Sagel, Lois

Lois Sagel is an environmentalist best known for her advocacy for the designation of more than one million acres of wilderness in Nevada. In Las Vegas Sagel became a founding member of Friends of Nevada Wilderness (FNW). FNW helped pass the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 1989, which designated wilderness lands in Nevada as part of the U.S. Forest Service's National Wilderness Preservation System. FNW also helped designate the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area in 1993.