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Wilderness is for everyone! (even people who hate wilderness)
John Wallin responds to Sue Silver’s letter about proposed wilderness in Mineral County. Read his response here at Las Vegas CityLife
Mineral County resident rejects proposed wilderness
Sue Silver, Mineral County Liaison for the Coalition for Public Access, responded to Andrew Kiraly’s recent article on Wilderness efforts in Nevada:
The Nevada Wilderness Project overplayed its hand and underestimated the will of the ordinary Nevadan. They offer us NOTHING and want only to TAKE. If they thought we’d lie down and let them hike […]
Update on Petersen Mountain/Evans Ranch Development
EVANS RANCH ALERT FOR RENO RESIDENTS:
We wanted to alert you to concerns about the environmental and recreational impacts of the proposed Evans Ranch development on Reno residents who care about wildlife, public lands, outdoor recreation, and the environmental impacts of sprawl. Evans Ranch is a huge development of 5,556 homes that has been proposed for […]
Gabbs Valley Wilderness Study Area
A few of our far flung photographers ventured out to Western Mineral County over the weekend and did some exploring in the Gabbs Valley Range Wilderness Study Area. The photographs were taken in an area near Red Rock Canyon known as the Narrows by Kurt K. Enjoy the shots!
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Petersen Mountain Action Alert!
I received a call today from a resident at the base of Petersen Mountain alerting me to some proposed residential zoning changes that will be put before the City of Reno Planning Commission on Thursday evening, 3/6. Here is a description of the situation that I received…
“THE PROBLEM: The density of homes proposed at “Evans […]
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:
A few weeks […]
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 […]
