LAKE TAHOE NEVADA STATE PARK–Guarantee yourself a front row seat to Lake Tahoe’s longest running cultural tradition, the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, by purchasing tickets in advance at www.LakeTahoeShakespeare.com. Read the complete story at KRNV.com. View the Shakespeare Festival schedule.
Camping, picnicking, and sightseeing in Lincoln County’s six state parks. SPINNING GRUESOME GHOST STORIES, toasting marshmallows over the campfire, and planning the next day’s fishing, hiking, and sightseeing trips. And, singing. I still remember the lyrics to that sappy old song, “When it’s Nighttime in Nevada.” Read the rest of the article at NevadaMagazine.com.
Reconstruction of fort established by Mormons gives today’s visitors a glimpse of city’s rustic beginnings LAS VEGAS–Probably the most overlooked tourist site in Las Vegas is also its lowliest in terms of glamor, glitz, size and neon. However, the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park is worth a visit for a priceless lesson [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7CoFJswRzo] CARSON CITY, Nev.–The Nevada Division of Forestry and the Carson City Shade Tree Council will be hosting a tree planting ceremony in honor of Arbor Day and the Division of Forestry’s 50th Anniversary on April 27, 2007 at noon, followed by refreshments. The ceremony will be held at the Nevada Firefighter’s Memorial in Mills [...]
RENO–The seventh annual Water Quality Snapshot Day will be held May 12, in Reno, Truckee and Lake Tahoe, and volunteers are needed to help conduct the water quality sampling. The event is a citizen-based environmental effort designed to take a snapshot, at one moment in time, of the water quality throughout the Lake Tahoe and [...]
CARSON CITY, Nev.–East Lake Boulevard has been closed due to a brush fire is burning southeast of Washoe Lake. The fire, now at about 5 acres, is in the hills east of East Lake Boulevard. The fire is near homes, but not threatening at this time. It is burning just to the north of the [...]
CARSON CITY, Nev.–A brush fire is burning southeast of Washoe Lake. The fire, now at about 5 acres, is in the hills east of East Lake Boulevard. The fire is near homes, but not threatening at this time. It is burning just to the north of the park ranger headquarters at Washoe Lake State Park. [...]
CARSON CITY, Nev.–Nevada’s State Engineer released his decision today on water right applications in Nevada’s Spring Valley basin filed by the Las Vegas Valley Water District, a member agency of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. These applications are now held in the name of the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
Eastern Nevada tagged fish competition being held at Echo Canyon and Spring Valley State Parks PIOCHE, Nev.–A fish in eastern Nevada is worth $50,000 to the person lucky enough to catch it. Registration for the Tagged Fishing Event has begun, and it is not too late to register. The event will be on April 28, [...]
CARSON CITY, Nev.–A University of Nevada researcher has been awarded a $250,000 contract to conduct a two-year research project to characterize mercury emissions to the atmosphere from areas of mining waste, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) announced today.
