Geohydrologic reconnaissance of Lake Mead National Recreation Area; Las Vegas Wash to Opal Mountain, Nevada

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.L. Laney
Keyword(s):  
Las Vegas ◽  
Lake Mead ◽  
Recreation Area

Ongoing restoration and management of Las Vegas Wash: an evaluation of success criteria

Water Policy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 720-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahesh Gautam ◽  
Kumud Acharya ◽  
Seth A. Shanahan
Keyword(s):  
Las Vegas ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Lake Mead ◽  
Channel System ◽  
Las Vegas Valley ◽  
Success Criteria ◽  
Southern Nevada ◽  
Channel Degradation

The Las Vegas Wash is a dynamic channel system that drains the Las Vegas Valley (3,950 km2) into Lake Mead and the lower Colorado River, which provides drinking water to southern California, Arizona, and southern Nevada. In the last few decades the Las Vegas Wash has undergone massive changes in terms of channel degradation and bank erosion followed by recovery and restoration efforts. The evolution of the Las Vegas Wash is interlinked with urbanization, water use, and wastewater discharge. This article reviews the historical dynamics of the Las Vegas Wash in the context of restoration: evaluates the ongoing activities in the Las Vegas Wash against an established framework and success criteria; summarizes lessons learned; and discusses challenges. The ongoing activities in the Las Vegas Wash differ from other regional restoration projects in that there is a lack of an appropriate historical reference to which restoration goals should be targeted. Keys to the success of the Las Vegas Wash restoration and management program appear to be strong interagency collaboration, funding availability, effective outreach and monitoring efforts, and adaptive management strategies based on pragmatic urban values. There is a potential for realignment of existing resources for more practical ecological restoration goals.

scholarly journals Environmental setting of Lake Mead National Recreation Area: Chapter 2 in A synthesis of aquatic science for management of Lakes Mead and Mohave

Circular ◽  
2012 ◽  
pp. 7-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent Turner ◽  
Michael R. Rosen ◽  
G. Chris Holdren ◽  
Steven L. Goodbred ◽  
David C. Twichell
Keyword(s):  
Lake Mead ◽  
Environmental Setting ◽  
Aquatic Science ◽  
Recreation Area

Unproductive Lithic Resources at Lake Mead

1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn A. Kamp ◽  
John C. Whittaker
Keyword(s):  
Raw Material ◽  
Lake Mead ◽  
Initial Reduction ◽  
Recreation Area ◽  
Quality Material ◽  
Resource Systems

Artifacts from 24 chipping stations and a lithic scatter from the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada were analyzed by refitting conjoinable flakes to original cores. Artifacts represented debitage from the initial reduction of locally-available low-quality chalcedony nodules for the eventual production of flake tools. The refitting analysis allowed the debitage to be divided into four patterns that roughly correlate with variation in the quality of the raw material. All result from the same strategy of reduction aimed at producing as many usable flakes as possible from low-quality material. Such relatively unproductive sites are rarely studied in detail because they require intensive analysis, but were probably an important part of prehistoric resource systems.

scholarly journals Health effects following subacute exposure to geogenic dust collected from active drainage surfaces (Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Las Vegas, NV)

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie C. DeWitt ◽  
Brenda J. Buck ◽  
Dirk Goossens ◽  
Yuanxin Teng ◽  
James Pollard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Effects ◽  
Las Vegas ◽  
Recreation Area ◽  
Subacute Exposure
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