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An AmeriCorps member works as a mentor with elementary school students.

'I feel like I'm abandoning my students:' DOGE cuts up to 200 AmeriCorps jobs in Nevada

Close to 200 AmeriCorps members in Nevada abruptly lost their jobs Monday after the Trump administration ordered an immediate stop to federally funded work, affecting eight organizations across the state. Nationally, 41 percent of the agency’s budget was eliminated Friday and close to 33,000 AmeriCorps members were pulled from their service.

To tackle groundwater overuse, Nevada takes new approach: buying back farmers’ rights

The state plans to issue $25 million in grants to retire groundwater rights in places where use exceeds what is sustainable.

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A sign installed by the Walker Lake Working Group marking the water level in 1943 at Sportsman’s Beach at Walker Lake on June 22, 2023, near Hawthorne. The sign behind it shows the drop in water level less than a decade later, in 1951. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent).

Walker Lake is on the brink of collapse. Is this the year it starts rebounding?

With drastically reduced water levels, Walker Lake is on the brink of collapse. Following a record-breaking snow year, vast amounts of water are finallyflowing into the lake, and those trying to save it are wondering if this is the year is reborn.

Projects propose new reservoirs, cycling water from Nevada's desert lakes, with hopes of selling power to LA

Earlier this year, Premium Energy Holdings asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for preliminary permits to explore constructing reservoirs above Pyramid Lake and Walker Lake.

The Nevada Independent