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We recently received this question:
“Does anyone know why there are so many dead fish on the beach at Washoe Lake?”
We received this info from State Parks:
“According to the fisheries biologist from the Department of Wildife the fish are dying off due to the low lake levels and warm water temperatures. The fish are basically oxygen [...]

According to the Wall Street Journal, other Nevada locales are gearing up for another Mormon Cricket invasion due to the mild winter. Places like North Reno and ghosttowns such as Tuscarora are being creative in their defense strategies against the sea of 2 inch insects. Residents of Tuscarora, all 13 of them, claim that the [...]

This RGJ article further confirms that our local pool will be closed this summer but the rest of Bower’s Mansion County Park will be open. The parks dept. is looking for groups or companies to “sponsor a park”.

This appeared in the Norman Transcript, an Oklahoma newspaper:

There’s a tenet in the cowboy mentality that takes pride in doin’ what needs to be done, even if you have to do it yourself.

The common cowboy answer to “How did you… 1) get that lump? 2) lose your eyebrow? 3) get that scar? or 4) [...]

There was a great turnout at Postal Cafe’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration Sat. night!  Seven tables were all filled.  Some people came, saw there was no more room, so left. The Meridian group of two entertained us for more than an hour with delightful Irish songs.  The woman played a fiddle and the man a [...]

Preserving our Washoe Valley lifestyle also includes preventing the spread of invasive and noxious weeds. A local group invites you to join them in the fight.
“Goal: To work cooperatively with landowners, as well as university, federal, state and local government entities to identify and control the spread of noxious and invasive weeds in our valleys.”
Check [...]

A real Cowboy- Easy Rider
Originally uploaded by Kathy~

I was just doing some mindless exercise and my mind wandered to something I read about in, I think, Montana. A group of folks who like to dress up in their period western duds and celebrate the old west and another group made up of artists get together.
One [...]

For 2009 New Year Resolution, try a gentle yoga class in Washoe Valley.
Date:  Every Thursday starting 1/22/09.
Time:  6:00PM to 7:00PM.
Cost:  $8 per class or $30 for 4 classes.
Location:  145 Esmeralda Dr. (New Beginnings Church near 7-11).
Contact:  Ruth at 240-5831 or email yoga4life@msn.com.”

Have you noticed the smoke curling up from Little Valley, on the western mountains, The Carson Range, the last couple of days? This is an explanation from the Nevada Dept. of Conservations Flickr site:
“During a two-day burn in Little Valley, just west of Washoe Valley, the Nevada Division of Forestry conducted a controlled burn of [...]

From the Nevada Appeal:
Norman E. Cliff, 85, passed away on Dec. 28, 2008 at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center. He was born in Washoe Valley on August 17, 1923, at the Cliff Ranch, which his grandfather, Samuel Cliff, purchased in 1873. He was the son of Alvin Cliff, who also was born on the ranch, [...]