CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada State Engineer, Jason King, announced today additional locations for public comment during the upcoming Southern Nevada Water Authority water-right hearing. The hearing is scheduled for multiple weeks beginning September 26, 2011. Public comment is scheduled for October 7, 2011 at 8 a.m. and will be video cast from several [...]

Images from the 2010 Fire and Ice festival, held January 16 and 17 in Ely, Nevada are courtesy of Steve Weaver, Nevada State Parks, and Kevin Sullivan, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection.

UPDATED December 17, 2009 CARSON CITY, Nev. — State officials said today that information sent recently to national news media by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is inaccurate, misleading and does not tell the true story of drinking water quality in Nevada. “The fact is that Reno and Las Vegas drinking water meets and is [...]

Using NatureServe Index, Scientists Can Prioritize Which Species are at Greatest Risk “We plan to use the Vulnerability Index to eventually assess all the species in the state, including the common ones, some of which could actually be the most susceptible to climate change,” Jennifer Newmark, administrator of the Nevada Natural Heritage Program ARLINGTON, Va.― [...]

ELKO — New research shows that mercury emissions from mining disturbances make up nearly 20 percent of the mercury emissions from a mine site, and the remaining 80 percent of emissions come from processing ore at mills. The two-year study found that most fugitive air emissions came from leach pads and tailings ponds but can [...]

LAS VEGAS — Nevada Division of State Parks is holding its second public workshop on the park’s management plan revision for Valley of Fire State Park. The park management plan is more than 15 years old and must be revised to address visitation increases and impacts to the park facilities and scenic beauty. Potential new [...]

BLUE DIAMOND, Nev. – Celebrate the season and historical heritage of Spring Mountain Ranch State Park as it hosts its second annual “Christmas at the Ranch” on Saturday, December 12, from 3:00 p.m. through 5:00 p.m. This family friendly celebration will include warm refreshments, music, a bird feeder ornament making activity and pictures with Santa. [...]

CARSON CITY – Following an extensive, two-year research project funded by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) and Nevada mining companies, Dr. Chris Eckley, a post-doctoral researcher with Dr. Mae Gustin at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), presented today a preview of their research results that quantified mercury emissions to the air from [...]

The Nevada Division of Forestry is continuing fuels reduction work in the Virginia City Highlands. Below are images, courtesy of NDF’s Bill Moline, Fire Captain/Storey County, of grant funded seasonal projects to help reduce the fuels in the high and extreme rating areas of the V.C. Highlands. The projects include machine work, hand and pile burning.

CALIENTE, Nev. — The long-awaited site restoration of the old Schroeder Dam at Beaver Dam State Park has finally been completed. As a result, the main access road into the park has been re-opened to the public, subject to seasonal weather related closures. After the January, 2005 flood in Lincoln County, the water capacity of [...]