On this episode of Horse Power, we talk with John Wallin about the creation of the Nevada Wilderness Project and the mission of the organization. We discuss what it takes to achieve wilderness designation, and how that relates to Congressional activities and the myriad of special interests that surround public land.Nevada has more public land than any state outside Alaska. With over300 named mountain ranges and a rugged landscape that ranges from 500to 13,000 feet, Nevada is one of the most biologically diverse states.“The Nevada Wilderness Project is committed to saving spectacular,rugged-and imperiled-public lands in Nevada as permanent Wilderness,the strongest protection possible.”Founded in 1999, they work to protect Nevada’s wild lands as legal Wilderness,the highest level of protection for public land. They do this throughgrassroots education and activism, and through an ongoing citizens’inventory of potential wilderness.Listen Now (MP3, 26.5)