Showing posts with label Southern Nevada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Southern Nevada. Show all posts
February 19, 2014

Pneumonia outbreak now called ‘worst case scenario’ for bighorn sheep

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Bighorn Sheep are shown on the trail to Icebox Canyon in Red Rock Conservation Area. In what wildlife biologists are calling “a worst-case...
October 30, 2009

945,000 acres protected from mining for 20 years

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Federal agency withdraws critical environment in Southern Nevada Petroglyphs are shown in the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area. Th...

Interior Blocks New Mining to Protect Tortoise in Southern Nevada

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By PATRICK REIS New York Times The Interior Department issued an order today banning new mining on nearly 1 million acres in southern Ne...
June 12, 2009

NV Energy to buy power from Searchlight solar plant

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By Steve Green Las Vegas Sun T he small town of Searchlight in Southern Nevada moved another step toward becoming a big energy center Thursd...
May 15, 2009

Assemblyman blasts park service interference in solar projects

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By MARK WAITE Pahrump Valley Times A ssemblyman Ed Goedhart, R-Amargosa Valley, fired off a scathing letter to National Park Service Regiona...
May 8, 2009

It’s spring in Las Vegas: Mojave Max emerges

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By Jeff Pope Las Vegas Sun Mojave Max. (BLM) T he temperature topped 80 degrees in Southern Nevada on March 18 and Major League Baseball ope...
April 20, 2009

Park Service Protests Big Solar Expansion in Nevada Desert

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National Parks Will Suffer from Water Withdrawals, Pollution and Habitat Loss PRESS RELEASE Public Employees for Environmental Responsibilit...
April 12, 2009

Eldorado Canyon Mine Tours, where they first went to strike gold

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The gold mine was active from 1861 to 1941. Now, it attracts about 10,000 people each year. By Jay Jones Los Angeles Times Reporting f...
January 22, 2009

Saving the tortoise

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Feds sure have spent a lot of money over the years EDITORIAL Las Vegas Review-Journal B ack in 1973, Congress enacted the Endangered Species...
August 3, 2008

U.S. seeks comment on tortoise recovery

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Deseret News T he federal government wants your help to mull over strategies for recovering the threatened Mojave population of the desert t...
April 27, 2008

Needles in a haystack

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Lost in California shuffle, town's City Council considers secession By SCOTT WYLAND Las Vegas Review-Journal NEEDLES, Calif. - Doomsayer...
April 14, 2008

Mojave Max Emerges

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Local Desert Tortoise Says Spring has Finally Arrived Press Release Clark County NV Mojave Max , the famous Southern Nevada desert tortoise,...
August 27, 2007

Exploring Nevada’s sand dunes

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Uncovering the mysteries of the hillsides in the Southwest By Shirley Robinson, Staff Writer The Rebel Yell University of Nevada, Las Vegas ...