Friends of Gold Butte receives Mosaic Covid-19 Infrastructure Grant

Friends of Gold Butte announces the receipt of $5,395 Mosaic grant funding to provide technology and services to support our operations and mission during pandemic conditions. The Covid-19 pandemic has had substantial impact on all Friends of Gold Butte operations and activities. During the on-going pandemic our stewardship projects, hikes, events, visitor center staffing, and..

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Endangered Species Day May 15, 2020

On this day we celebrate our local neighbor, the desert tortoise. The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassazii), a very shell-tered reptile, is long-time resident of the Mojave Desert. Once common throughout its range, the desert tortoise has been under protection of the Endangered Species Act since 1990 due to a dramatic decline in their population numbers…

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COVID-19

To Our Friends: As COVID-19 continues to spread across our country and the rest of the world, Friends of Gold Butte is committed to proactive measures to ensure the safety of our staff, volunteers, and visitors.  Because of this, we are temporarily closing the Visitor Center to protect all of our community members. For those..

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FoGB Names New Operations Manager

For Immediate ReleaseMonday April 29, 2019 Media Contact:Geoffrey Frasz, President, Friends of Gold ButteGeoffrey.Frasz@csn.edu702-403-0238 MESQUITE, NEVADA –Friends of Gold Butte (FoGB), has named Brenda Slocumb, outreach and volunteer coordinator of FoGB, as new Operations Manager. She succeeds Jaina Moan, who is working for the Nature Conservancy. Slocumb will take office May 1st.  Brenda Slocumb has..

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