Lahontan
Americannoun
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The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board conducted an investigation into the incident and last month Caltrans and the North Tahoe Public Utility District agreed to pay an $850,000 fine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2025
The site in Nevada's Black Rock Desert sits atop the former Lake Lahontan, which the U.S.
From Reuters ● Sep. 4, 2023
It alleged the mining would violate federal protections of numerous species, including threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout and imperiled sage grouse.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
The Endangered Species Act–listed Lahontan cutthroat trout swims in local streams, and a rare snail, the Kings River Pyrg, has only been found in local springs.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2021
The French adventurer Louis Armand de Lom d’Arce, Baron of Lahontan, lived in French Canada between 1683 and 1694 and frequently visited the Huron.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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