Desert valley landscape

Defending the Desert

Basin & Range Watch

Celebrating the diversity of life in the Mojave, Colorado, and Great Basin deserts.

Welcome

Desert Home

The Mojave and Great Basin Deserts -- home to a wide range of biodiverse communities, inlcuding people. Our aim is to celebrate the diversity of life here and highlight the threats to our desert home. This place is more than a wilderness, it is a living landscape, full of unique plants, animals, fungi, and people.

This site covers the geographic area of Mojave, Colorado, and Great Basin deserts centering around southern California and Nevada, especially the areas ignored by others (but cherished by many): the vast creosote and sagebrush flats, white playas, rocky hills, and pinyon-juniper mountains. These are not "wastelands" but vibrant, rich, beautiful landscapes that we call home.

Come visit and experience the great beauty of spring wildflowers, vast open vistas, bird watching trails, and wildlife viewing.

Contact us at: [email protected]

Aspen in the Humboldt mountains

Journey to the Sky:

Toquima Range Hike Up Mount Jefferson

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Mount Jefferson
Lone Mountain desert landscape

Basin and Range Watch is a group of volunteers who live in the deserts of Nevada and California, and who work to stop the destruction of our desert homelands.

Some good links:

Daniel Patterson's Blog in Arizona.

Amargosa Conservancy, from Shoshone in California.

The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, in California and Nevada.

Alliance for Responsible Energy Policy

Shundahai Network