– Olin Feuerbacher/USFWS
Two recent earthquakes disrupted the Nevada habitat of one of the world's rarest fish, the Devils Hole pupfish, drastically reducing their population, officials said this week.
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
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Nevada is one of the sunniest states in the country and Las Vegas has just four fewer days of sunshine than Phoenix, on average. -
Reliable drinking water, new homes, and community solar power are now further out of reach for members of the Walker River Paiute Tribe after the Trump administration froze $20 million in federal funding awarded to the Tribe. -
Nevada lawmakers are considering a measure that would expand worker protections to include air quality standards. -
There are 256 hydrological basins in Nevada, and more than half of them are over-appropriated — meaning there's more water on paper than actually exists. -
Nevada neighbors California, a state with a torrid history of wildfires. So it’s natural to assume that when those fires happen, our forestry experts will come to their aid, and that’s been happening for years. -
The Bureau of Land Management is gathering community input on a potential 20-year mineral withdrawal for more than 300,000 acres of land. -
Great Basin National Park, Lake Mead and Red Rock Canyon are all overseen by the National Park Service. -
Mars has fascinated humanity since Galileo Galilei accurately observed it more than 400 years ago. Now we’re getting to the point of trying to land spaceships on the planet. -
More than a dozen federal workers at Lake Mead National Recreation Area were among those fired last week as part of the Trump administration’s move to terminate all recent hires across federal agencies.
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President Biden promised billions in funds to farmers and others to not take water from the Colorado River. President Trump is halting some of those funds, leaving questions about the river's future.
