Toiyabe News and Issues Blog

Dean Heller and Congressman Mark Amodei's legislation would essentially stop future designations of any National Monuments in Nevada by the President. Their bills (S.22, H.R. 243) make it harder for Nevadans to protect public lands ...

Chapter members have until January 15, 2017 to vote in the Chapter and Group elections.  Please take advantage to review the candidates for leadership positions within the your Chapter and Group officers.

On December 28, 2016, President Obama protected Gold Butte as a National Monument of 296,937 acres. The new monument (click here for a map) has Lake Mead National Recreation Area to its south and west and the Nevada-Arizona border to its...

Senator Dean Heller and Congressman Mark Amodei's legislation would essentially stop future designations of any National Monuments in Nevada by the President. Their bills (S.22, H.R. 243) make it harder for Nevadans to protect public lands,...

Sierra Club’s Clair Tappaan Lodge will be gathering together September 16-18, 2016 to hike, swim, chat, eat and listen to music ...

The recently adopted GOP platform has adopted a plank to give away your public land heritage - our national forests, wildlife refuges, and public lands. Our heritage will likely be sold to the highest bidder in what appears to be a take over of our...

ess than a hundred years ago, the East and West Lyell Glaciers in Yosemite were connected. Today, the East Lyell Glacier is shrinking fast and may not any longer qualify as a glacier and the West Lyell Glacier could soon share its fate.  The...

Probably not many DPSers [Desert Peaks Section from the Los Angeles Chapter] are aware that by climbing the DPS list they also get a head start on the Great Basin Peaks [Toiyabe Chapter] list as 21 peaks are on both lists. With this in mind, we...

Deseret Peak sits in the Deseret Peak Wilderness and with 5,000’ prominence qualifies for a number of peak lists. At 11,031’ it is the highest peak in the Stansbury Mountains plus the highpoint of Tooele County (pronounced Tu-will-uh).

Right now Death Valley National Park - especially the valley floor and eastern park entrance roads - have sweeping displays of wildflowers.