It’s spawning day at the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex, and volunteers clad in rubber boots and jackets move quickly around the south Gardnerville building, fishing nets in hand.
Federal and tribal spawning operations are vital in the ongoing recovery of Lahontan cutthroat trout on the Truckee River and Pyramid Lake, but it is unclear whether the fish can continue to rebound without intensive human intervention.
A Silver Springs man was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole by a Lyon County jury for the 2015 murder of Alea Clark, said Lyon County District Attorney Stephen B. Rye.