Toiyabe News and Issues Blog

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Check out this graph of unemployment rates in western state's counties versus their proportion of federal land.  What you see in this graph is a scattering of data points that means: there is no correlation.  Simple conclusion is that...

The Nevada Conservation League and the Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club released the following statements following the announcement that the US Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that the Greater Sage-Grouse does not require protections...

Here are some great opportunities for you to help make the Toiyabe Chapter strong ... engage in our political committee's important work; consider a run for the Chapter "ExCom"; web knowledge? convert a group website; Facebook guru? sort out our...

Nevada and eastern California have an abundance of open, public lands (in fact, about 81% in Nevada).  These lands enable residents and visitors to recreate in many different ways, provide the states with important economic benefits, and...

As spring approaches, more peaks are snow-free which increases opportunities to work on the Great Basin Peaks list. Who will be out hiking in the great basin this season? The following members have provided their peak numbers to show their current...

The RGJ is reporting that access is going to be allowed to recreationists wanting access to Mt Grant in the Wassuk Range just north-west of Hawthorne. The summit of Mt Grant, over 11,000 feet, offers dramatic views of the Sierra to the west and...

Dave Porter and I left Reno at 7:00am excited about hiking another peak on the Great Basin Peak Section list. Desatoya Peak (9973’) is the high point of Churchill County and the tallest peak in the Desatoya Mountains. A quick caffeine refuel, then...

Tuesday morning, January 24, 2012 -- I rolled at about 8 am. Heading down Highway 395, I discovered that there was fresh snow just south of Walker and off and on down to Mammoth. Arrived in Bishop about noon and did a pit stop at the Spellbinder...

We left Reno at 4:00 pm planning to arrive at the trailhead in the Sweetwater Mountains before dark to camp and get an early morning start on the trail. Our group of seven had dwindled to three hikers: myself, Larry Grant, Larry Dwyer, plus my dog...