Washoe County remaps Swan Lake floodplain, doubling homes at risk
Washoe County officials unveiled a new floodplain map for the Swan Lake area during a community meeting on Wednesday, ...
Map shows rising wildfire threat across the U.S.: See if you're affected
A combination of hotter and drier weather and more people living in places that naturally burn are making things complicated.
Think only California burns? Think again. Even Florida, Texas and New Jersey at risk.
USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at ...
Improved radon gas mapping finds nearly 25% of Americans living in highest risk areas
Researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have assembled a national database with millions of multi-day ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal22d
Southern Nevada’s desert tortoises getting help to cross the road
Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways ... “When you build a highway down the middle of a desert tortoise population, they become shy about crossing the highway,” Holcomb ...
The Center Square23d
Major metropolitan areas in Texas experienced population growth
according to Census data evaluated by the center, which created several maps to illustrate the percent change of county populations during this time-period. One shows that the majority of Texas’ ...
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Wisconsin's population is projected to lose nearly 200,000 people by 2050, report says
Mike De Sisti / The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee County's population is projected to decline by more than 9% by 2050, according to the DOA report. An estimated 916,000 people lived in ...
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When will Nevada's population reach 4 million? What to know about Silver State growth
Then in 2018, Nevada's population topped 3 million, though at a slightly slower pace of growth. Clark County contributed the largest portion, accounting for 73% of the overall increase.