ENLC field crew treating invasive weeds on a sagebrush hillside in eastern Nevada
Great Basin Conservation, One Landscape at a Time
A community-based conservation nonprofit restoring landscapes across the Great Basin through research, restoration, and partnership.
What We Do
ENLC's field scientists work across Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Idaho on five fronts.
Invasive Species & Weed Management
Includes biocontrol monitoring
Post-Fire Restoration
Lara Derasary's restoration story
Wildlife & Bat Inventory
Basin and Range National Monument bat box story
Native Seed & the Gregory Gust Herbarium
Seeds of Success and the herbarium
Research & Monitoring
ENLC's AIM crews
Impact By the Numbers
In FY2025, ENLC's field team put in the work across the Great Basin, one acre at a time.
Featured Story
Deep in Basin and Range National Monument, ENLC field biologists are running a five-year bat inventory with the BLM and Nevada Department of Wildlife, building the baseline data needed to protect these animals from threats like white-nose syndrome.
Get Involved
Support for the Great Basin takes many forms. Become a member, sign up to volunteer at a Cooperative Weed Management Area workday, or donate directly to fund fieldwork like invasive species treatment and post-fire restoration.
Volunteers and ENLC staff pulling weeds together at a CWMA workday
Latest From the Field
Attendees at ENLC's 20th Annual Invasive Species Conference, Ely, Nevada.
Fall 2025 Landscape News
Read the latest issue of our newsletter from the field.
Read the NewsletterFY2025 Annual Report
See a full year of restoration work across the Great Basin, acre by acre.
Read the Annual Report20th Annual Invasive Species Conference Recap
74 attendees from four states gathered in Ely for our 20th Annual Invasive Species Conference in January 2026.
See the Conference RecapThe Great Basin has been worth fighting for since 2001.
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