Destructive attempts to access the water at Lake Mead have long led to environmental ... In general, off-road vehicles can be a detriment to plants and animals, such as the Las Vegas bearpoppy ...

Lake Mead National Recreation Area plans to conduct ... and improve the overall habitat for native vegetation. By managing these fuels, the prescribed fire will help protect the surrounding ...

This recreation area provides scenic vistas of Lake Mead and Lake Mohave with more than 700 miles of ... areas and isolated backcountry with a fantastic diversity of desert plants and animals and ...

Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned ...

Lake Mead, the source of almost 90 percent of Southern Nevada’s water, is expected to near 2022’s historic low by the end of 2025, this month’s Bureau of Reclamation projection shows.