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Dead Fish Explained

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 [...]

WL State Park To Remain Open

Contrary to what was quoted in our previous article, it it reported that Washoe Lake State Park has no plans as yet to close or cut back due to the state’s budget woes. The information in our previous post was from a Las Vegas newspaper and double checked by washoevalley.org reader Amy who talked directly [...]

Washoe Lake State Park

The Dept of Conservation has a nice write-up and photo slide-show on Washoe Lake State Park on their website. Here’s the text:
“Washoe Lake State Park is beautiful this time of year. The water level is down, most of the campers are gone, but the views remain stunning. A mid-week, late-afternoon stroll through the park yielded [...]