Free Bike to State Parks Weekend

Posted by on May 15, 2007 in News, State Parks | Comments Off The Nevada Division of State Parks will admit, free of charge, bicyclists who ride into any Nevada State Park the weekend of May 19-20, 2007, in celebration of National Bike Month. Nevada State Parks include Lake Tahoe-Nevada (which includes the Spooner Backcountry), Valley of Fire, Spring Mountain Ranch, Lahontan, Floyd Lamb, Cathedral Gorge and Kershaw-Ryan. This weekend is in conjunction with...
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Nevada Mercury Emissions Testing Program on Schedule

Posted by on May 10, 2007 in News | Comments Off CARSON CITY, Nev.–The initial phase of mercury emissions testing at Nevada’s largest precious metal mines is nearing completion, and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) reports that the program is on schedule and working as expected. The testing, mandated by NDEP regulations enacted in May 2006, requires the mines annually to sample emissions from the exhaust...
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Cave Lake Fire and Ice Video

Posted by on May 9, 2007 in News, State Parks | Comments Off ELY, Nev.”What has quickly become a national event, the White Pine Fire and Ice Show, now in its third year, is a highly visual, two-day snow- and ice-sculpture competition followed by a fireworks display over a frozen, high-desert lake. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KCrH9wLVVI]
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Taming the wild (Corrections Connection)

Posted by on May 8, 2007 in Conservation, News, Wild Horses | Comments Off CARSON CITY, Nev.–On the flatlands of northern Nevada, roughly 14,000 wild horses run free. They make up 60 percent of the feral horse population in the U.S., and are big business in Nevada, where they can be sold for ranch work, horse shows or riding off into the sunset. But first they must be tamed. Read the article at Corrections...
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Cave Lake State Park begins to manage newly acquired lands

Posted by on May 2, 2007 in Conservation, News, State Parks | Comments Off ELY, Nev.–With the addition of nearly 3,000 acres, changes are coming to eastern Nevada’s Cave Lake State Park. The passage of the White Pine County Lands Act gave to Nevada 2,960 acres of U. S. Forest Service lands around Cave Lake State Park. As a result, the Nevada Division of State Parks is implementing an interim management plan for the property. A new plan will be created with...
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