Safety while boating at Lake Mead National Recreation Area has long been an issue, leading to several deaths almost every year since 2000.
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Nevada has the highest percentage of public lands of any state in the country. The majority of it is operated by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Farmers have shown overwhelming interest in getting paid to retire rights to pump groundwater in rural Nevada. Could a state-run program save the water below us?
This year’s so-called “cicada-geddon” spreading across the East Coast will not reach Nevada. But the Silver State has its own version of the critters.
Las Vegas’ water woes will one day become theirs. Here’s how some Gen Z leaders are diving into the problem headfirst.
Multiple government bodies are attacking the problem of forever chemicals head on, especially with new regulations handed down from the Environmental Protection Agency.
A document detailing the lithium project’s potential harm to air quality, water resources and more is now available for review.
The draft environmental impact statement for protecting the endangered Tiehm’s buckwheat at the Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine won’t be publicly available until April 19.
Snowpack numbers for the Rocky Mountains are above the median, but whether that will translate to better water levels for Lake Mead and Nevada is unclear.
Tubes at Glen Canyon Dam might be damaged, threatening future deliveries from Lake Powell if water levels get too low, the Bureau of Reclamation said.
Estimates place the fish’s numbers below what they were in the fall, but scientists are soothed by how many young fish they saw.
In the drought-stricken Southwest, understanding your connection to water is paramount. These four books can help you do just that.
More than 200 locals spent their Saturday morning placing native plants along the Las Vegas Wash to help prevent erosion and further water filtration.
Advocates say the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners and the Nevada Commission on Natural Resources don’t reflect the state’s gender, racial diversity.
Desert gold wildflowers sprawl for acres in certain parts of the Amargosa Basin, west of Las Vegas and just past the California border.