The boat ramp, which was made inoperable by declining water levels at the lake, has been converted into a walking trail.
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The person was reported missing last weekend in the northwestern part of the lake.
A new ramp was to allow slightly more access to declining Lake Mead, but the effort has been slowed.
The National Park Service said, in a newsletter, that removing boat launch ramps at five lake locations remains an option.
A Clark County teen has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba that he was likely infected with while in Lake Mead, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
The summer shrinkage of Lake Mead has drastically slowed, but not stopped.
How Lake Mead grew, reached capacity, then fell over 80 years.
Should Lake Mead fall below its “dead pool” level of 895 feet, Hoover Dam could not produce power and would be unable to release water to California, Arizona and Mexico.