Marina Fire Damages More Than A Dozen Boats At Lake Mead NRA
A marina fire early Sunday morning at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada destroyed or damaged about 15 boats according to the National Park Service.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Struggling To Maintain Cultural Resources Against Climate Change Impacts
Wildfires, drought, sea level rise, more frequent and intense storms, and warming oceans are sometimes destroying and occasionally improving or allowing cultural resources to emerge at national park units.
National Park Service Seeks Help In Identifying Suspected Vandals At Lake Mead NRA
National Park Service authorities at Lake Mead National Recreation Area are seeking information that could be used to identify two men suspected of pushing over natural rock formations.
Operational Updates From Lake Mead National Recreation Area
This report informs the public and partners of Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada of safety concerns, scheduled maintenance, trail closures, concessioner information, and events that may impact the use of park resources over the next two weeks.
UPDATE | National Parks Bracing For Floods
With the prospect of "catastrophic" flooding in the forecast, Death Valley and Joshua Tree national parks, along with Mojave National Preseve and Lake Mead National Recreation Area, braced Saturday for the arrival of Tropical Storm Hilary.
- August 19th, 2023
UPDATE | National Parks On Alert For Flooding From Tropical Storm Hilary
Flash flood watches stretched from Utah to California on Friday and parts of Joshua Tree National Park in the Golden State were closed as a precaution against any flooding caused by Tropical Storm Hilary.
Here's A Mind-Boggling Calculation For The Colorado River Basin
Climate-change is being blamed for the loss of roughly 10 trillion gallons of water — an amount roughly equal to the capacity of Lake Mead — from the Colorado River Basin from 2000 to 2021.
Cracked: The Future Of Dams In A Hot, Chaotic World
Cracked takes on the big and complex issue of dams, their impact on rivers worldwide, the weakening rationales for maintaining dams already built or for building more, and how people are working with some success to “crack” these monolithic structures.
Deaths, Crimes Plague Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Deaths and crimes overshadowed the holiday weekend at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada, where rangers also had to rescue nearly two dozen people.
Man Sentenced To Prison For Sexual Assault In Lake Mead National Recreation Area
At an 8th District Court (NV) hearing in July 2022, Nicholas Ryan Floyd was ordered to serve 20-55 years in prison, with earliest parole possibility in 2042. This outcome was the result of the bravery of the young survivor of Floyd's crimes, and a determined investigation by Special Agents of the NPS Investigative Services Branch.
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