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Donner Party Survivors Were Rescued on This Day in 1847 After Weeks of Frigid Conditions, Starvation and—Eventually—Cannibalism
Bad luck and poor decisions turned the already dangerous trek from Missouri to California into a fatal affair for roughly ...
The Sierra Nevada Just Had an ‘Epic Snow Day’
The mountain range straddling California and Nevada has had mostly warm storms this winter. Finally, a cold one has piled up ...
Deseret News archives: Donner Party played a significant role in immigration to Utah, West
The disastrous, three-month crossing of Utah and Nevada in 1846 set the stage for one of the Old West’s worst tragedies. Per ...
Be prepared for snow showers in West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada Sunday morning
The NWS Sacramento CA issued a weather alert at 7:02 a.m. on Sunday for snow showers until 8:30 a.m. for West Slope Northern ...
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HISTORY OF THE CALIFORNIA DESERT CONSERVATION AREA
In 1976, Congress designated the 25-million-acre region of desert stretching from the Mexican border north to Death Valley and the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains as the California Desert Conservation ...
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Northern Nevada and Eastern Sierra snowpack levels exceed median as new year begins
Northern Nevada and the Eastern Sierra are experiencing an above-normal ... The SNOTELs in the mountains of southern Nevada and the desert southwest have remained mostly dry, with the Spring ...
Sacramento Bee8d
Tahoe-area resorts see ‘prime’ skiing conditions after storms. How much snow fell in Sierra?
Strap on your skis and snowboards. Ski resorts in the central Sierra Nevada have received multiple feet of snow in the first half of February, thanks to recent winter storms. The new snow has ...
California Storm, Atmospheric River A Flood, Debris Flow Danger, Including In Los Angeles Burn Areas
Areas charred by last month's wildfires in Southern California now face a new threat from a powerful, but fast-moving Pacific ...