[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/BtYg33AJ-k4] LAHONTAN, Nev.–More than 1,400 acres at the Carson River Ranches, Nevada state park have been treated for weeds using goats for prescribed grazing. Park regional manager Eric Johnson explains the project and the benefit to the state.
Nevada event to be held at Cave Lake State Park January 18-20, 2008 ELY, Nev.–The American Bus Association announced today that the White Pine County Fire and Ice Show, to be held on January 18-20, 2008, has been designated as one of the top 100 events in North America by an elite tourism industry selection [...]
Churchill County, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe seek comprehensive plan addressing overappropriation of the basin CARSON CITY, Nev.–All Tom Martin wants to do is build a church. The proposed church would use Lyon County municipal water instead of the domestic well the church has a right to use, but blanket water protests by Churchill County and [...]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s water engineer has rejected a proposal by engineer Tom Gallagher to pump water from a desert valley east of Pyramid Lake and pipe it to Fernley, Warm Springs and Spanish Springs valleys and the Reno-Sparks area. State Engineer Tracy Taylor ruled the 38,000 acre-feet per year that Gallagher, owner of [...]
LAUGHLIN, Nev.–Construction under way for more than two months at the Big Bend State Recreation Area on Laughlin’s south side has progressed to where improvements are visible. The first thing visitors and residents will see as part of the $7 million expansion and improvement project is a new entry station at which fees will be [...]
RENO, Nev.–Local, state and federal fire protection and land management agencies will meet with key government and community leaders from throughout Nevada in Reno September 26 to discuss reducing the threat to Nevada’s high and extreme wildland fire hazard communities. The Nevada Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Summit 2007 will be held at the Regional Public Safety [...]
Three of Nevada’s newspapers wrote editorials this week in response to last week’s State Environmental Commission hearing. Las Vegas Review-Journal: More Power Plays Las Vegas Sun: Clouding the issue Reno Gazette-Journal: Rejection of petition to stop coal-fired plants predictable
CARSON CITY, Nev.–Permits will go on sale September 15 for the Nevada Division of State Park’s annual wood sale. The sale starts at 8:30 a.m. at the Carson City State Library and Archives on S. Stewart Street. Permits are $45 (cash or check only) per cord and are limited to one cord per address/family.
CALIENTE, Nev.–The historic Elgin Schoolhouse State Historic Site will close for the season Sept. 10, 2007. Visitation has been sparse this summer, and although the schoolhouse will be closed for regular tours, groups may call the Kershaw-Ryan park supervisor to request special tours. The number is (775) 726-3564.
LAS VEGAS (AP)–A federal judge has ruled that Nevada can shut off water needed for bore hole drilling at the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. In a strongly worded order focusing on federal “credibility and good faith,” U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt in Las Vegas said the Department of Energy could not ignore state [...]
