3+ hour, 11+ min ago   (226+ words) The transfer of the 1,688-acre Park Ranch property to Alpine County will open up 1.6 miles along the banks of the Carson River’s East Fork, once a comprehensive management plan has been established, Alpine County announced. The transfer was made possible…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (217+ words) A section of the East Fork of the Carson River is included in the acquisition of Park Ranch property near Markleeville. WesternRivers.org An $8 million grant to Western Rivers Conservancy and Alpine County will acquire 1,688 acres near Markleeville to protect…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (269+ words) Santana is gone but not forgotten. Karen Martell | Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates The Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates are mourning a Fish Springs Herd stallion who had to be euthanized after suffering a bullet wound to his knee. Santana…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (309+ words) Lahontan Audubon Society Education Committee Chairman Alan Gubanich describes mountain chickadees to a gathering at the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center on Saturday. Retired University of Nevada, Reno, biology professor Alan Gubanich has been identifying birds across Western Nevada for…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (300+ words) Workshop instructor Kim Steed said she had high hopes that her students captured the birds’ image. “At Dangberg Ranch earlier, we saw some juvenile bald eagles and some barn owls,” she said. When asked why it was so hard to…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (469+ words) Douglas County isn’t going to finish Vista Grande between Jacks Valley Road and Topsy Lane. That will be left to the people who own that intervening property, who will have to figure out what they want to do, commissioners decided…...

8+ mon, 1+ day ago   (615+ words) Former Western Nevada College instructor and bird researcher Robin Eppard hoped she would be able to relocate a flock of ferruginous hawk that she spotted two years ago in the southern end of Carson Valley. She said there were 7-8 of…...