Unit 132, Nevada

Unit 132 spans a vertical relief of roughly 4,500–5,000 feet, from approximately 4,700 feet in Railroad Valley (west) and White River Valley (east) up to 11,298 feet at Troy Peak in the Grant Range. The unit is typified by elongated north-south fault-block mountain ranges separated by broad flat valleys. The White Pine Range anchors the northern portion of the unit (south of Currant Summit), while the Grant Range (Troy Peak, 11,298 ft) and Quinn Canyon Range (high point ~10,185 ft) dominate the central and southern portions. Valley floors are wide, alkaline, and semi-arid; mountain slopes are steep and rocky with numerous canyons.

Unit 132 is approximately 97.6% public land administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (Ely Ranger District) on the mountain ranges and the BLM Ely District Office on the surrounding valleys. A small portion of the Basin and Range National Monument (hunting permitted under Nevada state law) touches the unit's southern boundary. Access is good to all hunting areas with no areas blocked by private land. There are many maintained roads and smaller jeep trails that require four-wheel drive vehicles. Key highway corridors: US Highway 6 forms the northern boundary; Nevada State Route 318 runs along the eastern edge providing primary eastern access; the Railroad Valley–Nyala Road/NV-375 forms the western boundary. Campgrounds: Wayne E. Kirch Wildlife Management Area and Cherry Creek (both with tables and pit toilets, no drinking water). Primitive dispersed camping is available throughout public lands. 4WD recommended for most backcountry roads. Wilderness areas (non-motorized): Grant Range Wilderness (52,600 acres, Humboldt-Toiyabe NF) and Quinn Canyon Wilderness (26,310 acres, Humboldt-Toiyabe NF). Motorized equipment, mechanized transport, wheeled game carriers, and chainsaws are prohibited inside wilderness boundaries.

The unit transitions through several distinct cover types. Valley floors and basin benches (4,700–6,500 ft) support Wyoming big sagebrush, shadscale, and saltbush-greasewood shrublands with native bunchgrasses. Mid-elevations (6,500–8,500 ft) are dominated by pinyon-juniper woodland — the most extensive cover type in the unit — with mountain mahogany on rocky ridgelines. Higher elevations (8,500–10,000+ ft) support white fir, mountain mahogany, limber pine, and aspen stands in protected canyons, with bristlecone pine present near and above 10,000 ft on the Grant and Quinn Canyon Ranges. Riparian zones along seasonal drainages provide isolated willows, cottonwoods, and grassy meadows.

Mule deer are the primary big-game species. Through mid-October, deer concentrate in the upper elevations of the White Pine Range. Deer begin to migrate from unit 131 south into unit 132 in October; this migration is not weather dependent. Deer may concentrate in late October along Highway 6 and the White River Junction corridor and can also be scattered along the Horse Range and Grant Range. The southern mountain ranges (Grant and Quinn Canyon Ranges) hold small resident herds at high elevations, primarily in Wilderness. Rocky Mountain Elk occupy unit 132 south of Currant Summit and in the Timber Mountain to Horse Spring Hills area, administered under the Humboldt-Toiyabe NF Ely District. Elk are generally in higher elevations in summer and fall and move to lower elevations above Jakes and Railroad Valleys during winter. Bulls will typically be with cows during the September rut and in thick cover at mid-elevations after the rut. Pronghorn inhabit the valley floors — concentrations found in White River Valley, Murphy Meadows, and Upper-Lower Cove areas; unit group 132-134/245 had approximately 346 antelope observed in a 2023 ground survey. Desert Bighorn Sheep occupy the Grant Range and Quinn Canyon Range sub-populations; the unit is managed in conjunction with units 131 and 164. Mountain lion are present throughout. Sage grouse, chukar partridge, and quail are present in appropriate habitat. Wild horses (Pancake HMA) compete with wildlife in valley habitat.