From barren wasteland once filled with trees, to the sharp transition in rain patterns, climate change continues to harm the world in a variety of ways.
Lake Mead/Hoover Dam
After nearly a decade of revisions and input from the public, the National Park Service completed its wilderness management plan for the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Lake Mead’s water level is the highest it’s been since last May. Still, officials are reluctant to embrace the good news for too long.
From the time she was growing up in El Cajon, Calif., Erin Eichenberg has been fascinated with archaeology.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area officials have proposed raising fees, in some cases doubling them, and are seeking public comments about the changes.
The name crops up in several prominent places at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, from its busiest boat harbor to the road and the wash leading down to it. There is even a park in Boulder City, popular among grazing bighorn sheep, that bears the Hemenway name.
The Hoover Dam Lodge will temporarily close its doors as construction workers complete the renovation of the main casino floor and other areas. The closure is expected to last about seven weeks.
The front of the Hoover Dam Lodge is plastered with stone, a burnt orange trim and a line of windows that stretches along the entire the building for drivers to view as they travel up and down U.S. Highway 93.
Southern Nevada’s power will be dispersed a bit differently in 2017.
The B-29 Superfortress bomber at the bottom of Lake Mead will be studied even more as the National Park Service allows two business opportunities to operate guided scuba diving tours of the doomed aircraft.
Darwin Colby, the last remaining worker from the Hoover Dam project, according to museum records, died last week, closing the book on a legacy written more than 80 years ago by thousands of men desperate to make a living during the Great Depression.
While vacationing in Las Vegas in 2010, Anthony Arrigo decided to come to Boulder City to set his eyes on Hoover Dam.
A triathlon, ranger talk and campfire singalong will highlight activities at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in the coming weeks.
Skeletal remains of two bodies were found at different locations at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area Saturday.
Lake Mead RV Village has been named one of the most scenic RV parks in America and the most scenic in Nevada.
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