development (60,000 acres of industrial development), and the just released 2024 Solar PEIS which would open up 41% of Esmeralda County including much of the ACEC to solar development.

Over the last 39 years, Friends of Nevada Wilderness volunteers have donated thousands of hours to keeping Nevada’s spectacular public lands wild and healthy. Our annual volunteer appreciation party, the Wilderness Wingding, is on December 15th, 2023, and we are partnering with dozens of local and national businesses and individuals to show our volunteers appreciation. Check out this article to see who is giving back and how.

In the vast landscape of American territory lies the National Wildlife Refuge System, a network of special places where nature thrives, where people reconnect with the wild, and where conservation is the primary mission. A testament to America’s enduring commitment to the environment, this system plays a pivotal role in safeguarding the country's natural heritage.