Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge

E.R. Sans’s Conservation Legacy

The Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge is a 573,504-acre national wildlife refuge in the northwestern corner of Nevada, with a small portion extending into Oregon. It represents the lasting legacy of E.R. Sans’s conservation work in the 1920s.

Conservation Success

When Sans began his advocacy, pronghorn antelope were nearly extinct with only ~14,000 animals remaining nationwide. Today: - Over 1 million pronghorn roam the American West - ~30,000 pronghorn live in Nevada - ~2,500 pronghorn live in the Sheldon refuge

Connection to Plaskett Family

E.R. Sans was the father of Mabel Sans Plaskett, who married Byron Plaskett and became the family historian whose writings preserved much of the Plaskett family history.