Learn more about the snow drought impacting the western U.S. and what that means for vital water sources.

An unlicensed driver led park rangers on a high-speed chase near Lake Mead that only ended when he crashed the car he had ...

The 1.5 million acre Lake Mead National Recreation Area covers “mountains, canyons, valleys and two vast lakes,” the National ...

In Nevada, Lake Mead National Recreation Area produced $358 million, far more than Great Basin National Park ($21.8 million) or Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument ($5.5 million).

Since 2000, an average of 25 people have died every year within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in drowning and boating accidents, according to National Park Service data obtained through a ...

National Park Service spokesperson Mike Theune pointed out that, even after the drop, Lake Mead is still in the top 10. “Out of 424 units, Lake Mead is currently number nine and accounts for ...

Only Lake Mead National Recreation Area and the Grand Canyon National Park rank higher than Yosemite in number of park deaths with 204 and 134 fatalities, respectively. A third of the deaths at ...