Habitat

On any given day, the Nevada Department of Wildlife receives multiple calls from people expressing their concerns and asking questions about the wildlife they see in their communities. While the nature of those calls varies, a common focus of concern is the urban coyote.

YERINGTON, Nev. – The creation of a new Nevada State Park, known as the Walker River State Recreation Area is official. on Wednesday, July 19, the Nevada Division of State Lands accepted the gift deeds facilitated by the Walker Basin Conservancy, and will assign the donated property to the Nevada Division of State Parks for the development and management of the new park along the East Walker River in Lyon and Mineral counties.

Three new species of toads have been discovered living in Nevada’s Great Basin in an expansive survey of the 190,000 square mile ancient lake bottom.

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) will continue a project to eradicate, control, and contain known infestations of invasive plants in the Lake Tahoe Basin using chemical treatment. Work will take place at approximately 90 infestations sites (18.25 acres) beginning in mid-July and continuing through September 2017.

Don’t look now, but there are only seven days left to purchase your tickets for the Nevada Dream Tag raffle. Tickets are available now and will be sold until Friday, June 30 for this year’s hunting season. The winners will be announced in early July.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – A team of partners from the Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Program is scheduled to begin implementation of an Asian clam control project in mid-June at Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park, Sand Harbor. Funding for this project is coming from the NV Lake Tahoe License Plate Program and Tahoe Bonds from the State of Nevada.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife is sponsoring a three hour intro to bow fishing clinic on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. This is an introductory class and all materials will be supplied. The clinic is designed for individuals 18 years and older who are interested in the basics of bow fishing in Nevada.

Gov. Brian Sandoval expressed his gratitude Thursday to the Nevada Legislature for responding to his requests as outlined in his State of the State address in January of this year.

If you did not draw a big game tag in the recently completed main draw, don’t give up just yet. There are still tags available for the upcoming second draw.

A video public service announcement commissioned by the Nevada Department of Wildlife and produced by local marketing firm, the NEON Agency, took top awards from the Reno chapter of the American Advertising Federation at the 2017 “ADDY” Awards, March 10, at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. The public service announcement took a gold award as well as the coveted “Judges Choice” award.

With bears emerging from their winter dens, federal, state and local agencies around Lake Tahoe are urging outdoor enthusiasts to practice proper food storage and trash disposal as seasons transition into summer.

If you transport a watercraft on any public highway in Nevada, you are now required to have your drain plugs, drain valves and any other removable device used to control the draining of water removed and open while transporting the vessel.

The Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) Washoe State Tree Nursery in Washoe Valley opens Thursday, May 11, and will remain open through mid-October. The nursery will be open to the public from 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Thursday through Saturday.

The community is invited to the annual Mother’s Day Plant Sale, hosted by The Greenhouse Project, Saturday, May 13, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Carson High School in Carson City.

As part of a Carson Ranger District Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project, sheep will be released on U.S. Forest Service lands to reduce hazardous fuels by removing cheetgrass and other non-native vegetation.

Join us to explore the Carson River Watershed on a two-day bus tour. The Carson Water Subconservancy District is offering a bus tour of the Carson River Watershed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on June 6 and 7, 2017.

The Carson River Watershed "Get on the Bus" tour will cover a variety of watershed topics and locations from the headwaters in Alpine County, CA to the terminus at the Carson Sink near Fallon.

Summer? Winter? Flip a coin. I could’ve guessed the rain was coming, my lilacs just started to bloom. Don’t let your parade get rained out though, downtown Carson will march right through this wet stuff. The early Spring Farmers Market debuts today behind Due Sorella at Nevada and Musser Streets. Grab the kids and enjoy today’s open house with free admission at the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada. Stick around for the monthly Downtown Business Association wine walk and find something for Mothers’ Day at one of our wonderful local shops.

Thirty local bike enthusiasts ride through downtown Carson City on Tuesday, May 2 as part of the annual Celebrity Ride during Bike Month.

Roadside stations for inspections and decontaminations of motorized boats and watercraft are officially opening for the 2017 boating season.

Locations, hours of operation and opening dates are as follows:

Carson City’s Muscle Powered, a bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organization, is joining the nationwide Bike Month celebration during May.

Please join Bike Habitat and Muscle Powered for the 10th Annual Tour of Carson City bicycle ride on Sunday, May 7th! Signups are at 9:00 ...

The big game tag application deadline may have come and gone, but you still have a chance at the hunt of a lifetime.

As we celebrate Earth Day this April, let’s remember how important environmental stewardship is to the health of Lake Tahoe, and how important our individual actions are.

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will soon begin opening recreational facilities in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Weather and snow conditions permitting, Inspiration Point will be the first site to open on April 15, 2017.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife wants to remind sportsmen applying for the big game tag draw not to forget about specialty tags.

The winter storms that have pounded much of Nevada the past few months have been met with varied reactions. There are those people who are growing weary of huge snow banks, digging their cars out of the snow to drive to work on icy roads. Anglers, however, are definitely not in that group.

Sagebrush, Nevada's state flower, was the feature Saturday during the Nevada State Museum's Family Fun Saturday event.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday is a federal holiday, but wasn’t always a state holiday. As the chairperson of the Northern Nevada Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Advisory Committee, Bertha Mullins has a unique insight into the story of the political wrangling involved in creating this state holiday.

Shed antler hunting is a great hobby that gets families out into Nevada’s vast expanses during late winter and early spring, but those who wish to hunt sheds have a duty to do it responsibly and legally, in order to minimize stress on winter-weakened wildlife and avoid impacts on habitat.

Shed antler hunting is a great hobby that gets families out into Nevada’s vast expanses during late winter and early spring, but those who wish to hunt sheds have a duty to do it responsibly and legally, in order to minimize stress on winter-weakened wildlife and avoid impacts on habitat.

Some people might not realize that elk and mule deer shed their antlers in the winter months, and many members of the sporting and non-sporting public alike, head out to the winter ranges where animals concentrate to collect shed antlers for a wide variety of uses.