Conservation Lands Foundation Honors Friends with 2026 Brian O'Donnell Excellence in Conservation Award
May 5, 2026 - Friends of Nevada Wilderness was presented with the 2026 Brian O'Donnell Excellence in Conservation Award from the Conservation Lands Foundation.
Join Friends for a Dark Sky Week Celebration
April 13, 2026 – Northern Nevadans are invited to join a world-wide celebration of International Dark Sky Week at an open house in Sparks on April 16.
Friends Featured on PBS Wild Nevada Episode 809: Esmeralda County
April 9, 2026 - Friends of Nevada Wilderness Wildlands Policy Manager Julien Pellegrini gives PBS Wild Nevada a tour of Esmeralda County's Lands with Wilderness Characteristics.
Despite federal cuts, Friends plans full stewardship field season
March 24, 2026 – Friends of Nevada Wilderness plans to engage volunteers in more than 40 stewardship projects in 2026, an ambitious statewide effort despite the loss of some federal funding, primarily from the Bureau of Land Management.
Significant job losses documented at NV land management agencies
March 16, 2026 - A recently released analysis of 2025 job losses in public land management agencies found that Nevada suffered a 21% loss in the number of federal employees charged with caring for the state’s public lands. Of the 463 jobs lost in Nevada, 60% were employees with five or more years of experience.
Why Nevada's senators should reject BLM nominee
February 2, 2026 - Friends of Nevada Wilderness and The Wilderness Society are joining the loud chorus of Western voices urging our U.S. senators to say NO to the nomination of Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management.
Horsford, Lee support the Public Lands in Public Hands Act!
Dec. 3, 2025 - A big Friends shoutout to Nevada Representatives Steven Horsford and Susie Lee and the rest of the Bipartisan Public Lands Caucus for their recent endorsement of the Public Lands in Public Hands Act!
Thanks, Congresswoman Titus!
Nov. 14, 2025 - Please join us in thanking Congresswoman Dina Titus for signing on to a letter urging the Department of Interior to drop its disastrous plan to rescind the Public Lands Rule. The Rule was established during the Biden Administration to equip BLM with modern, science-based tools needed to restore degraded landscapes, conserve intact habitats, plan for responsible development, and protect cultural and natural resources on more than 245 million acres of BLM-managed land.
The cause is urgent on 2025 National Public Lands Day
September 23, 2025 – With our nation’s public lands under unprecedented threats from top federal officials, Friends of Nevada Wilderness is encouraging Nevadans to observe National Public Lands Day on September 27 in particularly meaningful ways.
Time for a star-studded celebration!
August 25, 2025 - Friends of Nevada Wilderness and the Bureau of Land Management Applegate Field Office are once again inviting the public to come out for some amazing stargazing at the annual Dark Sky Fest September 13 in Cedarville, CA. It’s free and for the entire family!
