DCNR News
Jul 19, 2018
EPA awards $330,000 to Nevada for environmental protection
Funds will support radon exposure prevention and improvements in water quality management. SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded a total of $330,000 to the Nevada Division of...
Read MoreJul 18, 2018
New agreement between Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Newmont Mining
Even before the Martin Fire burned more than 430,000 acres in northeast Nevada, many of which contained prime sage-grouse habitat near Paradise Valley, a project to enhance this critical sage-grouse habitat...
Read MoreJul 16, 2018
Announcement from the Office of the Nevada State Engineer regarding Amended Order 1293A
The State Engineer has amended Order #1293, which prohibits the drilling of new domestic wells in Pahrump, Nevada, without the acquisition and relinquishment of 2.0 acre-feet of water rights. Amended Order #1293A,...
Read MoreJul 10, 2018
League to Save Lake Tahoe brings Chariot microtransit service to South Tahoe
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. - On the heels of major July Fourth traffic jams, the League to Save Lake Tahoe (Keep Tahoe Blue) is teaming with Chariot to launch microtransit...
Read MoreJul 03, 2018
Non-native satin moths impacting aspen foliage in Lake Tahoe
(LAKE TAHOE, NV) In the mountains east of Lake Tahoe, visitors may notice that aspen trees have been defoliated due to an influx of invasive white satin moths (Leucoma salicis)....
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