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Planting 1,500 rubberweeds to save endangered blue butterfly found only on Mt. Charleston
Due to population decline and habitat loss, the Mount Charleston blue butterfly ... habitat areas around Lee Canyon and Foxtail Group Picnic Area. “We are putting plants in the ground, which ...
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Stay off closed Mount Charleston trails or risk jail, $5K fine, officials warn
Over the course of about six hours last August, a wall of water pummeled the trail leading to Mount Charleston’s ... Rock Trail and the Deer Creek Picnic Area. That’s largely because the ...
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Mount Charleston fire map
The map below shows the progression of the Carpenter 1 fire in the Mount Charleston area near Las Vegas. Each red shade represents the impacted area on a different day. The blue areas show where ...
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‘It was pretty wild’: Mount Charleston feels Hilary’s wrath; valley spared
A weakened tropical storm Hilary underwhelmed the Las Vegas Valley, but about 150 Mount Charleston residents ... Officials planned to keep picnic grounds, trails and campsites closed through ...
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Agreement Reached to Ensure New Protections for Rare Mount Charleston Blue Butterfly as Nevada Ski Resort Expands
The rare Mount Charleston blue butterfly lives in just a handful of alpine meadows on Mount Charleston above Las Vegas. The species was protected under the Endangered Species Act in 2013. One of its ...