With Executive Shaaron Netherton's retirement in 2027, Friends has begun the Shaaron Netherton Honorary Stewardship Fund, which will ensure our volunteer and field programs have the funding to care the wild lands we all love and provide Friends with urgently needed discretionary funding as we deal with the cancellation of government grants and contracts and an overall environment of funding uncertainty. A gift to the Shaaron Netherton Honorary Stewardship Fund is a lovely way to honor Shaaron's legacy and help Friends with our greatest funding need in 2027.

Shaaron has served as Executive Director for Friends of Nevada Wilderness since July 2000, becoming the organization’s first full-time Director. She has a deep knowledge of public land issues and is very well respected by community leaders and  Congressional members and staff. Over the years, she has built Friends of Nevada Wilderness into a strong, vibrant organization with a string of wilderness legislative successes leading to the protection of over 6.9 million acres of Wilderness, National Conservation Areas and National Monuments within Nevada. She and her staff have also built up a nationally recognized Wilderness Stewardship Program working with all four federal agencies across Nevada. Prior to accepting the ED position, Shaaron spent 22 years in the BLM, with 10 years in Nevada working specifically in the BLM’s Wilderness program. She received her BS degree in Wildlife Management from Humboldt State University.