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Conquering the 1,200-foot-high Dana Couloir is a summer sport in the Sierra Nevada, but because of climate change, it might not be around much longer.
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Jack Ford after a hot air balloon ride
Jenny Lind, California: Former President Ford Gerald Ford’s son Jack grins as he rests in front of the rolled up hot air balloon which he crewed in an attempt to cross California’s Sierra Nevada range. The flight was made to publicize the new magazine “Outside.” It started in Oakdale in the Sierra foothills, and ended here, on 9/3/1977 in Calaveras County, 25 miles away. (UPI Photo/Files)
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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A state water authority manager suggests providing public funds for seeding clouds in Northern Nevada for drinking water in Las Vegas.
SARNIA, Ontario, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- "Moon-the-balloon" in Ontario was something of a bust, with only 200 Canadians showing up to drop their trousers to protest a U.S. surveillance balloon.
RENO, Nev., July 17 (UPI) -- Two wildfires have scorched more than 10,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada mountains along the California-Nevada state line, fire officials said Friday.
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif., April 2 (UPI) -- Andrea Mead Lawrence, winner of two gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympics, died this week at her home in California.
MADRID, March 2 (UPI) -- A ski lift collapsed Monday at the Sierra Nevada ski resort in Spain, leaving 23 people injured, Spanish officials said.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- California is hovering near the worst drought in the state's history, officials said after reporting the Sierra Nevada snowpack is 61 percent of normal.
PHILLIPS, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- California water rationing is almost certain, with Sierra Nevada snow levels below average despite recent winter storms, officials said.
HOUSTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Bitter cold gripped much of the United States Monday as an Arctic low plunged temperatures to zero or below in much of the country.
DAVIS, Calif., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Most of California's native salmon, steelhead and trout species face extinction this century without quick action to provide proper habitats, a study found.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- California authorities say it could be next year before recovery efforts can resume at the site where adventurer Steve Fossett's plane crashed.
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