Funds generated from Mt. Charleston license plate sales CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Division of State Lands has announced the second round of grants from the Mt. Charleston License Plate Program with $125,000 in funds available. Applications for suitable projects are being accepted now through January 29, 2010. Application information can be obtained by [...]

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Division of State Parks is celebrating its 75th anniversary throughout 2010. Nevada’s state park system was authorized by the 1935 legislature on the same day that the first four state parks were officially established, on March 26. These included Valley of Fire, Cathedral Gorge, Kershaw-Ryan and Beaver Dam State [...]

MINDEN, Nev. — The public is invited to the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park in Minden over Nevada Day weekend to enjoy a special historic clothing exhibit. Items on display will include women’s, men’s and children’s clothing from the 1890s through the 1960s. Displays will feature clothing worn by Henry Fred Dangberg Jr., and his [...]

OVERTON, Nev. — The 8th Annual Halloween Jubilee will be held at Valley of Fire State Park on October 31, 2009, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This year’s event is located at the Atlatl Rock picnic area and will feature outdoor fun, games, prizes and of course, candy.  Halloween costumes are encouraged, but are [...]

RENO, Nev. — The Nevada Shade Tree Council, the Nevada Division of Forestry and the City of Reno are sponsoring an arborist training series to improve tree care skills and prepare those interested in taking the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist Examination. The series is in three 8-hour sessions from November 3-5, 2009, [...]

LAS VEGAS — The Nevada Division of Forestry State Tree Nursery in Las Vegas is open to the public year-round and has extended its fall hours to include selected Saturdays in October and November. The nursery has more than 45 species of locally grown native and adapted trees, shrubs and forbs for land owners in [...]

Allocation of water and alternative energy sources are just two of the topics on the agenda at next month’s annual meeting of Nevada’s conservation districts, according to president Pam Griswold. The meeting will be held Nov. 3-4 at the Fallon Convention Center. “One of the hot topics on the agenda is to learn how water [...]

CARSON CITY – The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) announced yesterday the completion of an agreement with Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp.’s Queenstake Resources USA Ltd. (Queenstake) that addresses environmental compliance at the Jerritt Canyon Mine. The consent decree, signed by the NDEP and Yukon-Nevada Gold, was submitted to the Elko County District Court Monday, Oct. [...]

MINDEN, Nev.  — Nevada State Parks invites the public to hear History Professor Doris Dwyer present “Women’s Voices from the Overland Trail” at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 17. Dwyer’s presentation is based on the diaries, memoirs and reminiscences of pioneer women and men who traveled westward from [...]

Fire is a natural force, one that in recent decades has become increasingly more devastating. The Nevada Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Summit, being held today and tomorrow at the University of Nevada, is a meeting for multiple government agencies and non-governmental organizations to examine in detail the realities of fire on urban areas. Besides costly fire [...]