By Henry Brean By HENRY BREAN REVIEW-JOURNAL MOAPA - A finger-length fish with a black spot in the middle of its tail darts among sunlit bubbles in the spring-fed current of a small stream. He doesn't know it, but this endangered little guy has some powerful friends.

By Linn Mills When coming to the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., you'll take a walk through a deep ravine. You'll hear water falling over rocks at your feet as a creek meanders through the ravine. But don't get the idea you can drink the water.

WINTER HAS ARRIVED Local wildlife seeking refuge from cold While this area hasn't seen the amount of snow other parts of the country have, winter has definitely arrived in Southern Nevada and the Mojave Desert.

By Hubble Smith By HUBBLE SMITH REVIEW-JOURNAL People may eventually find themselves driving to work in Las Vegas from Riverside and Glendale - not the California cities, but the rural nooks that lie somewhat undiscovered to the northeast of us.

By Hubble Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Sep. 14--People may eventually find themselves driving to work in Las Vegas from Riverside and Glendale -- not the California cities, but the rural nooks that lie somewhat undiscovered to the northeast of us.