DCNR News

May 20, 2022

NDEP, City of Henderson to host FREE household mercury collection event May 21

The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) is partnering with the City of Henderson to offer Southern Nevada residents the opportunity to safely dispose of select household items that contain ...

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May 05, 2022

Governor Sisolak convenes Nevada’s 2022 Wildland Fire Briefing

Today, Governor Steve Sisolak convened Nevada’s annual Wildland Fire Briefing, which brought together dozens of local, state, and federal wildfire response and natural resource officials from around Nevada...

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Apr 27, 2022

Summer Safety Tips: How to prepare for wildfires, smoky skies, and extreme heat risks

With the sweeping impacts of climate change, wildfires have become more destructive and frequent, summers are getting hotter, and wildfire smoke has become an all-too-familiar sight in the sky. As...

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Apr 26, 2022

Las Vegas High School Campus listed in National Register of Historic Places

The Las Vegas High School campus has helped educate local high school students for nearly a century. Now, the National Park Service has commemorated the school’s importance to...

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Apr 21, 2022

NDEP provides $5.5 million in VW grants to replace diesel vehicles with EVs

Nevada Div. of Environmental Protection provides $5.5 million in grants to replace polluting diesel trucks and buses with zero-emission electric vehicles  Ahead of Earth Day, the Nevada Division of Environmental...

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