outdoor recreation

More and more people are visiting and moving to cities and towns around the Mountain West, drawn by access to public lands and other natural amenities. That brings economic growth – and also growing pains. A new report aims to help communities address the challenges.

Local fifth graders have been heading up the Heavenly Gondola this winter to snowshoe and learn about Lake Tahoe’s ecosystem. KUNR joined one group on their trek.

Purple Politics Nevada is KUNR’s weekly show about the 2023 Nevada Legislative Session. In this week’s episode, host Lucia Starbuck explores conservation-related bills to fund wildlife crossings, outdoor education for youth, and the electrification of large trucks.

The addition has more than quadrupled the size of the Marquez Wildlife Area and re-established tribal access to religious sites in the area.

The Interior Department announced the distribution of $279 million to outdoor recreation and conservation projects across the U.S., with tens of millions of dollars going to states in the Mountain West.

Read or listen to news headlines for Friday, June 3, 2022.

Nevada celebrated its fifth annual public lands day over the weekend with events and free park admission, all designed to get more people outdoors.…

The U.S. Interior Department is expanding access to hunting and fishing on about 2.1 million acres of Fish and Wildlife Service land. That’s nearly the size of Yellowstone National Park. While hunters and anglers applaud the efforts, other conservation groups believe that refuges shouldn’t have hunting or angling at all.

Here are the local news headlines for the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021.Fight Continues Against California WildfiresBy Noah GlickThe famous clarity…