By Larry Hyslop| October 10, 2015 Changes are coming to Elko County based on the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service’s Greater Sage-grouse Conservation Effort. Land Use Plans are being amended to protect the bird and the sagebrush …
By Larry Hyslop| October 10, 2015 Changes are coming to Elko County based on the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service’s Greater Sage-grouse Conservation Effort. Land Use Plans are being amended to protect the bird and the sagebrush …
By Nancy Brune| September 30, 2015 Big problems, like the wildfires ravaging California, need big solutions. And big solutions generally can’t come from just one party without the other fighting, weakening or undoing it. Political dysfunction at the federal level leaves …
By Steve Sebelius | September 29, 2015 New York Times columnist Timothy Egan didn’t grow up rich. But he had one hell of a summer home. Egan’s vacations were spent on the public lands of the Pacific Northwest, a place where …
By Sean Whaley | September 27, 2015 CARSON CITY — New political opportunities, term limits and retirements will combine to produce significant changes to the makeup of the Nevada Legislature in the 2016 election year. The changes have serious ramifications …
By Jeff DeLong | September 25, 2015 Changes to century-old law guiding water use across Nevada will likely be considered in the wake of the drought summit convened by Gov. Brian Sandoval. The three-day conference, which wrapped up Wednesday in …
By Chris Sieroty | September 24, 2015 Who owns the land? That question has dominated the long and complicated history of the America West. The region has dealt with clashes between environmentalists, the federal government, ranchers, mining interests, and developers often over grazing, road …
By Geoff Dornan | September 22, 2015 Flanked by governors of western states, including Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said a massive five-year effort to keep the Greater Sage Grouse off the endangered and threatened species list had …
By Jeff DeLong | September 22, 2015 The greater sage grouse does not require federal protection in Nevada and 10 other Western states, Department of Interior officials announced Tuesday in a long-awaited decision with profound economic ramifications across the Silver State. …
By Henry Brean | September 22, 2015 The greater sage grouse will not be added to the endangered species list because the bird’s habitat in Nevada and 10 other western states is already being protected by “the largest land conservation effort …
By Kyle Roerink | September 14, 2015 Last week the Reno City Council voted to support the Clean Power Plan, which will help to move our country away from dirty coal power toward clean and renewable energy. With their vote, the …