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The build-out of clean energy infrastructure in the West on its current trajectory would occupy about 39 million acres of land – roughly three-fourths the size of Utah – by 2050. A new study by The Nature Conservancy, however, suggests that the right mix of technologies can cut the amount of land needed in half.
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The Nature Conservancy just appointed Obama’s former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell as its new interim CEO. The leadership change comes in the wake of...
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The Western Pond Turtle has been a part of the Carson Valley since at least the 1860s. Yet, scientists know very little about the population in Nevada—and…
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A new project in northern Nevada has finished up just in time to help keep the city of Fallon safe from potential spring runoff flooding.But officials say…
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This year, Northern Nevada was blasted with several major winter storms that caused widespread flooding and extensive property damage. But the weather…
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More than 10,000 acres of Sierra Nevada forest will become a living laboratory for scientists to study forest restoration and wildfire-reduction…