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When we talk about environmental issues in Nevada, we often focus on water. But global warming is damaging Nevada’s environment in ways that aren’t so visible.

During a gap year, first-year student Andres Cintron joined AmeriCorps ​​an independent agency set up by the United States government to provide volunteer services around the country.

The Walker Basin Conservancy (Conservancy) leads the effort to restore and maintain Walker Lake while protecting agricultural, environmental and recreational interests in the Walker Basin. The Conservancy acquires water rights and ranches to increase freshwater flows to Walker Lake.

Walker Basin Conservancy is now hiring for the position of AmeriCorps Restoration Team Member Winter/Spring 2022 in Yerington. Apply today.

If you wish to subscribe, click here. Current Issue May 1, 2021 The May issue takes us into little-known landscapes, from the Atascosa Highlands of Arizona, where a photographer and an ecologist are documenting biodiversity, to the concrete channels of the Los Angeles River, where people who lack housing fish and attempt to get by. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, a Chicano community wants an urban wildlife refuge to remain a haven for locals, while in Denver, second-graders say wolf reintroduction will be nothing short of “amaaaazing!” We provide some background to the “firearms frenzy” ...