Southern Nevada’s federal delegation are calling on the federal government to prohibit mining on public land in the fragile Amargosa River watershed, an effort pushed by locals in the area for months.

LAS VEGAS— The mining company that touched off a firestorm with its proposal to mine lithium at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is walking away from the Nevada project. Australian mining company ...

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is also spreading the word about an upcoming bird count. “Hunting will be closed at Ash ...

An extensive fight to protect the water of Nevada’s Amargosa Valley may soon be won, ending a nearly two-year battle that spanned from the nation’s capital to the porches of Nye County residents ...

LAS VEGAS— The U.S. Department of the Interior announced today a two-year pause on new mining claims on land adjacent to Nevada’s Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Federal officials will also ...

In a hard-fought victory for conservation groups in Nevada, federal land managers have agreed to provide public notice for all new exploration or mining projects near the Ash Meadows National Wildlife ...

With the start of spring comes the desire to see swaths of the Mojave Desert transformed, full of lush, colorful and fleeting flowers. This year, Las Vegans will have the best luck out West in the ...

In the desert east of Death Valley, in the hottest and driest corner of the United States, lies a miracle in the form of water. Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is 24,000 acres of impressive ...

Scientists counted 191 of the fish in the deep, water-filled cavern near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada. The spring population of the Devils Hole pupfish, one of the world’s rarest ...

A one-meter core of calcite pulled from a cave of Devils Hole in Nevada has yielded a rare record of roughly 580,000 years of climate change ...