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Open Spaces, Special Places

If the view over a pristine ridgeline is important to you, or if you value Nevada's rivers and the streams that feed them…

If you want to see wildlife habitats preserved, or be able to hike to the top of a favorite mountain…

If you see open space as critical to your quality of life…

You are not alone.

The Nevada Land Conservancy is Nevada's “homegrown” non-profit land trust working with landowners and communities to protect and preserve open space for an enhanced quality of life. We invite you to learn more about our mission, the special places we protect, and how to get involved.

Membership: Be a part of a vibrant and growing organization! With your $35 membership, you'll receive our newsletter three times a year and be kept up to date about all of our exciting events and volunteer opportunities. Make your gift by credit card today by clicking on the button on the left, or contact us to find out more!

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Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Stop in Sparks
Benefits Nevada Land Conservancy

Nevada Land Conservancy's largest annual fundraiser, the 2012 Banff Mountain Film Festival Truckee Meadows Stop, was held April 5th in the Rose Ballroom at John Ascuaga's Nugget. It was a great success thanks to our generous sponsors, supporters and volunteers! 

More than $31,500 was raised to support the Nevada Land Conservancy's efforts to preserve and protect special places and open spaces of Nevada for future generations.  This was accomplished by selling 1,128 tickets to the event, collecting $3,960 in raffle sales, and through the generosity of our event sponsors, including: John Ascuaga’s Nugget; NV Energy; Bob 93.7 FM; Reno News & Review; REI; Healthy Beginnings; Great Basin Brewing Co.; Rogue Wilderness Adventures; Reno-Tahoe Odyssey; Umpqua Bank; Swire Coca-Cola; Scheels; and the Odencrantz family. 

Many thanks must also be extended to the dozens of volunteers who donated their time to bring the Banff Mountain Film Festival back to Reno.

Last, but not least, we need to recognize the end of an era as Kristi Moore, our volunteer coordinator (herself a volunteer!), has moved to the Bay Area to be with her family and accomplish great work elsewhere.  We will welcome her back whenever she visits.  Thank you Kristi for all your efforts locally to preserve and protect Nevada's special places and open spaces for future generations!

Photos (left to right): Newton DeBardeleben and Sonya Giroux; Trent Schmidt and Kirk Stock; Christi Cakiroglu and Kristi Moore; Karen Ross and NV Energy employees with Reed and Mary Simmons; Mike Anderson.

 

2012 BANFF SPONSORS

Founding Sponsor:     

Supporting Sponsor: 

The Odencrantz Family

 

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Patron Sponsors:

Exhibit Booths:
Nevada Wilderness Project
Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway
Regional Transportation Commission
Rogue Wilderness Adventures

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Nevada Land Conservancy helps BLM acquire almost 1,300 acres in Black Rock Desert NCA -- High Rock Canyon / Poodle Mountain

April 23, 2010

Nearly 1,300 acres of prime wildlife habitat have been protected by the Nevada Land Conservancy and the Bureau of Land Management in the Little High Rock Canyon, Poodle Mountain and Hardin City areas, within and nearby the Black Rock Desert National Conservation Area. This resource-rich area is another important acquisition made under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) program. Nevada Land Conservancy has been responsible for the purchase of more than 34,000 acres of land through the SNPLMA program since 2002.

The Nevada Land Conservancy nominated this 1,282-acre project in 2007, during Round 8 of SNPLMA, and assisted BLM from the beginning to successfully complete the acquisition.

"The public benefits include protection of significant historic and archaeological sites near Hardin City," said Craig Schriber, Board Chair of Nevada Land Conservancy, "and protection of access to Double Hot Springs and the wet meadows surrounding Hardin City Hot Springs." Nevada Land Conservancy, an independent nonprofit land trust organization, was founded in 1998 to protect critical open space, wildlife habitat, water resources, working landscapes, and recreational access for the public. (more)

Photo credit: Becky Stock, Nevada Land Conservancy

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BLM and Nevada Land Conservancy Announce Home Camp Ranch Acquisition

Second-largest Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act acquisition conserves valuable wildlife habitat in northern Washoe County

December 31, 2009

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has completed the purchase of the Home Camp ranch located in northern Washoe County in the vicinity of the Wall Canyon Wilderness Study Area (WSA).  The Nevada Land Conservancy nominated Home Camp in Round 7 of SNPLMA, and assisted BLM from the beginning to successfully complete the acquisition.

At 14,824 acres, this wildlife-rich area is the second largest land acquisition made under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) program. The largest acquisition was 17,173 acres in and around the Granite Range and Wall Canyon north of Gerlach, completed in August 2008 and also nominated by Nevada Land Conservancy. (more)

Photo credit: Mark Vollmer