Mission
Our mission is to help people fall in love with the Basin and Range region and inspire them to become champions for this unique and important landscape. We want to unite all users through education, art, recreation and stewardship to help protect the Basin and Range Region!
About
We are passionate about the Basin and Range region. We strive to share our love of the Great Basin as well as provide information of interest, events, and volunteer opportunities to anyone who wants to learn more about this unique region!
People
Renee Aldrich: Director and Explorer
Renee grew up in Nevada and has worked a myriad of jobs from surveying toads throughout the Great Basin to preforming wetland delineations in the freshwater wetlands of south Florida. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and also has a background in education, having taught elementary, middle and high school science. Over the years she has gained experience working on a variety of restoration projects throughout Nevada.
Relevant Classes/Certifications/Workshops:
Relevant Classes/Certifications/Workshops:
- ATV rider certification-2016
- National Range Inventory Training - through the NRCS - 2016
- Restricted Use Pesticide Applicator: Right-of-way and Aquatics NDA- Re-certified - 2016
- Wilderness First Responder - through The Wilderness Medical Institute - Re-certified - 2015
- Leave No Trace and Tread Lightly Trainer
- Nevada Weed Management Association's Conference-2013
- Ecologically Based Invasive Plant Management Field School-through EBIPM August 2012
- Defensive Driving - 2012
- Weed Warrior Class: Noxious weed identification - through UNCE - 2011
- Multiple Indicator Monitoring for stream channels and riparian vegetation - through RMS - 2011
- Wetland Delineation workshop-through Florida State-2008
Contributor Bios
Daniel Montero: Basin Ranger
I love the Great Basin. As often as I have left I have come back. I have great faith in the in the power of landscape to spark imagination and cure the damage modernity has wrought on the human psyche. I strive to attune myself to rhythm whether on the dance floor or in a spring morning canyon bottom rocking to a roaming Sierra stream. And I love to bicycle, visit my (mostly) biking blog La Pedaleada and my newest blog Memory Landscaping.