Issues & News
by Don Molde Opinion Our personal names probably say more about our parents than about us. Corporation, business, agency names often suggest a purpose, product or mission; a short-hand way of understanding what they are…continue reading 
Nevada’s Board of Wildlife Commissioners is intentionally designed to protect the entrenched interests of people who shoot wildlife. By promoting policies exclusively designed to improve opportunity for hunters, they have perpetuated an unjust system which…continue reading 
Lots in common ~ Opinion What do coyotes and wild horses have in common in Nevada? Both make the news more than any other animal or wildlife species in the state. Both suffer from the…continue reading 
Opinion Let’s start with a loose definition of an oxymoron, a contradiction of terms in the same word, sentence, or utterance. Take the word, ‘sportsman’ for example. A recent Sierra Nevada Ally piece by Kelsey Penrose centers…continue reading 
January 24, 2022 - Friends of Nevada Wilderness has joined more than a dozen other conservation and sportspersons organizations in sending a heartfelt thanks to Nevada’s Congressional delegation for once again denying a devastating military takeover of…continue reading 
Coyote-killing contests will continue in Nevada after the state’s Wildlife Commission narrowly voted against banning the contests. Proponents say the wildlife-killing contests — in which participants shoot as many coyotes as they can find in order to…continue reading 
THE PROBLEM: LACK OF DIVERSITY ON 9-MEMBER, GOVERNOR-APPOINTED NEVADA BOARD OF WILDLIFE COMMISSIONERS (NBWC): There is an over-representation of hunter/trapper/ agriculture on the NBWC and an under-representation of the general population/conservation/ scientific (without hunting licenses).…continue reading 
During wildlife killing contests, participants compete to kill large numbers of coyotes, bobcats, foxes and other wild animals for the chance at cash and prizes. After the killing is over, the animals are often dumped like…continue reading 
A gift in your will in our 50th year can help defend animals far into the future. Please give if you can! IFAW SAVES LIVES bold action for the next 50 years To achieve our…continue reading 
The Mountain Lion Foundation presents information about the biology and behavior of America's Lion, the mountain lion which is also known as cougar, panther, puma, painter, tyger, ghost walker, klandagi, cuguacuarana, leopardo, catamount, koe-ishto, ko-icto,…continue reading