The National Park Service expects to spend about $25 million to move marinas and extend boat launch ramps if Lake Mead continues to shrink in the coming years, according to a new low-water plan released Thursday.
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Dead trees still mark the path of one of the largest wildfires to strike Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. But bushes and shrubs also are starting to color the almost 19,000 acres of federal land that remain closed to the public.
Peregrine falcons, nearly wiped out by the advent of DDT and similar pesticides in the 1950s, have rebounded in Southern Nevada to the point where they are at “carrying capacity,” according to birds of prey researcher Joe Barnes.
Divers at Devils Hole found fewer endangered pupfish than expected during their latest count.
Despite worsening conditions in the mountains that feed the Colorado River, forecasters still expect the reservoir east of Las Vegas to contain just enough water by the end of the year to avoid a first-ever federal shortage declaration.
A dedicated solar array 375 miles away near Fallon will supply renewable energy to power the $1.5 billion development soon to begin construction on the site of the former Desert Inn Golf Club, just east of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore.