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…
Read MoreLas Vegas Review Journal: Housing development near Red Rock Canyon moves forward
A project to build more than 400 single-family homes on Blue Diamond Hill near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area can move forward.
Read MoreLas Vegas Review Journal: 33% increase for select Red Rock Canyon fees proposed
The Bureau of Land Management has proposed fee increases at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and is asking for public feedback.
Read MoreLas Vegas Review Journal: Summerlin marks National Trails Day
Summerlin is home to 200-plus miles of existing trailways. The master-planned community will mark Saturday’s American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day with recognition of the Clark County Red Rock Canyon Legacy Trail project, designed to connect Summerlin, its hikers and cyclists to the Red Rock Canyon.
Read MoreLas Vegas Review Journal: Volunteer crews scrub graffiti from ancient Red Rock wall
By Ricardo Torres-Cortez ▪ Volunteers pressed wire brushes against vandalized slabs of red rock Sunday morning and scraped and scraped in circles. Some leaned in heavier into the bristles, while others were more meticulous. But everyone in the small group was there on the same mission: to remove graffiti from a portion of Ash Creek Spring at Red…
Read MoreLas Vegas Review Journal: LETTER: The challenges of keeping Red Rock graffiti-free
Erin McDermott North Las Vegas ▪ The writer is executive director of Friends of Red Rock Canyon. Thank you for making the graffiti damage at Red Rock Canyon front-page news (Saturday Review-Journal). While the coverage heightens public awareness, sadly it often also provides exactly the attention the taggers are seeking. Our public lands have increasingly…
Read MoreLas Vegas Review Journal: 200,000-year-old Red Rock Canyon wall tagged with graffiti
By Sabrina Schnur ▪ Advocacy groups and park rangers lamented Friday over another graffiti tag spotted at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Bureau of Land Management spokesman John Asselin said the graffiti was reported near Ash Creek Spring, which is outside the Scenic Loop. “Tagging and graffiti are a regular occurrence and it’s difficult to…
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Las Vegas Review Journal: Luxury home plan overlooking Red Rock Canyon angers group
Clark County lawmakers recently approved building homes on a gypsum mine overlooking Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, which has been the subject of a yearslong debate about environmental impact and private development. But the project on Blue Diamond Hill approved Aug. 4 is not the same as developer Gypsum Resources’ controversial proposal to construct 3,000 houses…
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Las Vegas Review Journal: Clark County urged to adopt conservation plan
Local leaders and environmentalists urged Clark County on Tuesday to adopt a conservation resolution. County Commissioner Justin Jones was among the speakers at a news conference at the Clark County Government Center before the commission’s meeting. The speakers urged the county to adopt the “30 by 30” resolution, which calls on governments to commit to…
Read MoreLas Vegas Review Journal: LETTER: Protecting Southern Nevada’s outdoor treasures
There aren’t many places in the country where there’s an opportunity to set aside 2 million acres of land for public recreation, such as at Lake Mead and Red Rock Canyon, and to protect native plants and animals such as in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. We are lucky we live in one of those…
Read MoreLas Vegas Review Journal: Nevada lands bill sets aside 2M acres for conservation
WASHINGTON — A Clark County lands bill filed Wednesday in the House and Senate would set aside 2 million acres for wilderness protection, expand Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and provide 30,000 acres of land to the county and Las Vegas Valley cities for development and affordable housing. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., will shepherd…
Read MoreLas Vegas Review Journal: Memorial unveiled for 5 bicyclists killed in December crash
When Donna Trauger addressed a crowd of more than 300 in Summerlin on Saturday morning, she told them not to view the death of her husband and four other bicyclists as “an accident.” “Cyclists are rarely injured accidentally,” she said. “On the contrary, in the overwhelming number of occurrences, a driver made a choice or…
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