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Reno FWO Library

Updated November 14, 2026

Key Points

  • The Reno Fish and Wildlife Office library contains documents and stories unique to our office.

  • For proposed and final decision documents, please visit the Federal Register and Regulations.gov

Endangered Species Handouts

Have you heard of the Carson wandering skipper? How about Railroad Valley springfish?! If you haven't, download these flyers, learn about the endangered and threatened species that reside in both the Great Basin and Eastern Sierra, and while you're at it, share with others too!

Sierra Nevada bighorn sheepPDF0 BSeptember 19, 2024Carson wandering skipperPDF0 BSeptember 19, 2024Fish Slough milkvetchPDF0 BOctober 2, 2024

2025

Press releases and stories published in 2025

Surveys in the SierraSierra Mountains

2024 (December - June)

Press releases and stories published in 2024 from December -  June

Agencies renew Nevada's commitment to shared stewardshipbirds sitting on sagebrush bushConserving Both Hope & Desert Springs on the Summit Lake Paiute ReservationSagebrush is in the foreground with a lake striking through the halfway point of the image. A mountain lit up by the sunset sits behind the lake.The Amazing Native Plants of the Great BasinPinkish-purple speckles cover a seed pod growing off the green stem of a Fish Slough milkvetch plant.Nearly $10M for Collaborative Sagebrush Projects in the Westwhite flowers and sagebrush across rolling green hills with blue skyLook & listen: Get to know the 'feisty' Owens pupfishAn underwater image of small silver fish swimming near brown lava rocks above a sandy and grassy river bottom.Goats are here to help!Goats standing in a corral looking at the camera with a sagebrush landscape and mountains in the background.Rare Nevada desert fish receive funding for recoveryAn underwater photo of an olive colored Clover Valley speckled dace

2024 (May - January)

Press releases and stories published in 2024 from May - January

NV Native Seed Partnership awarded $3.74 million for habitat restoration in the Great BasinA hillside covered in plants with yellow flowers.Bishop Paiute Tribe, USFWS and partners celebrate establishment of Owens pupfish sanctuaryA group of people stand for a group photo outside.Lahontan cutthroat trout biologists have a new tool for conservationA yellow and green fish is held in hand within a net.

2023

Press releases and stories published in 2023

A Wave of EmotionImage of a mountain canyon dotted with sagebrush, pine trees and aspen.U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awards over $800,000 to Tribes in California and NevadaImage of pinyon and juniper pine trees in the foreground, and snowcapped Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance under a partly cloudy bright blue sky.Biden-Harris Administration Breaks Ground on Numana Dam Fish Passage Project to Benefit Two Listed, Culturally Important Fish Species in Northern NevadaImage of a river flowing through a desert sage landscape with small mountains in the backdrop and bright blue skies.How snowpack and snowmelt affect rare wildlife and plants in Nevada & Eastern SierraA landscape photo of a river flowing between mountains dusted with snow under a partly cloudy blue sky.

2022

Press releases and stories published in 2022

Surveying, monitoring and frogs - A behind the scenes look at data collectionA Columbia spotted frog looking forward into the camera with a green backgroundConserving small desert fish is no small featA group of small yellow and speckled fish with a dark background.Aquatic restoration made easier for federal agencies in CaliforniaLandscape photo of a marsh with snow capped mountains in the background

2021

Press releases and stories published in 2021

Toads soak up life in Nevada’s Dixie ValleyA small spotted brown and black toad on dry grass.

2020

Press releases and storied published in 2020

Building roads to save Yosemite toadsan olive green toad sits half submerged in water10 Things You didn't know about NevadaFish Slough milk-vetchA close-up photo of a small purple/pink flowerUsing local seeds to save the sageSnow covering a charred landscape with snow capped mountains in the background.

2019 - 2017

Press releases and stories from 2019 - 2017

Returning home!Close-up of photo of hands holding a fish with its mouth openInaugural Seeds of Success team leads the packHand holding seedsFly away homeman holding geeseEnhancing Wildlife Corridors in Nevadapronghorn antelope walking alongside sage grouse.Summit Lake Paiute Tribe clears spawning path for threatened Lahontan cutthroat trouta man in a boat holding a fish
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