9 groups have it in their care
National monument in Nevada, 704,000 acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, designated in 2015.
The defenders
2 groups are on the record for Basin and Range, in the order they carry the weight. The range says how strongly our editors, the court dockets and their own filings tie each one here. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
On the ground
Friends Group · Las Vegas, NV
Campaigned for the 2015 designation and petitioned Nevada’s governor and senators to remove Basin and Range from the federal monument review.
24 staff + 521 volunteers79¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1984
Legal · Tucson, AZ
Sued the Bureau of Land Management in March 2024 over its failure to complete the overdue management plan for Basin and Range National Monument.
242 staff + 19 volunteers88¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1989
On the ground in Nevada
The national muscle
The situation
Home to Michael Heizer’s “City,” the largest contemporary artwork on Earth, 50 years in the making, built in a landscape so vast it redefines your sense of scale. Basin and Range is on the monument review list. Its future depends on whether anyone is paying attention.
Source: Department of Interior · February 20, 2025
No public comment window is open on Basin and Range 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
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Their donation page ↗SpeakCall your representativesA ready call script on Basin and Range, plus any comment window as it opens.
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