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A photographic journey of snow melt across the Truckee River
2023-05-24 13:31:00 UTC
What can we learn about the Truckee River from up above
Even while the recent heatwave is over and warming temperatures are ahead, the central Sierra snowpack remains at nearly 300% of normal, with much of the Truckee River watershed at 200%. The heatwave brought regional-wide record temperatures which accelerated…
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As chilly weather lingers, the region is still one of the fastest warming
2023-05-24 13:23:00 UTC
With nothing short of a wild winter hopefully soon behind us, we can start to look toward more time spent outdoors. But, as is typical in our region, the weather continues to toss us curveballs. Last week saw above-average temperatures that melted much of the massive snowpack that remains in…
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New System Built to Better Predict Runoff During Historic Storm Season
2023-05-24 13:17:00 UTC
The amount of water present in these systems is similar to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River
As the region catches up with shoveling massive amounts of snow, the weather forecast hints toward change. Back-to-back atmospheric river systems are moving inland and forecasters are…
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In rewilding a pocket of pristine antelope habitat
2023-01-20 13:34:19 UTC
For nearly a decade, as the high desert sun bore down across a wide expanse of rolling hills, deep canyons and wide valleys within the remote Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, volunteers have labored within a maze of sagebrush to remove large stretches of barbed wire fence.
Fences, despite having become…
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Methane: the ugly, bad, and the good
2022-11-03 12:57:19 UTC
Many Americans begin the morning with breakfast, usually cooked over the stove. Possibly eggs, pancakes, or toast from bread baked in the oven. Our lives take energy, whether it is the morning cup of coffee or the natural gas we use to cook our meals, the energy has to come…
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One Less Car
2022-11-03 12:51:10 UTC
One Less Car
I have pedaled the streets of Reno for almost twenty years. A lot has changed. While there are more butts on more bikes more often than when I first moved to town, the infrastructure, education, and overall riding experience in town have not come as far as…
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Fight food insecurity through urban farming
2022-10-24 16:48:00 UTC
On a recent sunny morning in Reno, Nevada, volunteers worked diligently to harvest fresh vegetables from plots of rich soil, collecting tomatoes, eggplants, and cucumbers while a few farm goats bleated behind them. The freshly harvested produce would be washed, sorted, and stored in a solar-powered refrigerator until ending up…
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The Economics of a dark sky
2022-08-29 18:59:00 UTC
Nestled in the extreme northeast corner of California is the tiny community of Cedarville. One of the few communities of Surprise Valley, which spans the border across to Nevada, is one of the darkest areas in the lower 48 states. In fact, on a moonless night, you may have trouble…
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How a Local Journalist Reported on the Dixie Fire in His Backyard
2022-08-29 18:58:00 UTC
When I shifted careers to focus on journalism, I knew I wanted to cover the environment and climate change
Long a conservationist, I wanted my reporting to focus on under-told stories. Thus my master’s thesis at the University of Nevada, Reno encompassed both of these beats through the lens of…
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The Impact of wildfires goes beyond acres burned
2022-08-29 18:54:00 UTC
https://sierranevadaally.org/2022/08/26/the-impact-of-wildfires-goes-far-beyond-acres-burned/Last summer the Caldor, Tamarack, and Dixie fires burned over 1.2 million acres across northern California and western Nevada. The impact of those three wildfires has gone far beyond acreage, adding to the already staggering suppression cost.
“It is more that we are not spending enough upfront on mitigation so…
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