Estimates place the fish’s numbers below what they were in the fall, but scientists are soothed by how many young fish they saw.
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More than 200 locals spent their Saturday morning placing native plants along the Las Vegas Wash to help prevent erosion and further water filtration.
Advocates say the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners and the Nevada Commission on Natural Resources don’t reflect the state’s gender, racial diversity.
Desert gold wildflowers sprawl for acres in certain parts of the Amargosa Basin, west of Las Vegas and just past the California border.
A new study paints the clearest picture so far of how the Colorado River is consumed across the basin. Thirsty crops account for more than half total water use.
It could take up to three months for the Nevada Department of Wildlife to confirm whether the animals are, in fact, wolves.
Though it poses no immediate risk to the water supply, a new study found drugs in increased concentrations at the wash after big events, including EDC and the NFL draft.
It will take tens of millions of dollars to repair and improve the dam over the next 10 years, officials estimate.
A lawsuit by an environmental group seeks to force the Bureau of Land Management to develop plans to preserve Gold Butte and Basin and Range national monuments.
About $27 million is dedicated to improving Nevada’s public lands through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act.
In a new public-private partnership, MGM Resorts International is committing $500,000 to make preexisting conservation programs more worthwhile for its employees.
A coalition is asking the BLM to cancel permitting for the project, proposed to wipe out more than 2,000 acres of desert tortoise habitat west of Las Vegas.
These species, listed under the Endangered Species Act, are at risk of being lost from the only place they exist in the world — Nevada.
After each group of states submitted vastly different proposals for how to distribute water after 2026, state negotiators still don’t agree on a path forward.