Conducted by ecologists in the University’s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources, the study suggests ...

From the country's deepest canyon to sacred volcanic towers in the sky, these rock formations are as mesmerizing as they are ...

Best of all, if you’re a Nevada native or visiting the bright ... narrow reservoir surrounded by a combination of ponderosa pine, juniper, and pinyon pine forest. This lake lies 28 miles ...

Indigenous groups in Northern Nevada also have spiritual and cultural ceremonies around harvesting pinyon pine nuts. What would a loss of biodiversity mean for Nevadans? The loss of a species ...

They turned pinyon pine and juniper into charcoal, which was then used to process silver ore from the nearby Ward Mining District. Behold, the great Nevada nothingness! But don’t be fooled – this vast ...

Picture it: Nevada, 1876. The air is thick with dust ... The process was simple, in theory. Fill the ovens with local pinyon pine and juniper trees, light ’em up, and let them smolder for about a week ...

There are few national parks as extreme as Death Valley National Park, which straddles the border of California and Nevada ... harvesting pinyon pine nuts and mesquite beans and hunting.

Though not new information, it is interesting that pinyon jays occur in central Oregon, often associated with ponderosa pine habitat along with California ... the Great Basin Bird Observatory, located ...

Pinyon pine typically grows either in pure stands or with juniper. The chunky little cones produce a well-known and tasty nut. The wood is very fragrant when burned. The stumpy, drought-resistant ...

I sped across a golden basin full of sagebrush and edged by hillsides spotted with pinyon and juniper trees. We were at mile 135 of a 400-mile drive across Nevada’s high desert to Great Basin ...

Pinyon pines on National Forest System lands in Nevada and eastern California contain a tasty treat — pine nuts. Harvesting season kicks off in September and usually runs into late October, but may ...