As winter descends, thousands of tundra swans make their seasonal home at one the region’s few remaining wetland habitats: Swan Lake Nature Study Area, located in an otherwise industrial block of Lemmon…
Tag: Environment
Bears in the city: Black bears and humans are meeting somewhat often these days
On Aug. 2, a Reddit user posted a video of a black bear and three cubs to the Reno subreddit. That person was driving at night near Lakeside Drive and Holcomb Ranch…
Planning for wildfires and smoke can save lives as well as property
On a recent red-flag day, I hiked high in the Mount Charleston Wilderness and looked down on the nearly invisible Las Vegas Valley, blanketed with smog from Arizona and California fires, grateful…
Keeping your dog safe on the trail: A look inside rattlesnake-avoidance training
John Potash is the owner of Get Rattled, a company that offers rattlesnake-avoidance training for dog owners in Nevada and a few other Western states. He knows that humans hike past rattlesnakes…
Nevada’s wild horses and burros are protected by law and are not ruining public lands
A Nov. 16 letter by the Coalition for Healthy Nevada Lands to the Bureau of Land Management’s national director misrepresents the status of Nevada’s wild horse and burro herds, claiming these have…