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    Nevada’s Historical Markers reviewed for updates

    State program takes a new approach to the past Carson City, Nev. – The Nevada Historical Marker Program is taking on a new look with the adoption of updated texts for the roughly 260 signs that interpret the history of the state. Amended texts have been placed online at www.nvshpo.org, and the actual markers in [...]

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Tahoe boat inspections move from launch ramps to roadside stations

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — The 2011 summer boating season starts May 1, 2011, and Tahoe boat inspection procedures are changing. ...

Prescribed burns occurring at Tunnel Creek during April and May

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Division of Forestry will be conducting prescribed burns at Tunnel Creek in the Lake ...

Nevada Division Forestry’s ”All Risk” services Q&A

The Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) has received a number of inquiries about the Governor’s recommended budget proposal that will ...

Division of Water Resources taking water level measurements throughout northern Nevada

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Division of Water Resources will be measuring water levels in wells during the weeks ...

Administrator named to head Nevada Division of Environmental Protection

CARSON CITY – Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Director Leo Drozdoff today announced the appointment of Dr. Colleen ...

Fire assistance grants available for fuels reduction projects

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Every day is wildfire season in Nevada and the thought on the minds of many homeowners ...

Water Resources holds hearing to limit water-right appropriations in Truckee Canyon hydrographic basin west of Reno

RENO, Nev.  – The Nevada Division of Water Resources is holding a public hearing November 30, 2010, on a proposed ...

State Parks celebrate Nevada Day, win awards

On Nevada Day this year the Nevada Division of State Parks participated in Elko and Carson City with floats in ...

Free hike/snowshoe at Spooner Lake January 1, 2012
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LAKE TAHOE, Nev. — Celebrate the New Year with park rangers on a fun outing around Spooner Lake. This free First Day Hike is sponsored by the National Association of State Park Directors. Park entrance fees are waived for participants in the hike, or snowshoe, depending upon snow availability. WHAT: Spooner Lake hike/snowshoe WHEN: Sunday, [...]

Governor takes tour of Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe EIP program staff and Governor Brian Sandoval

Continuing his pattern of briefings on issues of importance to the state, Governor Brian Sandoval today embarked on an investigative tour of Lake Tahoe.  Joined by Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Leo Drozdoff and TRPA representative Steve Robinson, Sandoval visited the Boulder Bay project and toured the Aquatic Invasive Species Inspection Station. “Today’s [...]

Division of Forestry will reseed the Ray May and Holbrook fires’ private forest lands next month
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By Gail Durham, Nevada Division of Forestry The Nevada Division of Forestry, Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources, will be using federal grant funds to aerially reseed next month approximately 1,020 acres of private land that burned in the Ray May and Holbrook fires in southern Douglas County. The aerial seeding is planned for January [...]

Springs conservation plan published after three years of research
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CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Natural Heritage Program (NNHP), Desert Research Institute and the Nature Conservancy announced today the publication of the Nevada Springs Conservation Plan. The plan is the culmination of a partnership among the three entities and more than three years of field work, data analysis and conservation planning. “Springs are important [...]