Volunteer in Gold Butte for National Public Lands Day

Helping a friend move.  Cutting brush for your elderly neighbor.  Picking up trash along an “adopt-a-spot.”  Few things feel better than physically laboring for a great cause. Here’s an opportunity to labor for one of Nevada’s most spectacular natural treasures: Gold Butte. Sometimes called “Nevada’s piece of the Grand Canyon puzzle,” this Joshua tree and [...]

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“Neverland” Film Premier at JA’s Nugget 8/18, 7:30 pm

Howdy all,
Here’s some info about a movie showing in Reno, NV we think you’ll like (and part of the ticket price benefits NWP):  The Absinthe Film crew is coming to Reno-Sparks to John Ascuaga’s Nugget – Celebrity Showroom – to premiere their new 16mm HD snowboard film, “Neverland.” Featured riders Dan Brisse and DCP will [...]

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From Sea to Shining Sea

September 3rd marks the 45th anniversary of the Wilderness Act – a law that has resulted in bipartisan support for protecting more than 100 million acres, and it’s still going strong.  The U.S. Senate is commemorating the anniversary, and so are thousands of people in every state who have had some role, be it large [...]

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NWP in the Desert Valley Times

Nevada Wilderness Project Biologist Gregg Tanner (or “Rural Circuit Rider,” as we like to call him) spoke to the Desert Valley Times about NWP’s “smart from the start” approach to renewable energy development.  Written by Bob Challinor, Desert Valley Times reporter,  the piece does a good job of explaining why the Nevada Wilderness Project is [...]

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Notes from the National Clean Energy Summit

Monday’s National Clean Energy Conference at UNLV was, as promised, a gathering of high level industry experts, policy people, government officials and politicians anxious to have their say about the need for renewable energy development in the U.S.   It was a day full of worthy ideas, spirited discussion, optimism, resolve and some humor. (T. Boone [...]

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NWP promoting “smart from the start” at the National Clean Energy Summit

Some of us from the Nevada Wilderness Project are heading to the National Clean Energy Summit on Monday — along with some renewable energy leaders, policy experts, politicians, scientists, regular people and the media.  A lot of heavy-hitters like President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, T. Boone Pickens, Harry Reid, Arnold Schwarzenegger and a [...]

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Solar Energy Study Areas: Let’s Make Them Opportunities for Conservation

On June 29th, Senator Reid and Interior Secretary Salazar held a press conference at UNLV, announcing a plan to fast-track 24 solar energy study areas in six western states.  Seven of them are on public lands in Nevada:

Amargosa Valley (32,699 acres)
Dry Lake (16,516 acres)
Delamar Valley (17,932 acres)
Dry Lake Valley North (49,775 acres)
East Mormon Mountain (7,418 [...]

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Protect Gold Butte Video

For those of you who already know Gold Butte, or are getting ready to go, or just love our wild state… This video slide show speaks for itself. Produced by a wonderful Nevada Wilderness Project volunteer who runs 990 Productions.
After you watch it,  you’ll no doubt be inspired to  take action [...]

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NWP has a new face on Facebook

Yes, despite rumors that the Nevada Wilderness Project is based out of a cave deep in the Big Rocks Wilderness Area, we actually do have offices with internet connections.  So we’re breaking into the online social networking realm with a Facebook page.  If you, too, are on facebook, we hope you’ll join the hippest new [...]

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Jonah

(Here’s a post contributed by a friend of ours at www.thecleanestline.com… )

Jonah. That’s the book’s title. Simple, direct. About as austere as the landscape it refers to. It’s part cowboy, part environmentalist, part roughneck, and part naturalist. It’s part photo-journalism and part poetry. It’s naked fact and nuanced understanding. And it’s the self-published product of [...]

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