Mike White, trail guide author. Mike White has written over 30 trail guide books for hikers and has appeared as a guide on Wild Nevada to show us a few of those trails. He tells us how books like his happen and we question the future of physical hiking books in an age of digital devices.

Helena Guglielmino is a lover of the outdoors who writes about local trails for the Reno News and Review along with adventure stories for numerous other publications. She is working on a trail guide book, no doubt enhanced by her work with the Tahoe Rim Trail.

Jack Hursh, Nevada State Board of Geographic Names. How do you name a mountain? In 2015 Jack Hursh told the Wild Nevada team about a mountain named for a great friend of the show and created an immediate need for us to climb it. Now he tells us how you go about getting a mountain named after your old friend.

Kathleen Kuo, Program Director, Nevada Humanities. Kathleen Kuo partnered with Scott Dickensheets to create Sagebrush to Sandstone, A Humanities Guide to Outdoor Nevada. This wonderful little book uses the humanities approach to enhance anyone’s experience in the outdoors.

Trina Machacek is a writer known for her quirky humor column, Is This You?, which she writes from her home north of Eureka, Nevada. Where does she get her ideas, and how does life in such a rural area contribute to her inspiration?

Sydney Martinez is a Wild Nevada guest host and the force behind findingnevadawild.com, which includes Song Dog Silver, featuring her original jewelry made from Nevada stones, and Legends of Lost Nevada, a blog highlighting tales of days gone by in Nevada’s old west.

Jeff Martinez is the morning weatherman and meteorologist for 2 News Nevada. He also travels a lot for his web series, Adventures With Jeff, where he roams this area, looking for beautiful places to record with drone video. Jeff shares favorites and recommendations for our own adventures.

Mark Maynard produced and directed Piconland: The Quest for the Perfect Picon Punch. a documentary film that took him across the state of Nevada tracing the history and stories behind the unofficial state drink, the Picon Punch.