The Nevada Division of State Parks has $1.2 million available for trails projects. State and local government agencies, as well as tribes, special districts, and private groups may apply for the grants. The application and details about it are available online.
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By Jim Krajewski, Reno Gazette-Journal If a concussion can happen to one of the most talented, highly recruited football players to come out of Northern Nevada, it can happen to anyone. Brandon Kaho, who has offers to play college football at more than 20 major college programs, had to sit out a game last season after suffering a […]
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By Tim Stephens, UC Santa Cruz The American pika, a small mammal adapted to high altitudes and cold temperatures, has died out from a 64-square-mile span of habitat in California’s northern Sierra Nevada mountains, and the cause appears to be climate change, according to a study published Aug. 30 in PLOS One. Researchers surveyed pika […]
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By Scott Smith, AP Endangered California frogs are getting an immunity boost from scientists who are scooping them up from remote Sierra Nevada ponds and sending them to big city zoos for inoculation, giving them a fighting chance to beat extinction, officials said. The experiment aims to rescue the 3-inch mountain yellow-legged frog — named […]
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Nevada park rangers will be providing free, guided tours to learn about Tahoe’s Comstock history, when the land that now makes up the park was used to harvest wood and water to feed the mines and population of Virginia City. The tour will follow the remnants of the Virginia Gold Hill Water Company flumes and […]
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The 2017 pine nut harvest season is about to kick off on lands managed by the Nevada Bureau of Land Management and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Both agencies are working together to ensure the public is safely harvesting pine nuts and aware of the regulations. The length of the pine nut harvest season varies depending on […]
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Thanks to an $8,000 grant from Dog Day in the Park, the Tahoe Unleashed Dog Park in the North Tahoe Regional Park has added dog agility equipment to the small dog, large dog and outback areas of the park. Dog Day in the Park was instrumental in developing and constructing the Tahoe Unleashed Dog Park […]
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By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times The Trump administration is considering overhauling a program that allows foreign college students to work temporarily in the United States, sparking panic among operators of ski resorts and concessions at state and national parks who rely heavily on such seasonal help. In a conference call Wednesday, ski resort […]
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is waiving fishing fees on Sept. 2. People may fish Saturday without having to buy a sport-fishing license. This is an opportunity for licensed anglers to introduce non-angling friends and children to fishing and the outdoors. All fishing regulations, such as bag and size limits, gear restrictions, report […]
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By Gary Martin, Las Vegas Review-Journal WASHINGTON — Democrats are charging the Trump administration of using a politically driven process to undermine protections to public lands as environmental groups gird for a legal battle to stop the shrinking of national monuments under review — including two in Nevada. Gold Butte National Monument and Basin […]
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