Volunteers led by Clark County’s Desert Conservation Program released 51 desert tortoises into the Boulder City Conservation Easement on Wednesday.
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Nevada is home to more than 300,000 abandoned mines — mines that can kill you in an almost unimaginable number of ways.
“This agreement is based on our region’s strong mining sectors,” Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo said in a statement.
The three men used a drone to harass a mule deer buck off of private property before illegally killing the animal, state wildlife officials announced.
An ancient volcanic lakebed on the Nevada-Oregon border could hold the largest known deposit of lithium in the world, according to a recent study.
When it comes to Lake Mead’s water levels, even the biggest storms that hit Las Vegas aren’t much of a factor.
The amount and intensity of water that fell across the Las Vegas Valley over the weekend could rank up there with some of the biggest floods in the area’s history.
The annual fall drawdown of the Colorado River reservoir is part of an ongoing federal effort to restore populations of two endangered species.
States, cities, farmers, tribes and environmental groups shared comments as part of the process for rewriting the rules that govern how the Colorado River will be managed.
The National Park Service announced that Mike Gauthier, who has been Lake Mead’s acting superintendent since December, will take the permanent reins next month.
Two environmental groups are trying to stop the Bureau of Land Management from cutting down more than 380,000 acres of pinyon-juniper forests in eastern Nevada.
The tropical storm brought nearly a monsoon season’s worth of precipitation in just a few days. But that heavy rainfall likely had little effect on Lake Mead’s water levels.
A rare tiny butterfly found only in a remote stretch of Northern Nevada is inching closer to federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.
Despite a wet winter that swelled the Colorado River’s reservoirs this year, Lake Mead will head into 2024 under a federal water shortage for a third consecutive year.
The high court heard arguments over water rights in a case that could set significant precedent for how the driest state in the nation manages the precious resource.