RENO, Nev. – The erratic year-to-year swings in precipitation totals in the Reno-Tahoe area conjures up the word “drought” every couple of years, and this year is no exception. The Nevada State Climate Office at the University of Nevada, Reno, in conjunction with the Nevada Drought Response Committee, just announced a Stage 1 drought (moderate) [...]

RENO, Nev. – They build canoes out of concrete. Concrete they design and engineer so it can float. Then they race. “They” are the top 22 teams of students from around the country who will be competing in the 25th Annual ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno June 14-16. [...]

“You can pull them up and lay them down. You don’t even have to notify anyone,” said Chris Ross, Nevada’s abandoned mines program leader for the BLM. The Reno Gazette & Journal reported that “The American Bird Conservancy recently wrote Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell asking [...]

The Reno Gazette Journal is reporting, “Crews return this morning to battle the Washoe Drive Fire that destroyed 20 plus homes and reached 3,700 acres. The fire is 50 percent contained. There are no new details on the cause of the fire or the death attributed to it. U.S. 395 remains closed from the Mount [...]

Las Vegas - Bureau of Land Management (BLM) paleontologists have confirmed fossilized tracks (footprints) made 180 to 190 million years ago in sandstone within Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. This is the first documented dinosaur tracksite in Nevada. Dubbed the Red Rock Tracksite, dozens of tracks from the Early Jurassic period have currently been documented. At [...]

The Reno Gazette is reporting this morning that “the Pinehaven fire has destroyed 20 homes; nearly all Washoe schools closed; new evacuation center Galena High. The fire, still estimated to be about 400 acres, has broken up into two large sections: One in the Manzanita-Skyline area and the other in the foothills near Windy Hill. [...]

Great Basin National Park Strawberry Campground Construction Almost Finished Great Basin National Park Superintendent Andy Ferguson announced that the park has finished this season’s improvements to the Strawberry Campground and Blue Canyon Trailhead. The park improved the access road surface for 2-wheel drive vehicles, installed two bridges, eleven new campsites including two group sites, parking, [...]