Nevada environmentalists are celebrating almost $16 million in funding opportunity grants slated to be used for urban forestry projects, in an effort to help some of the most vulnerable neighborhoods impacted by climate change.
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Nevada Reactions to FEMA Guidance on Extreme Heat
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released new guidance to increase community resilience against extreme temperatures and weather.
Hunters: Legislation ‘Attacks the Culture of Nevada’
Nevada’s urban and rural cultures clashed in Carson City Wednesday over a legislative attempt to end contests that promote the killing of coyotes and other animals in exchange for cash and prizes.
Pygmy Rabbit Numbers Dwindling in NV; Petition Seeks to Reverse the Trend
Nevada’s pygmy rabbit population has been dwindling for decades and conservation groups are sounding the alarm.
Republic Services Ramps Up Lawsuits against Nevadans over Trash Bills
If Rebecca Gandara had received a bill from Republic Services for any unpaid amount for unpaid trash collection services, she says she would have paid it.
2022’s Billion-Dollar Disasters: Climate Change Helped Make it US’s 3rd Most Expensive Year on Record
U.S. weather disasters are getting costlier as more people move into vulnerable areas and climate change raises the risksof extreme heat and rainfall, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials warned as they released their annual billion-dollar disasters report on Jan. 10, 2023.
As a National Monument, Avi Kwa Ame Would Also be a Local Refuge
On October 12, 2022, the Nation celebrated President Biden’s historic decision to designate his administration’s first National Monument at Camp Hale, 20 miles north of Leadville, Colorado.
Nevada to Receive Roughly $38M For Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
According to the US Department of Transportation, Nevada will receive a total of $37,958,457 over the next 5 years for the development and expansion of electric vehicle infrastructure.
Half of Sagebrush Rangelands Are On the Brink of Collapse – Scientists Have a Plan to Revive Them
Sagebrush rangelands have supported cultures and wildlife in the arid West for millennia, yet today, those same ranges of grassland are echoes of what they were.
Grasshoppers Back in the Valley – But Will They Stay?
Grasshoppers are widespread in the southwest desert, but rainy summers bring abundant plant growth, providing grasshoppers with a banquet and a proper breeding ground to flourish.