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.
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.
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.