Christmas tree permits sell out in Lake Tahoe, continue on BLM land in the Pinenut Mountains

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Christmas tree permits are sold out but tree cutting permits remain available on BLM lands in the Pinenut Mountains between Carson City and Yerington, the Clan Alpine and Desatoya mountains east of Fallon, and the Excelsior Mountains southeast of Hawthorne.

11-19-2012 Elko Daily Free Press

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Climate change could force grazing cuts in West

RENO (AP) — Significant reductions in grazing on public land — in some places outright elimination of the activity — is justified because of the impacts of a warming climate, scientists say in a new report.

BLM Wild Horse Center Thanksgiving Closures

Reno, Nev.—The Bureau of Land Management’s Palomino Valley Center north of Sparks, Nev., on the Pyramid Lake highway will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and on Saturday, Nov. 24. The Center will be open during regular hours on Friday, Nov. 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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