Funds generated from Mt. Charleston license plate sales CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Division of State Lands has awarded grants totaling $104,523 for six projects promoting the natural environment of the Mt. Charleston area, between Las Vegas and Pahrump. Funds for the grants are generated from sales of the Mt. Charleston license plate, one [...]
SILVER SPRINGS, Nev. — Severe drought conditions have contributed to the rapid decrease in water levels at Lahontan Reservoir. The reservoir may reach near historic low levels before the end of summer. The Silver Springs and North Shore Marina docks have been removed from the water, and the launching ramps are closed. Dropping reservoir levels [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYrN8jP_4mk&hl=en&fs=1] BP donated a Solar Utility Vehicle to Spring Mountain Ranch outside of Las Vegas, which is part of Nevada’s state park system. Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons was on hand to receive the vehicle and take it for a test drive.
The Nevada Division of Forestry hosted a delegation from the Turkmenistan Ministry of Interior fire services last week. Eight visitors, who included fire chiefs from each of the country’s five provinces, and two Russian language interpreters, came to Nevada. This visit was part of an on-going exchange, which is sponsored and funded by the Nevada [...]
It’s easy to understand why Cathedral Gorge was made into one of Nevada’s first state parks in the 1930s. With its tall, deeply grooved, tan-brown, clay spires rising high above a narrow valley, Cathedral Gorge is something truly unique. Cathedral Gorge is a place with great texture, beauty and mystery. Deep, shadowy crevices in the [...]
WASHOE VALLEY, Nev.– Take a leisurely stroll through Washoe Lake’s wetlands with park rangers and bird experts on July 26, 2008 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Learn ways to identify different birds in the field by sight, sound and behavior Although the park has a few binoculars available for loan, it is advised visitors [...]
Ruling grants Southern Nevada Water Authority 18,755 acre-feet annually of 34,752 acre-feet requested CARSON CITY, Nev — Nevada’s State Engineer Tracy Taylor released his ruling today on the Cave Valley, Dry Lake Valley and Delamar Valley water right applications filed by the Las Vegas Valley Water District. The applications are now held by the Southern [...]
Spooner Lake sits in an alpine meadow to the east of Lake Tahoe, almost at the junction of highways 28 and 50. A Nevada State Park, Spooner Lake is part of a trail system that connects Tahoe Rim Trail, Marlette Lake, Spooner Summit and the Great Flume trails that go north from Highway 50 to [...]
