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April 1, 2023

Desert Companion: Desert Drift

Rafting the Colorado River in search of what we’d lose if it ran dry

March 23, 2023

LVSportsBiz: Construction For Red Rock Canyon Multi-Use Paved Trail Will Start In 2025 At The Earliest

Shovels will start moving dirt in 2025 for Phase 1 of the much-needed Legacy Trail to link West Summerlin and the Red Rock Scenic Drive in the first phase, Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones told LVSportsBiz.com

March 20, 2023

KVVU Fox 5 Las Vegas: Cloud seeding helps extract more water from rounds of winter storms in Southern Nevada

By Kim Passoth LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The tremendous rainfall this winter has had an impact on Nevada’s drought. This time two years ago, Southern Nevada was in an exceptional drought, the worst possible category. Now, all of Clark County is either in a severe or moderate drought marking a significant improvement. Up at Lee…

March 17, 2023

Associated Press: Feds spend $2.4 million on cloud seeding for Colorado River

The Southern Nevada Water Authority on Thursday voted to accept a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to fund cloud seeding in other Western states whose rivers feed the parched desert region.

February 24, 2023

KTNV ABC 13: Safer roads: Changes coming to Summerlin West intersection near Red Rock

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Charleston Boulevard and Sky Vista Drive is the last intersection you pass through before heading out to the Red Rock Conservation Area. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said since August 2021, they’ve responded to 19 reported crashes at that intersection and 13 of those involved an injury.

February 24, 2023

London Review of Books: The Rainmakers of the American Southwest

I learned of the cloud seeders in Red Rock Canyon from a friend’s husband. It was late autumn in Beatty, Nevada, a windswept town two hours north of Las Vegas, and we’d just returned from a hike in Death Valley. ‘Have you heard of these people trying to manufacture clouds in Red Rock?’ he asked me.

February 21, 2023

LVSportsBiz: Memo To Metro Las Vegas, Clark County Officials: Being Major League Means More Than Just Big League Teams

Dear Clark County, Nevada Department of Transportation, City of Las Vegas and Summerlin master developer Howard Hughes Corporation:
I have no idea which one of you would be in charge of installing a traffic signal at Charleston Boulevard and Sky Vista Drive…

February 16, 2023

KVVU Fox 5 Las Vegas: Construction underway on 2 housing developments near Red Rock Canyon

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Construction is now underway for a new housing development in Red Rock Canyon where the beloved Bonnie Springs Ranch used to be located. The 65 acres of land is now called ‘the Reserve at Red Rock Canyon.’

February 2, 2023

Desert Companion: Density and Distance in the City’s Favorite Recreation Area

Save Red Rock keeps an eye on Clark County’s development code When Clark County last did a comprehensive review of its planning standards near Red Rock Canyon, it was 2003. Red Rock Casino Resort, Downtown Summerlin, and many of the neighborhoods in the foothills around there didn’t exist, let alone the homes that have crept…

January 31, 2023

The New York Times: 7 States, 1 River and an Agonizing Choice

In the United States, 40 million people in seven states depend on water provided by the Colorado River. After 20 years of drought, the situation is dire and the river is at risk of becoming a “deadpool,” a condition in which there is not enough water to pass through the dams.

January 25, 2023

KLAS CBS 8 News Now: Uptick in deadly crashes along Red Rock Canyon and Pahrump lead to proposed construction project

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — From Pahrump to Las Vegas, to Red Rock Canyon the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) said those commutes need safety improvements.

January 9, 2023

Elko Daily Free Press: Elko County to give money for cloud seeding

ELKO – Elko County Commissioners have agreed to contribute to the Ruby Mountain Cloud Seeding Project that last year produced roughly 19,712 acre-feet of additional snow water equivalent in the Ruby Mountains, but they acknowledged that current snowpack is above normal. Chairman Rex Steninger said the project is a “great program,” and he supported funding…

January 9, 2023

KSNV News 3: Scientist: Cloud seeding at Red Rock Canyon successfully increasing rainfall

Las Vegas (KSNV) — The steady winter storms this season are especially good news at Red Rock Canyon, where a project is turning the rain into more rain. Scientists say they’ve successfully increased rain in Red Rock Canyon this season by cloud seeding. A machine sends particles into very cold clouds, and water freezes on…

December 8, 2022

KLAS CBS 8 News Now: Memorial Honoring 5 Fallen Cyclists Under Consideration at New Red Rock Bike Trail

Several memorials across the Las Vegas Valley have gone up honoring the lives of five bicyclists who died in December 2020. There is another memorial possibly in the works at the trailhead of the Red Rock Legacy Trail near Charleston Boulevard and Sky Vista Drive.

November 24, 2022

KLAS CBS 8 News Now: Visits to Red Rock Canyon become growing Thanksgiving tradition

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Taking a hike at Red Rock Canyon before taking in a Thanksgiving meal has become a growing holiday tradition that over a thousand people took advantage of this year.

October 13, 2022

Las Vegas Sun: Don’t develop at Red Rock

The Clark County Commission approved a plan for Jim Rhodes (dba Gypsum Resources) to build houses on Blue Diamond Ridge, adjacent to and overlooking our treasured “jewel in the desert,” Red Rock Canyon.

October 13, 2022

NEWSY: Cloud Seeding May Help Sustain Ecosystem in Nevada’s Red Rock Canyon

Scientists are trying to create snow in the mountains to save the plants and animals in the dried-out canyon. The stakes are high, not just at the tables on the Las Vegas Strip, but just a short drive away at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

October 11, 2022

KTNV ABC 13: Housing development near Red Rock hopes to bring ‘something unique ‘ to the area

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A future housing development is promising to “further put Las Vegas on the map” by bringing hundreds of homes to the west valley.

October 11, 2022

Las Vegas Review Journal: ‘I Love Red Rock as Much as Anybody’: Developer touts long-stalled housing project

A carpenter by trade, developer James Rhodes says he never intended to be a miner. But that’s exactly what Rhodes’ company — Gypsum Resources LLC — does more than 4,000 feet up Blue Diamond Hill’s curving road…

October 6, 2022

96.3 KKLZ: New Housing Development Coming Near Red Rock

Southwest Las Vegas is about to get more populated. A new housing development in the Blue Diamond area has been approved this week. The new build will bring 400 single-family homes on Blue Diamond Hill.

October 5, 2022

KTNV ABC 13: Clark County commissioner defends decision to approve housing development at Red Rock Canyon

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A member of the Clark County commission defends the approval of a proposed housing development near Red Rock Canyon after it got the green light from commissioners on Tuesday.