Lake Mead National Recreation Area remains one of the most visited national parks in the country, with almost 7.9 million people visiting in 2017.
Lake Mead/Hoover Dam
Invasive species pose a threat statewide and officials are working to help educate Nevada residents about them during this week’s observance of National Invasive Species Awareness Week, which continues through Friday, March 2.
Winter is off to an alarmingly dry start across the Colorado River Basin, but you wouldn’t know it from the latest federal projections for Lake Mead.
Andy Saylor
The National Park Service group shivered one early January morning as a white truck carefully backed a boat into Echo Bay at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
The first forecast for the Colorado River is in, and the outlook for the coming year is bleak.
A former official for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Boulder City and an accountant for a private accounting firm were indicted Dec. 13 on federal corruption charges.
Changes have come to security at Hoover Dam, as National Park Service rangers now provide law enforcement, rather than the Bureau of Reclamation’s defunct police department.
Boulder Beach Campground is getting a face-lift and receiving more than $3 million in improvements.
Ask Gary Berger if he did anything out of the ordinary on July 30, and he will emphatically say no. Others, however, might disagree.
National Park Service officials are seeking input from the public as they prepare for the worst at Lake Mead.
Officials from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border signed a new water pact Sept. 27 that brings Mexico in as a full partner on the Colorado River and could boost Lake Mead.
Wireless internet is now available throughout Lake Mead National Recreational Area for the first time since the park opened in 1936.
