Soaking up the Winter Sun in Sloan Canyon

On Saturday, January 26th Nick Dobric and Bill James of the Nevada Wilderness Project led a group of 11 hikers from both NWP and Meetup.com through the beautiful rugged desert landscape of Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area/North McCullough Wilderness, approximately 20 miles south of Las Vegas. As we approached the hiking area by vehicle [...]

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People Speak Up for the Desert Refuge

On Thursday, January 17th the Department of Energy held a public hearing in Las Vegas to hear peoples comments on the massive proposed energy corridors across the Western US that impact some of our most important public lands and wildlife habitat: wildlife refuges, wilderness and wilderness study areas, and Forest Service roadless areas.
The turnout was [...]

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It was the worst of tours, it was the best of tours

Words that COULD be used to describe this weekend’s adventure: cold, long, skiing on tailing piles, no headlamps, busted bindings, why leave the Sierra, blisters, sufferfest.
Words that SHOULD be used to describe this weekend’s adventure: hilarious, Skeeter & Hambone, 2000ft of 2ft pow, rare, the inspiration of Jimmy Carter, mountain mahogany, and so many more…

The Story:

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Higher Ground

 
Over the weekend of January 4-6, residents of Fernley, NV were caught in an icy hell.  While most of Northern Nevada was getting excited about heading into the mountains to ski in 6+ ft of powder, over 800 people in Northern Lyon County were watching their homes fill up with water from a broken levee [...]

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From our folks in the field

Happy New Year everyone!  Weethump has been a little slow over the holidays, but that doesn’t mean everyone’s been sleeping on the job.  We recently received this great shot from Kurt Kuznicki.  It was taken in Mineral County, Nv below Mt. Grant in the Wassuk Range.  We’d love to share more notes and photos from the [...]

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