Center for Biological Diversity says it will seek federal endangered species protection for the white-margined beardtongue in an effort to block Clark County plan to open roughly 40,000 acres of federal land to development.
Henry Brean
Reporter: Environment
Email: hbrean@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0350
Henry Brean writes about water and the environment for the Review-Journal, where he has worked since 2003. A native of Tucson, Arizona, he earned his journalism degree from the University of Missouri before returning to the desert as a reporter and editor for the Pahrump Valley Times.
Wildlife officials are close to declaring victory over a non-native fish that’s been chowing down on the endangered Moapa dace, which inhabit the upper reaches of Southern Nevada’s Muddy River.
The seven were part of a group originally known as the “Senior Sixteen” that sued the Las Vegas Valley Water District its umbrella agency, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, after being laid off in 2014 alleging age discrimination.
Two years after his last Las Vegas speech on climate change, former Vice President Al Gore returned to the valley Tuesday with a similar message of alarm and optimism.
The National Park Service is set to reopen a portion of Great Basin National Park closed by fire almost three years ago.
A Canadian company is moving ahead with plans to reopen a gold mine in the heart of California’s Castle Mountains National Monument, just across the state line from Searchlight.
The American Lung Association says Las Vegas has some of the highest ozone levels in the nation, but Clark County air quality officials insist the community is improving when it comes to the smog-causing pollutant.
Felony convictions have been handed down against three Nevada men who illegally killed a bear in the Pinenut Mountains south of Carson City in 2017.
Starting July 1, the roughly 250,000 homes and business served by the Clark County Water Reclamation District will see their annual service charge go up by about 30 percent through 2028.
Federal regulators have renewed their threats to step in and finish an emergency Colorado River drought agreement that appeared to be wrapped up on Thursday.
Arizona lawmakers ceased their squabbling and signed onto an emergency drought plan for the Colorado River Thursday afternoon, just hours before they ran out of time to avoid federal intervention.
Over eight years, Jennifer J. McCain-Bray used her job in the purchasing department at the Las Vegas Valley Water District to steal and sell more than $6.7 million worth of ink and toner cartridges.
The rate hike sought by the Clark County Water Reclamation District, which serves more than 248,000 homes and businesses in the unincorporated county, would raise the average residential bill by about 30 percent over 10 years.
John Entsminger, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, estimates there is a 70 percent chance that legislators to the south will approve the plan by a Jan. 31 deadline set by federal officials.
Restrooms are again being cleaned and trash picked up at Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area using Federal Land and Recreation Enhancement Act funds generated by fees previously collected at the entrance gates.