Great Basin

 
Great Basin

The vast and rugged Great Basin region is an open landscape of high plateaus and mountainous slopes feeding fertile valleys. These valleys provide a crucial migration corridor for hundreds of species of birds and other wildlife in an otherwise predominantly arid area.

Much of the region is publicly owned, but he river valleys that are so critical to wildlife are often in private hands and vulnerable to development. Enormous population growth in recent decades has increased the threats to wildlife.

ALC has conserved more than 90,100 acres in Nevada and along the Eastern Sierra. Our Great Basin Program aims to conserve additional open space, natural resources, critical habitat, and productive rangelands that remain at risk in the face of steady development pressure.

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Projects Within the Great Basin Program