A former mineral processing site in the middle of a treasured desert wetland habitat will soon be cleaned up and restored after a conservation group reached a deal to buy the 18-acre industrial site.

Throughout Nevada, roads connect us to otherworldly wonders — from the Great Basin National Park’s Lehman Caves beneath us to the Milky Way above.

WASHINGTON — Surprised by an unexpected amendment that would give Air Force use of 840,000 acres of Desert National Wildlife Refuge north of Las Vegas, the Nevada congressional delegation warned ...

Anyone who loves America’s public lands was robbed last week and they probably didn’t even know it. While the rest of the country was distracted, the Democratic-majority House Armed Services Committee ...

LAS VEGAS— Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced legislation today to expand the U.S. Air Force’s Nevada Test and Training Range into the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, but the bill offers ...

The U.S. military is asking Congress for control over more public land in Nevada, and much of that could come at the expense of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, the largest wildlife refuge outside ...

Nevada has been united in the cause to protect and preserve its public lands. Environmentalists, Native American communities, veterans groups and entrepreneurs alike have expressed their strong ...

LAS VEGAS — In a stunning development in the ongoing controversy over proposed military bombing range expansion in Nevada, the Democrat-led House Armed Services Committee today approved an amendment ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal land managers have formally withdrawn their authorization of a Canadian mining company’s lithium exploration project bordering a national wildlife refuge in southern Nevada ...

The modern-day gold rush in the race to a greener economy is knocking on the door of a long-protected oasis in the middle of the Nevada desert. Rover Metals, a Canadian minerals exploration company, ...

RENO, Nev. — Wild horse advocates dropped a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging roundups at a wildlife refuge on the Nevada-California line after federal officials severed ties with a contractor accused by ...

A massive wildlife refuge north of Las Vegas established to protect desert bighorn sheep is severely understaffed, according to advocates and employees, and it’s not the only refuge in need of workers ...