Boulder City

Dean Picciuto
Realty Executives
Phone: 702-940-4500

Boulder City Real Estate
Find extensive Boulder City real estate resources and listings on Dean's site. Real estate listings in Boulder City, Las Vegas, Green Valley Ranch, Summerlin, Henderson and Clark County Nevada areas.

Dayton

Jenny Lopiccolo
National Best Sellers
Phone: 800-352-4452
E-mail: jenny@nationalbestsellers.com
#1 Carson City / Dayton offices. Professional, friendly and knowledgeable agents available seven days / week to serve all your real estate needs.

Elko

Richard Bouge
Re/Max Executives Realty
Phone: (702) 738-5432
E-mail: bouge@sierra.net
All my associates are experienced full time agents. We serve the North Eastern Nevada region with pride and integrity.

Fernley

Sandra Mathewson
RE/MAX Realty Professionals
Phone: 775-287-8222

Fernley Real Estate
Beautiful Real Estate and home for sale in Fernley, Fallon, Lovelock, Yerington, Silver Springs, Northern Nevada, Reno/Sparks, Hazen, and Lyon County.

Incline Village

Dan Zigas
Prudential Nevada Realty
Phone: 775-829-3131
E-mail: Daniel.Zigas@pruweb.com
Specializing in residential golf properities in the Reno/Tahoe area.

Lake Tahoe

David Cloutier
Century 21 Tahoe Pines Realty
Phone: 775-588-2121

Lake Tahoe Real Estate
Find Lake Tahoe real estate, Stateline real estate and much more! Specializing in luxury homes in Tahoe Valley and all of Douglas County. Whether buying your primary residence or a second home, you have found your information source for Lake Tahoe Real Estate.

Logandale

Barbara D. Light
Light Realty
Phone: (702)397-8391
E-mail: bdlight@comnett.net
I serve all of Moapa Valley in Clark County (approximately 60 miles northeast of Las Vegas). The cities I serve are Overton, Logandale, Glendale, Moapa, and the Lake Mead recreational area.

Mountains Edge

Lisa Magness
Realty ONE Group, Inc
Phone: 702-648-4500

Mountains Edge Real Estate
Search Mountains Edge Real Estate, and Las Vegas Real Estate and surrounding communities including Summerlin, Henderson, Green Valley, North Las Vegas, Lake Las Vegas and Aliante.

Overton

Barbara D. Light
Light Realty
Phone: (702)397-8391
E-mail: bdlight@comnett.net
I serve all of Moapa Valley in Clark County (approximately 60 miles northeast of Las Vegas). The cities I serve are Overton, Logandale, Glendale, Moapa, and the Lake Mead recreational area.

Pahrump

Cynthia McCall, Broker-Salesman, Realtor, ABR, CCSS
Win Realty
Phone: 775-751-8900 Cell: 775-513-2737
E-mail: cindy@winrealty.net
Serving Pahrump Valley, agents specializing in residential, commercial, acreage and buyer representation.

Farms and ranches covered 6.8 million acres. Crops are grown on 12 percent of the farmland, and irrigation is required on 82 percent of all cropland. The vast majority of the state’s farmland, however, is used to grow forage for livestock. Because of the arid conditions and sparse vegetation, livestock need a great deal of land on which to graze. Ranches in Nevada are correspondingly large; the average farm size in the state is 2,270 acres, one of the the highest averages in the country.

Sales of livestock and livestock products account for 65 percent of Nevada’s total agricultural income, and cattle ranching alone provides one-third of that total. Dairy farming is another important part of the state’s agricultural economy. Much of the remaining farm income comes from hay, alfalfa, and other crops that are fed to livestock in winter. Most of the ranching is done in the less arid northeastern parts of the state: near the Humboldt Valley in Elko, Eureka, and Humboldt counties, and in White Pine County. Almost all the livestock graze on public lands at least part of the year. In parts of southern Nevada, much of the land is too dry for grazing.

There are a few small areas where dry farming is practiced, but a majority of Nevada’s crops are produced on irrigated land. The irrigated croplands are concentrated mainly in the Humboldt Valley; in the Carson River area near Fallon; in the central part of the Walker Valley; and in the central Truckee Valley.

Natural hay and alfalfa are valuable fodder crops. Other fodder and field crops, including wheat, barley, and oats, are grown. In the western part of the state, dairy farming is important. Lesser crops include potatoes and onions. There are also a number of fruit and vegetable farms in the southern part of the state. In all these crops, however, Nevada ranks low in terms of total U.S. production.

Mining was long the most important industry, and the state was world-famous for its rich gold and silver output. In the 1960s gold mining was revived, and in the 1990s Nevada was the nation’s leading producer of gold, the state’s chief mineral, and silver. In 1997 the state supplied 68 percent of the nation’s gold and 42 percent of its silver. In the same year Nevada provided eight percent of the nation’s total nonfuel mineral production value, ranking second among the states behind only Arizona.

In 1975, with the opening of the McDermitt mine in Humboldt County, Nevada became the nation’s leading producer of mercury. In tungsten output, Nevada ranks third among the states. Tungsten is mined near Winnemucca and Tempiute. Low-grade iron ore, found especially in the western counties, is also mined. Lithium and magnesite are also extracted.

Nevada leads the nation in the production of barite, which is used as a pigment, and is second in the mining of diatomite, a chalky stone formed from the fossilized skeletons of diatoms and often used as an abrasive or as a material for filtering water. Other nonmetals produced include clays, sand and gravel, cement, gypsum, stone, lime, perlite, salt, fluorspar, and gemstones. Small amounts of petroleum are also produced.

Manufacturing is heavily concentrated around the Las Vegas area and in the Reno-Sparks area. The most important industries are those engaged in printing and publishing; firms making products for the construction industry, such as cement; food processing, particularly the makers of candy and frozen desserts; manufacturers of plastic items; the makers of industrial machinery, such as machines for service industries and refrigeration units; and firms making instruments. Although manufacturing employment grew significantly during the 1990s, the sector still provides a relatively small portion of Nevada’s gross product.

Of the electricity generated in 1999 in Nevada 86 percent was produced by steam-driven power plants burning fossil fuels, mainly coal or natural gas. The rest was produced in hydroelectric power plants. The state’s southern portion is supplied by power plants at Hoover and Davis dams on the Colorado River, and the Reno area receives electricity chiefly from nearby power plants and other plants in California.

An important boost to Nevada’s economy came from the research and testing operations conducted originally by the United States Atomic Energy Commission and then by the United States Department of Energy. On its Nevada Test Site, northwest of Las Vegas, experiments were conducted in the detonation of nuclear weapons, detonation of conventional high explosives, and operation of nuclear rocket-propulsion systems. These tests ceased in the late 1980s, but the effects of accidental irradiation from escaped gases and above-ground test detonations have developed in populations east of the test site. Only in the 1990s did the government begin to acknowledge the effects on the so-called “down-winders.” Yucca Mountain in Nevada is also a candidate for a storage site for nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel from around the nation, although the proposal has met opposition from many Nevada residents. The Department of Energy also operates the Tonopah Test Range, at which smaller weapons are tested. Nellis Air Force Base and a secret Air Force test facility sometimes known as Area 51 are also located in Nevada.

Tourism is the state’s most important economic activity, generating $15 billion each year in revenue for Nevada’s economy. Major tourist attractions are legalized casino gambling and many nightclubs, which are centered in the resort areas of Las Vegas, Reno, and Lake Tahoe. The Lake Tahoe region also has a number of popular ski resorts.

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