What Hikes Would You Like to See on the Gold Butte Calendar?

It’s no secret, we all love Gold Butte! It’s a place with the most incredible cultural history, beautiful landscapes, and a broad variety of desert animals and plants. And, there are so many different places to find these things in Gold Butte. Friends of Gold Butte loves to take its members and guests out and..

What’s the Purpose of Public Lands?

This week, ahead of Nevada’s Republican presidential caucus, one of the candidates asked what is the purpose of our public lands in Nevada. As someone from the West who has had the pleasure to live in Nevada for the past ten years, I’m happy to shed some light on the issue. Nevada has some of..

New executive order aims to boost tourism to public lands

We all know Gold Butte is a special place and we’d be fooling ourselves to think people won’t continue to discover Gold Butte  and the number of visitors won’t continue to grow. In the wake of more efforts to increase tourism, it’s something we need to embrace and not look the other way. In doing..

PBS Visits Gold Butte for Upcoming Episode [VIDEO]

Last Friday and Saturday, PBS sent a crew out to Gold Butte to film a story for an upcoming episode of their ‘This American Land’ series. The crew of two interviewed several folks including the southern Nevada site steward for BLM land, the editor for the Desert Valley Times in Mesquite, and a representative of..

Will You Be Gold Butte’s Secret Santa?

Will Your Business Support Gold Butte?

Did you know that areas with state and national designations bring a significant economic impact to surrounding towns? Local businesses in Las Vegas have benefited from Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (NCA), St. George businesses have benefited from Zion National Park, and even Overton and Logandale have seen economic benefits from Valley of Fire..

[VIDEO] This is Gold Butte!

Great new video on Gold Butte – thanks Par!

Gold Butte Deserves a Star on the Map

Reprinted from the Las Vegas Review Journal – 9/28/11 Even with all of its world-class gaming and entertainment options, Southern Nevada needs to work harder to continue to broaden its economy, including diversifying the conservation tourism market and attractions. Last Saturday was National Public Lands Day. So let’s turn our attention to Nevada’s amazing natural..

League of Women Voters Discuss Issues Mayor Wier Including Gold Butte

On September 10, 2011, the Mesquite League of Women Voters met with Mayor Mark Wier. A number of local and regional issues were discussed including Gold Butte. Below is an excerpt from the Mesquite Local News. You can see why we should all be encouraged! The idea of branding Mesquite as the “Gate Way” to..

September is National Wilderness Month

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release                                      September 1, 2011 NATIONAL WILDERNESS MONTH, 2011 - – - – - – - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The mystery and wonder of wilderness is deeply rooted in our national character. For many of the first..