Governor Joe Lombardo signing a new law to help fight the drought and climate change in Nevada. More than a million dollars will be used over the next two years for cloud seeding. Conservation group Save Red Rock is celebrating the news as a big win.
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Las Vegas Review Journal: Centennial Subaru teams up with Save Red Rock
Centennial Subaru Love Promise employee volunteers joined the Save Red Rock organization at Blue Diamond village for an Earth Day social and educational event on April 22. The event promoted water conservation and ways to maintain and protect the environment.
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KLAS CBS 8 News Now: Southwest Ridge mountain bike park gets $6.5 million funding, constructions to start in 2024
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — With design already under way, construction on a $6.5 million mountain bike park in the southwest valley is expected to begin early next year, according to Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones.
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KTNV ABC 13: Cloud seeding success: Efforts to increase precipitation in Red Rock Canyon pay off
While this year’s wet winter is undeniably a major factor in that change, cloud seeding efforts are partially to thank, said Pauline Van Betten, a land and water specialist with conservation organization Save Red Rock.
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LVSportsBiz: Bicycling Las Vegas: Finding Bicycle Joy Off Road Away From Strip
Well, here we go again.
I figured I wouldn’t have to cope with reckless motorists by bicycling the gorgeous River Mountains Loop Trail Saturday when weather warmed up to a terrific 70s day in the Las Vegas area.
Desert Companion: Desert Drift
Rafting the Colorado River in search of what we’d lose if it ran dry
Read MoreLVSportsBiz: 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
Read MoreKVVU 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…
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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.
Read MoreKTNV 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.
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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.
Read MoreLVSportsBiz: 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…
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.’
Read MoreDesert 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…
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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.
Read MoreKLAS 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.
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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…
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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…
Read MoreKLAS 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.
Read MoreKLAS 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.
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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.
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