BREAKING NEWS: Tomorrow morning, members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources including Nevada's Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto may consider an “Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute” to S.140–Wildfire Prevention Act of 2025 that would repeal the Roadless Rule without any form of congressional hearing or chance for public input or environmental analysis.

Copper Mountain Inventoried Roadless Area by Jose Witt

While the Trump administration works to dismantle the 2001 Roadless Rule, Congress is pushing to expedite the destruction of our wildlands with H.R. 7695, which would repeal the 2001 Forest Service Roadless Rule and REQUIRE new road construction, opening millions of acres of National Forest lands to increased wildfire threats and increased habitat fragmentation.

Toiyabe Crest by B. Beffort

The Nevada Division of Outdoor Recreation (NDOR), in partnership with Sierra Trail Works, is excited to announce Trail Skills Training coming in Spring 2026. Funded through the Recreational Trails Program, we will be able to offer an Introduction to Trailbuilding course, a Trail Crew Leadership training, and a Trail Planning, Design, and Layout course. There will also be opportunities for First Aid/CPR training and USFS Chainsaw certification. NDOR is thrilled to provide these opportunities at no cost to trail enthusiasts across Nevada.
 
These trainings are open to anyone, especially those who are involved with volunteer trail organizations, individuals interested in trail crew positions, and land managers who oversee trail projects.

Tell your representatives public lands should be managed for public good, not political gain!

Make the dish that won first place dinner at the 2025 National Public Lands Day Dutch Oven Cook-Off - Stewardship Coordinator Meg Tait's Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie!

We urgently need you to speak up for public lands – again.  

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins plans to eliminate the 25 year-old Roadless Rule, stripping protections from more than 45 million acres across the country and nearly 3 million acres in Nevada. If the Roadless Area Rule is rescinded, these wild places will be open to oil and gas leasing, logging and road construction. Places like the Toiyabe Crest (pictured below) will be vulnerable to developments. 

Toiyabe Crest by Kirk A Peterson

The Forest Service is accepting comments through September 19, 2025 - take a moment to share why Roadless Areas are important to you. 

• 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!

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. 

This portion of Esmeralda County is completely surrounded by Lands with Wilderness Characteristics and the undeveloped valley was the core that held the wildness together.

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