Nature
» Nature Burrowing Owl
May/June 2012
The Red Rock Audubon Society, based in Las Vegas, in conjunction with the Pahrump Volunteers, has begun to study the burrowing owl with the help of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Pahrump. The study is focused on breeding habits using what Christiana Manville, a biologist with the USFWS, calls citizen science.
» Nature Rainbow Trout
March/April 2012
The rainbow trout is native to rivers and lakes of North America, west of the Rocky Mountains, but its reputation as a hard-fighting (they have a tendency to leap repeatedly when hooked) and tasty game fish has led to its introduction throughout the world. The strain of rainbow trout native to Nevada is known as the redband trout.
» Nature Chukar Partridge in Nevada
January/February 2012
The chukar was first introduced in Nevada in 1935 when the Nevada Fish and Game Commission released a total of 289 birds in nine counties. Currently, the state’s chukar population is estimated at more than 500,000.
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