The water will only be deep enough to kayak for two weeks, officials said. The lake was formed after a deluge of rain over the past six months.
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Park rangers are endangered by heat as well as visitors, say park officials. And heat sometimes prevents helicopters from getting enough lift.
The U.S. government issued a call to nominate land for development within “solar energy zones” in Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico that combined cover about 140 square miles.
The Tamarack Fire south of Lake Tahoe had burned more than 68 square miles of timber and head-high chaparral in national forest land.
Every state is growing warmer, with higher temperatures fueled by everything from powerful ocean currents and giant coal-fired power plants to commuters, cows, and leaky old buildings.
The historic Powell Expedition through the Grand Canyon ended in Nevada 150 years ago.