This week, we said goodbye to Roberta Moore, longtime board member and friend. Roberta brought her artistic background and love of outdoor education as a retired National Park Service Ranger and Interpreter, always reminding us to find the beauty and art in nature. She was instrumental in the 2005 publication of Wild Nevada: Testimonies on Behalf of the Desert as co-editor, and in her later years, she inspired the biannual Board of Directors book exchange.
Friends of Nevada Wilderness Board Vice Chair Hermi Hiatt, Founding Board Member Marge Sill, Artist and Activist Roberta Moore (before joining the Friends board), and Executive Director Shaaron Netherton.
Elected to Friends’ board of directors in 2013, Roberta was a passionate advocate for Great Basin National Park and the wild lands of eastern Nevada. She and her husband David often hosted conservationists and travelers at their ranch at the base of Wheeler Peak before moving to Washington state a couple years ago. Longtime staff and board enjoyed the 2015 retreat, where Roberta arranged for a private tour of Lehman Caves for the team and opened up her ranch guest bedrooms and yard for camping.
2015 Board and Staff Retreat at Great Basin National Park: Standing from left - Kurt Kuznicki, Jose Witt, Jesy Simons, Darcy Shepard, Shevawn von Tobel, Kirk Peterson, Pat Bruce, Shaaron Netherton, Renee Aldrich, Pete Bradley, Roberta Moore, Jake Kastner, Larry Dwyer, Connie Howard, and Minas Mkhitarian; seated from left - Hermi Hiatt, John Hiatt, Roger Scholl, Marge Sill, Karen Boeger, and Bart Koehler.
May Roberta’s passion and her words inspire you to love wild Nevada just a little bit more.
Pick up a copy of Wild Nevada: Testimonies on Behalf of the Desert.
