Nevada

More than 1,000 counties are eligible for emergency Conservation Reserve Program haying and grazing. The most recently published list of counties with permitted haying and grazing on CRP land, which was released Thursday 06/24/21, includes 1,021 counties, or 32% of counties nationwide ...

Despite an overall decline in drought conditions across the continental United States over the past month, drought conditions intensified across much of the west. "As we move in to the month of June we continue to see at least two thirds coverage of the two highest drought areas D3 to D4 or extreme to exceptional drought in a number of western states including California, Nevada, Utah, Arizon

The theme of spring 2021 is dry. Area soil moistures are low, area forest and timber lands are dry, and its only early May. Marilyn Lohmann, meteorologist for the National Weather Service says this dry pattern, which started back in March is not due to El Niño, La Niña, or even a dominate ridge of high pressure parked off the coast of the Northwest. “The syst ...

Producers and other connected to the Ag industry interested in learning more about cover crops, both what works and what does not in the Northwest, are invited to an on-line workshop series that starts Thursday. The Western Cover Crops Council, in partnership with the University of Idaho and Oregon State University will host regional workshops to discuss cover crop research and outreach efforts a

The Bureau of Land Management has announced plans to fund 11,000 miles of strategic fuel breaks in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada and Utah in an effort to help control wildfires.  According to the Oregonian, the fuel breaks are intended to prop up fire mitigation efforts and help protect firefighters, communities and natural resources.  Ac...

On Thursday, the Department of Agriculture proposed changes to how it manages greater sage grouse in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, and Utah.  The changes, according to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, “strive to improve the clarity, efficiency, and implementation of the current sage grouse plans."  The pro...

On Thursday, the Department of Agriculture proposed changes to how it manages greater sage grouse in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, and Utah.  The changes, according to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, “strive to improve the clarity, efficiency, and implementation of the current sage grouse plans."  The pro...

The USDA has awarded the University of Nevada, Reno a $5 million grant to lead a study on changing snowpack.  UNR scientists will conduct the five-year study with researchers at the Desert Research Institute, Northern Arizona University and Arizona State University.  The study is inte...