If you want to start stargazing, look up! But if you want to take the hobby a step further, Mig Ponce, the president of the Las Vegas Astronomical Society, offers some useful tips on how residents of a city known for its bright lights can best view the wonders of the night sky.
Read MoreLas Vegas Weekly: Red Rock Canyon could be recognized as Urban Night Sky Place
Save Red Rock, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, has partnered with the Bureau of Land Management to protect the area from the impacts of light pollution by pushing for it to be recognized as an Urban Night Sky Place. The designation, determined by the International Dark Sky Places Program…
Read MoreLas Vegas Weekly: Desert Research Institute to RecEive $1.2 Million for Nevada Cloud Seeding
Advocates and scientists in Southern Nevada are celebrating the passage of a bill authorizing funding for cloud seeding projects across the state.
Read MoreLas Vegas Weekly: Save Red Rock Raises Money For a Cloud Seeding Project Amid the Prolonged Drought
Shooting dust into clouds to make them produce more rain or snow … does it sound like something from a science fiction movie?
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Las Vegas Weekly: THE CLARK COUNTY LANDS BILL WOULD PROTECT NEVADA’S UNSPOILED ACRES (AND MORE)
Ever wonder why housing prices are so high when Las Vegas is surrounded by empty land just waiting to be developed? Like, why not break ground already? The answer is that developers can’t endlessly build because most of Nevada—48 million acres, according to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)—is owned by the federal government. As…
Read MoreLas Vegas Weekly: THE CLARK COUNTY LANDS BILL WOULD PROTECT NEVADA’S UNSPOILED ACRES (AND MORE)
Ever wonder why housing prices are so high when Las Vegas is surrounded by empty land just waiting to be developed? Like, why not break ground already? The answer is that developers can’t endlessly build because most of Nevada—48 million acres, according to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)—is owned by the federal government. As…
Read MoreLas Vegas Weekly: BEST OF VEGAS 2019 – BEST ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORT: SAVE RED ROCK CANYON
Originally published by Las Vegas Weekly Read here: https://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2019/jul/25/best-of-vegas-save-red-rock-canyon/ Thu, Jul 25, 2019 (2 a.m.) The local grassroots organization works hard to protect the beauty and nature of Red Rock Canyon and the surrounding areas. Current efforts include a Red Rock bike path, the Keep Red Rock Rural initiative and guided nature walks for those…
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