Stand · Find your defenders

Who’s defending Ash Meadows?

Wildlife refuge in Nevada, 23,000 acres, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, designated in 1984.

The defenders

Nobody has claimed this fight yet

No group in our directory carries Ash Meadows in its work yet. That is not the same as nobody fighting: if you know the group that belongs here, tell us and our editors will look at it.

7 more work nearby but are not tied to Ash Meadows on the record

The situation

What’s happening to Ash Meadows

Spring-fed wetlands in the Amargosa Valley harboring more endemic species per acre than anywhere else in the United States. Ash Meadows was nearly destroyed by a housing development before it became a refuge. Groundwater pumping and mining activity could still drain the springs that make this desert oasis possible.

  1. 1984Established as national wildlife refuge
Mining threatens groundwater supply

Source: Nevada Current

No public comment window is open on Ash Meadows right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.

Your move

How to stand for Ash Meadows

Build my lineup around Ash Meadows: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.

Ash Meadows has defenders. It needs more.

The work is theirs. The backing is yours.

Sources and methodThe situation, timeline, and threats: the MTJP threatened-lands record for Ash Meadows, with per-item sources. Which groups are on the record for this place: MTJP editors tie a group to a fight only with a source link they have read, one link at a time. A group without one is shown as likely to care, a guess from the federal court record and the group’s own mission and footprint. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-10-09. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.