The Amargosa Basin is a river in the desert, making it a national treasure. It is a rich biodiverse landscape and the ancestral homelands of the Timbisha Shoshone, Southern Paiute, and Newe Nuwuvi Tribes. The Amargosa Conservancy has been a leading voice for conservation in the Amargosa Basin since its founding almost 20 years ago. Ash Meadows is one of the oases along the Amargosa River.
Join us as we talk to Executive Director of the Amargosa Conservancy, Mason Voehl, following the recent victory of the Ash Meadows campaign to prevent lithium drilling near the desert oasis. The Amargosa Conservancy has been a leading organization, collaborating with more than 20 nonprofit partners and securing nearly 1,500 signatories on the effort to save Ash Meadows. The announcement to prevent drilling came through the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) rescinding the agency’s previous approval. Mason insists this is a shared victory for all organization and community members who participated at every level of intervention and impact on this campaign.
Join us on Tuesday Sept. 19 at 3 pm to hear more about the lessons learned and collaborative energy required on the road to victory for the Ash Meadows campaign.
Learn more about the campaign here. Learn more about Ash Meadows here.Â
Mason Voehl is an activist and writer representing the Amargosa Conservancy as its executive director from his home in Las Vegas, NV. Over the last decade, Mason has cultivated a love affair with the American West through leadership roles in community organizing and environmental field education.
Mason’s essays on human-land relations in an era of anthropogenic climate change have been featured in The Dark Mountain Project, Climbing Magazine, and Black Mountain Radio. Mason holds an MA in Environmental Philosophy from the University of Montana.
Amber Bolden’s background includes program development, partnership development, journalism and workforce development. In her previous role, she led CA Fwd’s Voices of Shared Prosperity series where she highlighted the diverse narratives of individuals who influence policy across California.
She has been an adjunct professor of public policy at the University of Redlands and a founding member of the Sankofa Birthworkers Collective of the Inland Empire. She is deeply committed to the advancement and implementation of culturally conscious community-based solutions to help amplify the voices of historically marginalized people at the decision-making table.
